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Yes It Is, It’s True: Facebook sometimes yields wheat
I’ve often complained that Facebook is a cesspool and about 95% of it is garbage and lame chit-chat, but I’ve also learned that if I’m careful enough to separate the…
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WHS grad Todd Meconis runs 100 miles yet again
Todd Meconis, a Wayland High School graduate and former Wildcat wrestling standout, has completed the 100-mile run in the Pinhoti Endurance 100 in Alabama. His sister, Shannon Meconis Myers, said,…
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WHS cross, track coach receives Ambrose award
Wayland High School boys’ cross-country coach Raymond Antel III has received the Kermit Ambrose Award by the Michigan Track Coach Association. Antel, who also serves as girls’ track coach at…
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County
(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Nov. 3, 1993 TSI has withdrawn its offer to purchase the former…
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WHS grad reaches 2,000-yard rushing mark at Hope
Mike Miklusicak, a 2014 graduate of Wayland High School, gained 210 yards on 20 carries Saturday for Hope College in the Flying Dutch's 52-23 victory over MIAA rival Alma. The…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: NBC blew its chance to heal racism
I was saddened to learn about the firing of Megyn Kelly from her morning NBC-TV show. The network wasted a golden opportunity to have a rational and enlightening conversation about…
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County
25 Years Ago — Oct. 27, 1993 The Wayland community was saddened by the news of the death Oct. 19 of Katheryn L. Brenner, a 1993 graduate and honor student…
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WHS Jazz Band, Orchestra present 1st concert of year
The Jazz Band, under the direction of Kelli Tilley Smith, and the stringed orchestra, under the baton of Karen Nofsinger, performed in concert Tuesday event at the Wayland High School…
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‘Nooses Off’ murder-mystery-comedy set at WHS
Wayland High School’s theater students will present a murder-mystery comedy, Nooses Off, by Don Zolidis at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9-11, at the Wayland…
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Funeral Mass will be Friday for BP owner Mike Damveld
Michael John Damveld, longtime owner of the Wayland BP gas station, died Sunday, Oct. 21. He was 64. Mike was a past Grand Knight with the Knights of Columbus, Council…