Wayland High School

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

January 31, 2018

25 Years Ago — Feb. 3, 1993 Though the Moline sewer project has experienced many problems, Leighton Township Supervisor Dar VanderArk announced that it is nearly complete. He added, “If someone asked me now about another sewer system, I’d tell them to go jump in a lake.” The Dorr Township...

Ex-Wildcat star Krissy Dill returning to coach volleyball

January 29, 2018

Former Wayland High School volleyball standout Krissy Dill is returning to her alma mater next fall as as its next varsity volleyball coach. Dill was a Division 2 all-state player for the Wildcats, along with Alison Getty, paying on a team that advanced as far as the state semifinals in...

Winter baseball camp gets decent response from kids

January 28, 2018

New Wayland High School varsity baseball coach Rob Hamly and members of his staff put together a special winter edition of a baseball camp at Wayland High School Sunday morning with a decent turnout of enthusiastic youngsters, eager to learn some fundamental of the game. (Photo supplied)

Wayland schools decide to join early college program

January 25, 2018

Wayland High School students now can earn their high school diploma and an associate's degree through the Early College program of Allegan County. The Wayland Board of Education Monday night in a work session voted 4-3 to participate with up to five students eligible for the 2018-19 academic year. Wayland...

WHS grad Lacey James playing for Northern Illinois

January 24, 2018

Lacey James, a 2015 graduate of Wayland High School, is averaging 5.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game as a 6-9 forward for Northern Illinois University this season. James, an all-state selection in his senior year and a key member of the quarterfinals team when he was a junior, was...

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

January 24, 2018

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Jan. 27, 1993 Does anyone know when downtown Hopkins experienced and endured this flood? More than half of Michigan homeowners can expect property tax increases in 1993, 14.4% in Allegan County and...

Funeral will be Saturday for Leonardo Pintarelli, 36

January 22, 2018

Wayland native and Martin High School graduate Leonardo Pintarelli of Otsego died Friday, Jan. 19. He was 36. Pintarelli was born to John and Sharon Pintarelli of Wayland in 1981 and later went to Martin High School and studied to be a registered nurse at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. He...

Wayland schools seek 2018 Hall of Fame nominees

January 21, 2018

The Wayland Union school district is seeking nominees for this year's Hall of Fame accolades. Candidates for consideration should be sent with the nominee’s name and qualifications to Wayland High School Principal Tom Cutler, 870 E. Superior Street, Wayland, MI 49348 or email to cutlert@waylandunion.org Deadline for submitting nominations is at...

Carter Nyp plans to play hoops at Cornerstone next year

January 17, 2018

Wayland High School standout senior forward Carter Nyp has signed to continue his basketball career at Cornerstone University next year. The Wildcats' leading scorer this season, he is pictured herewith his parents Scott and Tanya Nyp and Cornerstone University head basketball coach Kim Elders. (Photo submitted)

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

January 17, 2018

25 Years Ago — Jan. 20, 1993 The old Wayland Cleaners building on Pine Street. Some things change, some don't. “Arnold” and “Pork Chop,” two Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs owned by Windsor Woods two mobile home park families, the Tim VanPolens and the Jeffrey Saltkowskis, have won the right to be...

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