Wayland High School

Mass of Christian burial Friday for Lois Mlynarchek, 82

September 6, 2017

Lois C. Mlynarchek, age 82, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 at her home in Wayland. Lois was born on June 13, 1935, to James H. and Wilma E. (Keith) May in Plainwell. She was a graduate of Wayland High School. On Dec. 27, 1963, she married Ron Mlynarchek. Lois worked for...

WHS grad Tristen Ortiz scores 2 goals to help Trine win

September 3, 2017

Tristen Ortiz when he was a senior on the Wildcat soccer team a year ago. Freshman Tristen Ortiz, a 2017 graduate of Wayland High School, scored two goals to help lead the Trine University men's soccer team to a 3-1 win against Muskingum University in its first game of the Transy Soccer...

WHS grad Sydney Ritz named to all-tourney volleyball team

September 3, 2017

Wayland High School graduate Sydney Ritz was named to the all-tournament team after the Spring Arbor University volleyball team concluded play at the Siena Heights University Classic Saturday. The Cougars split their final two matches, opening the day with a 3-1 victory over St. Ambrose University before falling to Lindenwood University-Belleville...

Davenport University to get 3rd Teunissen from Wayland

September 1, 2017

Morgan and Mallory... and Bethany makes three. They're happy at Davenport University. Bethany Teunissen Mallory Teunissen Bethany Teunissen, who just graduated from Wayland High School last spring, has decided to become the third of the Teunissen sisters to play softball at Davenport University. The youngest Teunissen was a heavy hitter...

WHS grad Ali Martus starts 2nd golf season at Northwood

September 1, 2017

Ali Martus Former Wayland High School all-state golfer Ali Martus is starting her second season on the Northwood University golf team this fall with a season opener at the Indianapolis Invitational Sept. 11. Martus helped the Northwood University break a school record for low score earlier last year at the Northwood...

Rob Hamly to take over WHS varsity baseball program

August 31, 2017

Rob Hamly has been announced as the next varsity baseball coach at Wayland Union High School. Hamly, who succeeds Trenton Wilcox, who left to become athletic director at Carson City, has spent the last six seasons coaching in the Jenison baseball program. A 2006 Caledonia High School graduate, and continued...

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

August 30, 2017

(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 years Ago — Sept. 2, 1992 A special work session, closed to public comment, will be held at the Wayland Township Hall on the proposed amphitheater in Bradley. Planning Commission Chairwoman Laura Shepherd said commissioners still...

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

August 23, 2017

(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 26, 1992 St. Stanislaus Church is celebrating its 100th anniversary at the church building in Hilliards. Wayland City Council members have decided to contribute $500 to the legal defense fund for the...

Local photography buff captures solar eclipse in Idaho

August 21, 2017

A lot of people donned those crazy glasses to get a gander at the first solar eclipse since 1979 Monday afternoon. One observer was photographer Hope Thurston Carter of Shelbyville, who has three sons who graduated from Wayland High School. She took pictures of the celebrated event at her borther's...

Wayland lad records 1st hole-in-one at a tender age

August 20, 2017

Tyler Omness, son of Wayland High School Assistant Principal Mike Omness, this past weekend scored his first-ever hole-in-one. He was golfing on the par three 15th hole at the Orchard Hills Golf Course. (Photo supplied)

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