Wayland High School

Yes It Is, It’s True: The chickens are coming home to roost

The City of Wayland seems to be the latest municipality poised to be chicken friendly, with local officials drawing up a proposed ordinance for consideration. The way things are looking,…

Editor July 24, 2017

Sports

WHS baseball coach Wilcox takes Carson City AD post

Travis Wilcox has resigned his post as head baseball coach and behavior intervention specialist for the Wayland Union school district. Wilcox, a 2001 graduate of Carson City-Crystal, has returned to…

Editor July 20, 2017

Features

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

(From the archives of the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — July 22, 1992 Marcy McClellan of Allegan was crowned Miss Allegan County at…

Editor July 19, 2017

Features

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

25 Years Ago — July 15, 1992 Donna Heath has been named new postmaster at Hopkins. She previously had been postmaster at Colon. Heath and her family live in Dorr…

Editor July 12, 2017

Features

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

(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — July 8, 1992 Amicorn may be the first business to apply for a…

Editor July 8, 2017

Features

WHS enjoys 2nd consecutive year with Islamic visitor

Esha Ahmed, from Rawalpindi, Pakistan, last month completed her academic year as a foreign exchange student at Wayland High School. Shown here with her “American father,” Tim VanHouten, she was…

Editor June 30, 2017

Articles

Dorr Twp. Board won’t pay $270 bill for leaf site cleanup

The Dorr Township Board Thursday evening refused to pay a $270 bill from David Selvig of Dave's Dozing for cleanup of the old leaf pickup site. The township had been…

Editor June 29, 2017

Features

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

25 Years Ago — June 29, 1992 Cellar Door Companies of Northville is working with Wayland Township officials on a proposal to build a $5 million 4,000-seat concert amphiteater that…

Editor June 28, 2017

Articles

WHS grad Michael Johnston planning labor history book

Michael Johnston, a 1972 graduate of Wayland High School, is working on the manuscript about the history of labor unions in West Michigan. Johnston, who retired as a history teacher at Kenowa…

Editor June 24, 2017

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: An inspiring, tragic story of Allen Armintrout

The story of Allen Armintrout is both an inspiration and a tragedy. Allen was born profoundly deaf, but overcame his handicap to live a remarkably normal and meaningful life, marked…

Editor June 23, 2017