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Two WHS forensics students among top 10 in state

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Two Wayland High School forensics students competed with close to 600 others from around the state, representing 45 different schools May 19-21 at the annual Michigan Speech Coaches Incorporated State Spring Conference (MSCI) at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Senior and team captain Courtney Johnson placed fourth in Declamation...
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WHS grad, Navy nuclear field coordinator pays a visit

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Wayland High School graduate and U.S. Navy Nuclear Field Coordinator Darrin Door explained how how uranium turns into energy and other nuclear energy topics recently in a visit to David Robinson's science classroom. Door, Class of 2006, has been in the Navy for seven years in the nuclear engineering program. He...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — June 3, 1992 The Wayland Township Board is recommending the Players Club at Selkirk Lake be permitted to continue to serve liquor, but patrons not be allowed to dance in the 300-seat lounge....
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Davenport bows out of NAIA World Series in 2-0 loss

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The softball season ended for Davenport University after a 2-0 loss Tuesday to LSU-Alexandria in the World Series in Florida. The Panthers' final record was 49-10 and they tied for fifth in the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Two important team members for the past two season have been Wayland High School...
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Service is June 3 for former local woman Dorothy Donovan

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Dorothy Marie Donovan Peake of Kentwood, a former resident of Wayland, died May 24. She was 78. Born April 7, 1939, in Kalamazoo, Dorothy has eight grown children, several of whom graduated from Wayland High School, including Tyrone, Todd and Lance Brewer. While living north of the city on Division...
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2015 WHS grad Cody Lichtig dies from rare form of cancer

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Cody James Lichtig, 21, a 2015 graduate of Wayland High School, died Tuesday, May 23, of a rare form of cancer at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Cody complained of a pain in his left leg a year ago and after several months of doctors appointments and...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(From the archives of the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — May 27, 1992 Mary Ellen Mynatt DeYoung wrote a letter to the editor defending the history and tradition of the Moline Town Hall that Dorr Township officials were considering tearing down. She said,...
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Top WHS male athletes honored in annual ceremony

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Codey Clewell won the Louis Japinga Award Tuesday night at the Wayland High School awards assembly and Jacob Omness was presented with the Senior Athlete Award. The Japinga Award is the oldest in Wayland High School history, with the first presented to Don Japinga in 1962. Both were three-sport athletes....
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Terry ‘Sunshine’ Ellis chosen Booster of the Year at WHS

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Terry "Sunshine" Ellis, shown here with his wife, was presented with the 2016-17 Booster of the Year Award Tuesday night at the annual Academic and Athletic Award Night at Wayland High School. Ellis was honored for his relentless process of taking videos and photos of Wayland students at athletic events. (Photo courtesy...
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Coughlin, Morse win top WHS female athletic awards

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Wayland High School seniors Leigha Morse (left) and Taryn Coughlin were announced as the winners of the Senior Athlete Award and Multer Award, respectively, Tuesday night at the Wayland High School Seniors' Farewell Assembly. The Multer Award, the girls' version of the Japinga Award, is given in honor of longtime...
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