Wayland High School

Hannah Sikkema to play softball at Dordt College, Iowa

Wayland High School senior Hannah Sikkema has announced her intention to attend Dordt College and join the Defenders' softball program. Sikkema batted .333 in 2016 and had an on base…

Editor May 23, 2017

Sports

Wildcats swept by O-K Gold champ East Grand Rapids

Wayland High School's varsity baseball team dropped both ends of a double-header Monday with the newly crowned OK-Gold Conference champion Pioneers of East Grand Rapids. The Wildcats lost the first game by…

Editor May 23, 2017

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Quality female athletes just keep coming

It was an extraordinary week for female athletes from Hopkins and Wayland High Schools, and it happened over just two days. No fewer than four young ladies, two from Wayland…

Editor May 20, 2017

Sports

WHS foreign exchange student wins regional tennis title

Wayland High School's No. 1 singles tennis player Elena Campon, a foreign exchange student from Spain, won the Division 2 regional singles championship Thursday and has qualified for the Division…

Editor May 18, 2017

Articles

City apparently unwilling to call off Reno Drive land purchase

It’s not a done deal yet, but it appears any attempt to stop the City of Wayland’s agreement with developers Keith Nickels and Josh Otto for the sale on land…

Editor May 15, 2017

Obituaries

Graveside services slated for Monday for 1964 WHS grad

Word has been received of the death Thursday, May 11, of Leonard James Getty, a 1964 graduate of Wayland High School. He was 70 and his address was listed as…

Editor May 11, 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 — May 13, 1992 The Southwest Michigan Solid Waste Interim Consortium has been formed,…

Editor May 10, 2017

Sports

Presley Hudson named co-MVP for CMU basketball team

Presley Hudson, former Wayland High School all-state standout, and Tinara Moore were named Co-Most Valuable Players during the Central Michigan women’s basketball team’s annual banquet last Friday at Buck’s Run…

Editor May 8, 2017

Sports

Teunissen’s 2-hit shutout moves Davenport to finals

Former Wayland High School all-state pitcher Mallory Teunissen tossed a two-hit shutout at University of Michigan-Dearborn Monday in the semifinals of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference tournament. She and her Davenport…

Editor May 8, 2017

Editorial

Too much misinformation being spread about football field

To the editor: I normally don’t take to publicly sharing thoughts, but I can’t stand by and let inaccurate information be spread about our program and facilities. With that being…

Editor May 7, 2017