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WHS lineman Chad Stoepker to play in all-star game

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Wayland High School senior Chad Stoepker (No. 50, making a sack last fall with teammate Cody Clewell) will be one of the offensive lineman on Team Stars that will take on Team Stripes in the second annual Axis All-Star football game June 9 at Davenport University. The game, which was created...
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Former Wayland student Mary Minshell, 78, passes

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Mary Minshall, age 78, of Plainwell,a  former Wayland High School student, died Wednesday, April 19. Mary was born June 9, 1938, to Louis and Ruth Papineau. Growing up in Orangeville, her father worked for Goodyear In Akron, Ohio and her mother was a homemaker. Later, they moved to the Gun...
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Christian Neighbors embezzlement case may be resolved

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A 49-year-old Wayland man will appear in court in Allegan Monday to face charges of embezzlement. Dale Whittredge, a 1986 graduate of Wayland High School, is expected to be offered a plea agreement in connection with charges he embezzled more than $20,000 during his tenure as treasurer of Wayland Christian...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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25 years Ago — April 22, 1992 Stephen Lawrence, 36, and Candy Lawrence, husband and wife, have been charged with murder and arson in connection with the death of Stephen’s father, Willard, at his Gun Lake home on Elmwood Beach. Willard was a retired president of the Felpausch grocery chain....
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Two newest Alumni Hall of Fame members recognized

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Embriette Hyde, a 2005 graduate, and Mary Jane Merren, WHS Class of 1967, became the newest members of the Alumni Hall of Fame at the Wayland High School Scholastic Honors Night Tuesday. Wayland High School students in grades 9-12 who earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher were...
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Flurry of economic activity in the works on Reno Drive?

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The City Council Monday night agreed to sell a 25.11-acre city-owned parcel to developers Keith Nickels and Josh Otto. The parcel has frontage on both Reno Drive and 133rd Avenue. The purchase price is $20,000. "The sale will be contingent on a successful rezoning by the purchasers," said City Manager...
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Former WHS mound ace is WHAC Pitcher of the Week

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Sophomore pitcher Mallory Teunissen, a 2015 graduate of Wayland High School, picked up her first WHAC Pitcher of the Week award for her career. Her Davenport team went 2-2 on the week and Teunissen was on the mound during both wins. The combined score between the two starts was 16-1. During...
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Wayland School Board shown ‘positive’ evidence

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Members of the Wayland Board of Education Monday night held its last regular meeting before the Tuesday, May 2, bond election. School officials couldn't resist the opportunity to showcase "the good things happening in our schools" once again, repeating the glad-handing of winter sports teams' successes. This time the WHS...
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Mock traffic crash scene planned at WHS parking lot

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Wayland Union High School will hold a "mock crash" scene outside behind the high school in the rear parking lot at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 20. There will be police, fire and ambulance vehicles on site. This is only a simulation and its purpose is to highlight to students the...
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Wayland robotics team concludes season at state finals

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The Wayland High School robotics team, in only its second season of existence, didn't make it to the final round of the state tournament Saturday at Saginaw Valley State University. Thus ending its 2017 campaign. An observer commented, "Our robot and team didn't let us down - our robot remained...
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