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Funeral will be Tuesday for Melody Lodenstein, 67

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Melody L. Lodenstein, 67, of Wayland, died Thursday, April 13, at her home. She was born on May 27, 1949, to Gilbert and Lorraine (Kinert) Merchant in Petoskey. She married Leon Lodenstein March 14, 1970. She was a a 1967 graduate of Wayland High School. Melody was a member of...
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WHS students American Chemical Society exam finalists

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Wayland High School students in AP and organic chemistry classes took a preliminary test provided by the American Chemical Society, offered to all students in Kalamazoo, Allegan and VanBuren counties. Wayland has six students who are finalists, invited to take a second chemistry test April 22 to compete for money...
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Wildcat boys, girls lose to TK in dual meet openers

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The Wayland High School boys' track team opened its dual meet season Wednesday with an 80-57 loss to O-K Gold Conference rival Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The girls lost as well, by a county of 95.5-41.5. Boys' coach Marty Howard said he was particularly impressed with the performances of Devin Jakey,...
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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 — April 15, 1992 The Allegan United Way has decided to end its affiliation with the national organization because of continued negative publicity about spending priorities, according to Executive Director Jeff McElwee. The Leighton...
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Wayland robotics team heading to state competition

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In only its second year of competition, the Wayland Union High School FIRST Robotics team is headed to the Michigan State Championship this weekend at Saginaw Valley State University. The team has competed in two district contests so far this year. During its first competition held March 23-25 at Mason...
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Funeral will be Thursday for Nancy Grevenstuk

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Nancy C. (Noble) Grevenstuk, age 68, died April 9. She was born Oct. 15, 1948, in Grand Rapids, the daughter of Harvey and Laura (Hindenach) Noble. A 1966 graduate of Wayland High School, she was well known as a clerk at Wayland Carpet & Linoleum. Nancy is survived by her...
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World War II survivor, author to speak at WHS Friday

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World War II survivor Hans Moederzoon van Kuilenburg will tell Wayland High School social studies students Friday her story of how her family helped the Dutch during the “hunger winter” during the winter of 1944. The author of the book “The Silent Heroes” and great-grandmother of WHS student Zane VanKuilenburg,...
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Wayland High School students join Youth Summit

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Wayland High School students were among the more than 300 students from Allegan and Barry counties who attended the fourth annual Allegan-Barry Youth Summit Wednesday, March 29, at Gun Lake Community Church. The Allegan County Pro Youth Team is a youth board made up of delegates from schools in Allegan...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — April 8, 1992 Gov. John Engler’s proposed deep cuts in state government spending on adult education programs will cause drastic reductions in services offered by the Wayland Community Edfucation program. Director David VanEerden said if Engler’s cutbacks are adopted, the local program wouldn’t survive another two...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: A look at ‘Hail Mary’ prayers answered

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In baseball, it’s the walk-off hit or walk-off homer. In football, it’s the “Hail Mary” pass. In basketball, it’s the buzzer-beater. All of them represent some of the most thrilling aspects of major American sports, crossing that thin line between victory and defeat. And they are widely regarded as relatively...
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