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Bygone Days: A look at history of NE Allegan County

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(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Dec. 30, 1991 The Penasee Globe in the week between Christmas and New Year’s published a lot of feature stories. Henika Public Library Board members, including President Burrell Stein, Dr. John White, Phyllis...
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Funeral will be Monday for WHS graduate Lisa Grigsby

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Word has been received of the unexpected death Christmas morning of Lisa Marie Wooten Grigsby. She was 48 and a Wayland High School graduate.. Lisa graduated from Wayland High School in 1986 and had been employed as office manager at Superior Plumbing for ten years. She was a lifelong member of...
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WHS 2009-10 team reunites to play ‘Cats in scrimmage

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Members of the 2009-2010 Wayland High School basketball team reunited Thursday evening to play in a charity scrimmage against the current varsity basketball squad. The Wildcats from that season are regarded as the greatest assemblage of players, with the exception of the team from 1954-55 that went all the way...
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Presley Hudson 10th in career 3-pointers at CMU

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Former Wayland High School all-stater Presley Hudson led Central Michigan University scorers with 26 points Monday in an 82-51 victory over Illinois. Hudson tied a career-high with six 3-pointers and with those six, she moved into 10th place on CMU's career list with 113 in just her second collegiate season....
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Wildcat boys and girls both win big on lanes vs. East GR

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Wayland High School bowling coach Sherry Miklusicak probably couldn't have asked for a better Opening Night for her. Miklusicak, who now is guiding both the boys' and girls' teams, with help from Mike Omness, because of the departure of girls' coach Bill Holbrook for the collegiate ranks, oversaw two huge victories...
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Kim Miller Powers takes over Auction House Cafe

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Kim Miller Powers, a 1987 graduate of Wayland High School and former standout Wildcat athlete, has taken over ownership of the Auction House Cafe, just north of the Wayland city limits on old U.S.-131. She and her husband, Kevin, will run the local eatery, which has been in business since 1936,...
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Lady Wildcats 2nd in coach Holbrook’s swan song

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The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team finished second in back-to-back tournaments Friday and Saturday. The Lady Wildcats were runners-up Friday in the Portage Northern Huskie Invitational and landed in the same place Saturday in the Cedar Springs Invitational. It was the coaching swan song for Bill Holbrook, who had to...
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Leisure Life seniors enjoy annual Christmas party

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The Leisure Life group held its annual Christmas Party Wednesday at the Windsor Woods Community Room. Wayland High School orchestra students played Christmas music during lunch. The group had a gift exchange and lots of fun. Sponsors included Kubiak Cook, Laurels of Sandy Creek, Byron Manor, Green Acres, Harlequin Hair, Eclipse Studio, House Chiropractic,...
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Rock band Wayland concert to aid local music programs

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Nationally known rock band Wayland will perform at the Wayland Union Fine Arts Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18. All proceeds will be donated to support the Wayland Union High School’s band, choir and orchestra programs. Wayland High School musicians will be special guest openers for the concert. Tickets...
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Wayland High varsity boys’ soccer coach sought

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Wayland High School boys’ varsity soccer coach Ben Sleeman apparently has given up that post. Wayland Union Schools is advertising the boys’ head varsity job and the junior varsity post on its web site. Sleeman, a 2004 graduate of Otsego High School and a 2009 graduate of Spring Arbor University,...
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