Wayland High School

Wayland High School grad Amos Knoth dies at 43

June 26, 2016

Amos Knoth, a Wayland High School graduate, died early Sunday morning at Metro Health Hospital. He was 43. A Go Fund Me page set up for him reported, "Last Sunday Amos was out on the boat fishing. He had a seizure and fell info the water. He was pulled out...

1969 WHS grad Barb DeVries in the battle of her life

June 25, 2016

Barbara Hydorn Keil DeVries, a 1969 graduate of Wayland High School, has seen many challenges in her lifetime, but her biggest one has just arrived — brain cancer. DeVries this week begins radiation and chemotherapy, but the tumor is inoperable, her doctors have told her. “They told me they can’t...

Wildcat senior Auston Whitley is academic all-state

June 23, 2016

Wayland High School senior Auston Whitley, a multi-sport athlete, has been named to the Academic All-State team, along with 34 other student athletes. Whitley is shown here with a basketball last winter as a junior guard for the O-K Gold Conference champions. He earned a 4.0 grade point average over...

WHS grad’s historic hotel damaged heavily in fire

June 23, 2016

The South Lyon Hotel, co-owned and managed by Wayland High School graduate Corry Bala, suffered major damage in a three-alarm fire early Thursday morning. The iconic historic hotel was built in South Lyon Village in 1867. The property formerly was a cemetery, and after the City Council approved removal of...

Bygone Days: A look at Wayland area’s past, Part 221

June 22, 2016

25 Years Ago — June 26, 1991 The Allegan County Board of Commissioners chose Connie Holbrook of Dorr Township to succeed the late Ralph Sytsma on the Fifth District seat. Others seeking the appointment were Kenneth Fein and Wallace Pitsch. She and at least two others now are eligible to...

Raymond Antel III to coach Wildcat boys’ harriers this fall

June 21, 2016

Raymond Antel III has been hired as head coach of the boys' cross-country team at Wayland High School this fall. Antel, currently head coach of the Wildcat girls' track team, succeeds Steve Harcourt, who guided the Wayland boys for a quarter of a century. Harcourt retired from teaching math and...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 220

June 15, 2016

25 Years Ago — June 19, 1991 Allegan County will have to under go the redistricting process soon in the wake of final results of the 1990 census. A special committee made up of County Clerk Joyce Watts, County Treasurer Fred Edgerton, County Prosecutor Andrew Marks, Democratic Party Chairman Ken...

Laura Foster wins Brenner Teacher of Year award

June 13, 2016

Laura Foster, who has been teaching sixth grade at Pine Street Elementary since 1993, is this year’s winner of the Kathryn L. Brenner Teacher of the Year award. Foster earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1992 from Western Michigan University, a master’s degree in 1998 from Grand Valley...

‘The Wizard of Wayland remains an enigma to me

June 11, 2016

John Wooden, legendary college basketball coach at UCLA, was nicknamed “The Wizard of Westwood.” In these parts, we could call Lady Wildcats’ softball coach Cheri Ritz “The Wizard of Wayland.” Though she lost a boatload of talent from the state championship 2015 ballclub, particularly in the pitching department with Pitcher...

Lacey James to sit out season, then play at N. Illinois

June 10, 2016

Northern Illinois University men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery announced the addition of 2015 Wayland High School graduate Lacey James to the Huskie program for the 2016-17 season. “We are excited to add Lacey to our roster for the upcoming season,” said Montgomery. “I am looking forward to having him,...

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