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Wayland High School grad Amos Knoth dies at 43
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…
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1969 WHS grad Barb DeVries in the battle of her life
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…
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Wildcat senior Auston Whitley is academic all-state
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…
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WHS grad’s historic hotel damaged heavily in fire
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…
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Bygone Days: A look at Wayland area’s past, Part 221
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.…
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Raymond Antel III to coach Wildcat boys’ harriers this fall
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,…
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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 220
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…
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Laura Foster wins Brenner Teacher of Year award
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…
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‘The Wizard of Wayland remains an enigma to me
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.”…
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Lacey James to sit out season, then play at N. Illinois
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…