Wayland High School

Lady Wildcats softball coach Cheri Ritz wins national honor

January 19, 2016

Wayland High School varsity softball coach Cheri Ritz has been named a National Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations and is a finalist for the National High School Athletic Coaches Association national coach of the year. Eight finalists from across the nation will...

Services planned for Wednesday for WHS grad Pat Buensch

January 18, 2016

Patricia Ann Buensch, age 68, of Wayland, died Sunday, Jan. 17. Pat graduated from Wayland High School in 1966 after suffering serious injuries in a traffic crash during her junior year. She graduated a year after she was scheduled because she had to take a year off school to recover....

WHS grad Autumn Anderson plays for unbeaten Hope squad

January 18, 2016

Wayland High School graduate Autumn Anderson (10) will join her Hope College teammates in welcoming longtime MIAA rival Calvin for a huge contest on the hardcourt. The undefeated and nationally-ranked (in NCAA Division III) Flying Dutch will be seeking their 16th consecutive victory. Anderson, a 5-9 senior, is a guard...

Wayland area roads are slick with ice and difficult to melt

January 18, 2016

The Wayland Fire Department issued a statement around noon Monday that “U.S.-131 northbound from the Wayland exit to at least the Kent Allegan County line is a sheet of ice and the southbound lane is down to a standstill south of the county line due to numerous jackknife semi's and...

WHS Novice takes 1st at the debate state championship series

January 18, 2016

The Wayland Debate Novice Team took first place and the Varsity Team placed third at the debate state championship series Saturday at Kendall College of Art & Design in Grand Rapids. Schools gathered to compete in three divisions; novice, junior varsity and varsity. The top three finalists in the novice...

Nominations sought for Wayland Alumni Hall of Fame

January 16, 2016

Wayland Union School District is seeking nominations for the 2016 Alumni Hall of Fame. Nominate a candidate for consideration by sending the nominee’s name and qualifications to Tom Cutler, Principal, Wayland Union High School, 870 E. Superior Street, Wayland, MI 49348 or email to cutlert@wayland.k12.mi.us. Deadline for submitting nominations is...

Hopkins alum Sue Wakefield to retire as Plainwell superintendent

January 16, 2016

Hopkins High School graduate Sue Wakefield will retire as superintendent of Plainwell Community Schools at the end of the 2015-16 academic year. When Wakefield steps down in June, she will have served the district in that capacity for the past 10 years. Wakefield, the former Sue Maher, graduated from Hopkins...

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 199

January 13, 2016

25 Years Ago — Jan. 16, 1991 The Village of Martin finally is having clean and clear water pumped to residents after early tests of the new system prompted distribution of bottled water as a temporary measure. Plainwell City Police and Wayland High School administrators were investigating reports of vandalism...

Celebration of Life event for Donna Walters is Saturday, Jan. 30

January 13, 2016

Donna K. Walters, age 48 of Dorr, a 1986 graduate of Wayland High School died Tuesday after a lingering and debilitating illness. Donna, one of the earliest Facebook friends for townbroadcast.com, eerily posted this message on Facebook, “To all my friends, the angels blessed me with my wings. Thank you...

Wayland doesn’t fare well on M-STEP, but neither do other schools

January 11, 2016

The bad news told to the Wayland Board of Education Monday night was that students in the local district didn’t score very well in the M-STEP tests. The good news was that neither did just about everybody else. Director of Instruction Teresa Fulk explained that this was the first time...

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