Wayland High School

Founder of Brenner Tours Doris Brenner passes at 90

April 28, 2015

Wayland High School graduate Doris Brenner of Monterey Township died Monday, April 27. She was 90 years old. Mrs. Brenner was born May 4, 1924, in Grand Rapids, the daughter of William and Minnie (Arnsman) Westfhal. Doris graduated from Wayland High School, Class of 1942. She was a life member...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 162

April 22, 2015

25 Years Ago — April 25, 1990 Hopkins School Superintendent Dr. Craig Misner has announced he is leaving to take the school chief’s job at Parchment. During his four years here Hopkins was recognized by the State of Michigan as an exemplary school. The Wayland Board of Education has decided...

‘Little Cats Concert’ at FAC features familiar orchestral fare

April 17, 2015

The Wayland High School Orchestra, directed by Karen Nofsinger, held its annual Little Cats Concert for elementary students Friday in the Wayland Union Fine Arts Center. The children listened to the various sounds of the stringed instruments. They heard some familiar music from "The Little Mermaid" and watched the high...

‘The Outsiders’ to be performed at Fine Arts Center May 1-3

April 17, 2015

Students from Wayland Union High School will perform "The Outsiders" for their spring play, directed by language arts and drama instructor Rebecca Black. "The Outsiders" is an adaptation by Christopher Sergel of S.E. Hinton's popular coming of age novel of the same name. The story centers on a rivalry between...

A couple of Dorr boys from the 1960s honored by WHS

April 15, 2015

A couple of “Dorr Boys from the Sixties” shared the honor of induction into the Wayland High School Alumni Hall of Fame Wednesday evening. The two received their honors during the annual Scholastic Honors Night, recognizing all Wayland High School students who have earned at least 3.5 grade point averages...

Wayland schools’ food quality ranks No. 2 with Niche

April 15, 2015

Wayland Union Schools has received a No. 2 ranking from Niche for best food. Best Food ranks 3,868 school districts based on district spending statistics and more than 580,000 opinions on food from 215,000 students and parents. A high ranking indicates the district offers a variety of healthy, quality food...

Service will be Friday for Chad MacIntosh, 36, of Gun Lake

April 14, 2015

Chad Russell MacIntosh, 36, of Gun Lake, died Saturday, April 11. Chad graduated from Wayland Union High School in 1997 and attended Ferris State University. For many years he had worked as a die maker. The last two years he worked as a Licensed Respiratory Therapist at Metro Health and...

Wayland High School graduate Bruce Hayes passes at 59

April 8, 2015

Bruce Hayes, 59, of Howard City, formerly of Wayland, died Tuesday, April 7. A 1974 graduate of Wayland High School, he was a pitcher on the Wildcat baseball team. Bruce proudly served in the US Navy and was a member of Resurrection Life Church in Rockford. Surviving are his sister,...

John Sloan sworn in as new Wayland City Council member

April 6, 2015

John Sloan was sworn in by Clerk Michelle Herman as Wayland's newest member of the City Council Monday night. A recently retired counselor at Wayland High School and former assistant varsity football coach, he succeeds Ron Kobish, who stepped down last month to take a position in Auburn Hills. Sloan...

Eight WHS students take part in ‘Renaissance’ conference

April 2, 2015

PALs advisor Andrea Brown and Student Council advisor Nicki Cardosa took eight Wayland High School students to the Josten's Renaissance Conference March 27 at St. John's High. The Renaissance program is designed to empower students and educators to re-energize the educational atmosphere at their schools and create and seize new...

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