Wayland High School

Wayland band Big Dudee Roo to release next EP Saturday

The Wayland-based band Big Dudee Roo plans to release a four-track EP, "Heavy Dudee," Saturday, March 7. The music, recorded last fall in a barn in Sparta, "finds Big Dudee…

Editor March 3, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcats just miss state, but frosh Sydney Urben qualifies

The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team Friday just missed a trip to the state finals, but one Lady Wildcat, freshman Sydney Urben, qualified for the competition next weekend. Wayland finished…

Editor March 1, 2015

Features

Lots of work ahead, but time to climb those golden stairs

These three Wayland High School seniors still cling to the dream that they will play one more time in front of local fans in the local gym. However, (from left)…

Editor February 28, 2015

Community Notices

‘Robin Hood’ production repeats tonight, Sunday afternoon

"Robin Hood and the Heroes of Sherwood Forest," billed as a fresh adaptation of the well-known English tale by Randy Wyatt, opened Friday evening at the Wayland High School Fine…

Editor February 28, 2015

Obituaries

Traffic accident in Otsego takes life of Wayland High School grad

Wayland High School graduate Pamela S. Knowlton, 55, of Otsego, died Thursday in a tragic accident in Otsego. She was born August 23, 1959, in Plainwell, the daughter of Larry…

Editor February 28, 2015

Sports

Wildcats’ 2nd-half defensive blitz buries South Christian, 71-39

When Grand Rapids South Christian senior John Wassink scored six straight unanswered points in the first four minutes of the third quarter to pull his team to within two, 32-30,…

Editor February 27, 2015

Obituaries

Grandfather of 4 famous WHS female athletes dies at 77

William “Bill” M. Merchant, 77, paternal grandfather of four of the most famous female athletes in Wayland, died Thursday after a brief illness on what coincidentally would have been his…

Editor February 26, 2015

Articles

Wayland’s Kelvin Lapham recognized as Mopar ‘Top Tech’

Kelvin Lapham, a 1976 graduate of Wayland High School and technician at Wayland Chrysler, is one of two Michigan men recognized as being among the top 27 FCA US LLC…

Editor February 25, 2015

Sports

Davenport benefits from 2 more former Wildcat softballers

Wayland High School graduates Haley Obetts and Britt McLain are on the roster of the Davenport University softball team this spring. The Panthers, ranked No. 23 in he latest NAIA…

Editor February 24, 2015

Articles

Wayland Union High School has sociology culture fair

Wayland High School students from Andrea Brown’s sociology classes at held a culture fair recently for their capstone project. Students researched and applied two trimesters of sociological knowledge to a…

Editor February 24, 2015