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Nine WHS dance members perform at U of M festival

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Wayland High School dancers Kynlee Boomsma, Reese Cassini, Shelbie Chambers, Isabel Cross, Lily Hibma, Sadie Holcomb, Olivia Smith, Lexie Wagenborg and Serenity Wilson performed at the Michigan Youth Dance Festival Saturday, May 6, at the University of Michigan. Their piece was “Exile, the Final Cut.”
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WHS softball coach Cheri Ritz near 1,000 career wins

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Harmony Laker homered and was the winning pitcher. Rumor has it that Wayland High School softball coach Cheri Ritz is approaching 1,000 victories in her storied career. She got one game closer Thursday evening by building her squad to 13-4 non-league victory over Coopersville in a single game rather then...
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Former WHS pitching star makes 2nd team all-MIAA

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Wayland High School graduate Emma Ludema has been named to the second unit of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) all-star team. Ludema, only a freshman, fashioned an 11-3 record on the mound and recorded a 1.72 earned run average. She threw a no-hitter at Kalamazoo College and a one-hitter...
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Eagle Scout makes benches for E. Elmwood Cemetery

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COVER PHOTO: Nick Erlanger and Elmwood Cemetery Supervisor Micah Kuhtic.   Wayland High School senior Nick Erlanger, an Eagle Scout with Hopkins Troop #0096, made four benches for East Elmwood Cemetery in Wayland Township.   Erlanger raised all the funds to buy the materials to make the benches by collecting...
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Wayland’s future featured in Plan Commission moves

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Holly McPherson The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday night recommended the City Council adopt a new master plan and had an extensive discussion about the possibility of a Central Business District Overlay ordinance. Commissioners agreed make a recommendation after receiving a 145-page document from Beckett and Raeder. A representative from...
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Two Wayland grads score points in WHAC track meet

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Maggie Whitney Zoe Antel Two former Wayland High School track stars, Maggie Whitney and Zoe Antel, scored some vital points this past weekend for Aquinas College in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) meet. With the first scored running event of the day, the Aquinas Saints placed second in the 4x800...
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Wildcat boys, girls track take 1st at Hopkins meet

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Both Wayland High School track teams emerged victorious Saturday at the Hopkins Invitational. The guys won with 191 points and Sparta was second with 99. The girls collected 93 points, just two more than runner-up Hopkins. The Wildcat boys again showed a lot of depth in the sprints and in...
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Lady Wildcats go 2-for-3 in their softball invitational

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The Wayland High School softball team won two of three encounters in the Wayland Invitational Saturday. The Wildcats blanked previously unbeaten Big Rapids 2-0 in the first game, bested Caledonia 8-1 in game two and then absorbed an 11-6 loss in the finale. Sophomore ace hurler Harmony Laker was the...
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WHS grad does it again. This time it’s a no-hitter

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Emma Ludema Wayland High School graduate Emma Ludema continues to impress in her freshman year playing softball at Calvin University. The former Wildcat all-state performer threw the university’s first no-hitter in seven years when she turned the trick in a the nightcap of a doubleheader sweep of Kalamazoo College. She...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) Henika Public Library was constructed at 149 S. Main St. in 1899, so it's probably safe to say this intriguing vehicle was a model from sometime around 1910, 25 Years Ago— May 4, 1998 Many call...
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