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WHS grad among top 17 in NCAA pitching category

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Former Wayland High School pitching ace Emma Ludema currently ranks 17th in the nation among NCAA Division III schools in the category of ratio of walks to strikeouts at 8.83 to 1. Ludema usually pitches in the nightcaps of Calvin University's doubleheaders and she tossed a one-hit shutout at MIAA...
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Wayland Robotics wins 6 of 10 in worlds at Houston

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The Wayland High School Robotics team #6090 won six of 10 matches in the world competition over the first two days Thursday and Friday in Houston. They went 3-2 in both days. They'll find out Saturday if they get picked to be on one of top eight alliances to be...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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The inside of the Dorr Township Library today, including Library Director Jeff Babbitt (center). The cover photo showed the old township hall where the basement housed the first Dorr library. Today, it's the home of the Then & Now Historical Library. (Taken from the archives at the Then & Now...
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Wayland Robotics team members going to Houston

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Members of the Wayland High School Robotics team, #6090, will leave Tuesday for Houston to take part in the world competition. The Wayland students and their coaches pulled off a state championship earlier this month at Saginaw Valley State University to earn the right to make the trip. Funding for...
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It’s a belated April Fool’s Day in Michigan weather

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Michigan showed its classic colors between Saturday and Monday, proving the old saying, "If you don't like the weather in Michigan just wait a little while. After experiencing 80-degree temperatures and opening windows in the houses, residents were treated to snow and temps in the 30s less than 48 hours...
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Former Wildcat pitching ace 1-hits Albion College

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Former Wayland High School ace pitcher Emma Ludema continues to impress at Calvin College this spring. The freshman Knights hurler tossed a one-hit shutout at MIAA rival Albion Tuesday in the nightcap of a doubleheader sweep. Ludema, now 7-2 on the mound for the season, walked only one and struck...
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Frosh Evie Mathis officially owns school vault record

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Wayland High School freshman Evie Mathis officially broke the school record in the pole vault by clearing 11-6 Tuesday at a tri-meet at Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The downside was that Mathis, who sat out the season-opening meet with an injury, had to settle for a tie for first place with...
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State champ Robotics team needs help for Houston trip

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The Michigan State Champion Wayland High School Robotics squad #6090 is seeking help to make a trip they earned to Houston for the world championships later this month. The Wayland Board of Education Monday night agreed to allow $5,000 to be taken from the district’s Gun Lake Casino funds for...
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Wildcat basketball star to play at Hope College

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Brett Bultsma, the leading scorer for the Wayland boys' high school basketball team this past winter, has signed a letter of intent to play hoops for the Hope College Flying Dutch next season. Bultsma was an all-star selection for O-K Gold Conference, as the Wildcats finished the season with a...
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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) 25 Years Ago— April 6, 1998 Doug Adamczyk, unelected mayor of the unincorporated community of Hilliards, observed his 50th birthday with a sort of “unparade.” Resurfacing work on U.S.-131 south of Martin has begun on both...
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