Wayland High School

Ex-WHS bowling coach to guide Tennessee women

Bill Holbrook Former Wayland High School girls’ varsity bowling coach Bill Holbrook has been hired as new women’s head coach at the University of Tennessee Southern. Holbrook, son of Wayland…

Editor July 29, 2022

Articles

GoFundMe effort launched for Wayland cancer victim

A Go Fund Me page has been established for Csaba Barabas, who faces health and financial challenges with a recent cancer diagnosis. His wife, Rebecca (Karsies) is a 1996 graduate…

Editor July 20, 2022

Sports

Four Wildcats compete in all-star softball showdown

Four representatives of the Wayland High School softball team Wednesday took part in the Division 2 all-star game at Davenport University, sponsored by the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association.…

Editor July 13, 2022

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — July 14, 1997 Local historian James Levandoski died of a heart attack…

Editor July 13, 2022

Obituaries

Funeral will be Sunday for Elizabeth DeWeerd Jeffery

Elizabeth Autumn DeWeerd Jeffery died Monday, July 11. A 1995 graduate of Wayland High School, she was only 45. Born to Michael and Martha (Gilbert) DeWeerd on Nov. 21, 1976,…

Editor July 12, 2022

Obituaries

Disc golf enthusiast Jeff Glupker of Dorr dies at 53

Jeffrey Craig Jerome Glupker of Dorr died Sunday, July 3. He was 53. Born April 11, 1969, to Geri and Robert Glupker, he was a graduate of Wayland High School.…

Editor July 6, 2022

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) Gurney's Market in downtown Wayland 90 years ago. 25 Years Ago — July 7, 1997 The…

Editor July 6, 2022

Obituaries

Service will be Wednesday for teacher Clayton Jackson

Clayton Jackson, who taught auto tech, wood shop, power tech, drafting and math at Wayland High School for 35 years, died Saturday. He was 74. Jackson, who was a 1966…

Editor June 25, 2022

Sports

Wildcats’ battery lands on Division 2 all-state team

Wildcat second sacker Kami Morse makes a sensational catch in the regional finals. The Wayland High School softball battery of pitcher Emma Ludema and catcher Kennedy Cole both have been…

Editor June 21, 2022

Editorial

Save crockodile tears for American GIs in Ukraine

To the editor: I just heard that the White House is "appalled" at the possibility that Russia may execute two Americans who were captured in the Ukraine. As I understand…

Editor June 21, 2022