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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 — June 16, 1997 The Wayland High School junior class slate of officers in 1960 proved it wasn't always a man's world in student government. The Village of Martin has a new road...
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Seventeen Wildcats win O-K Gold all-league accolades

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Wayland High School athletes who were named to the O-K Gold all-conference teams for spring 2022 are shown here, including seven representatives of the 37-2 softball team. (Back row, from left Dustin Loomans, Kaelyn Sikkema, Emma Ludema, Ian Thompson, Rya VanderKooi, Presley Oatmen, Raelyn Bruin, Carson Noyes, (front row) Grace...
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Celebration of Life for WHS grad Terry Hayes Saturday

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Terry D. Hayes, a 1963 Wayland High School graduate and basketball player, died May 8 in Los Angeles, Calif. Terrence Dell Hayes was born on Nov. 19, 1945, in Traverse City. He grew up in Wayland and stayed in touch with some of his Wayland friends until he died. He...
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Yes, It’s True: It’s hard to argue with Cheri Ritz’s Wildcat softball success

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Cheri Ritz The significant number that came up at the end of the district tournament won Saturday by the Wayland softball was 25. Coach Cheri Ritz posted on Facebook that it was the 25th time the Wildcats have brought home that trophy, the vast majority during her tenure. Research this...
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Thompson scores 14 of 15 ‘Cats’ points at state meet

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Four Wayland High School athletes and two from Hopkins qualified for the Division 2 state track meet Saturday at Forest Hills Eastern High School. Among them, only Wildcat senior Ian Thompson and senior Carson Noyes and Grace Brenner of Hopkins broke into the scoring column. The Wayland boys finished with...
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Columns

Yes It’s True: County’s ballot racism was showing in ’86

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James Blanchard William Lucas I hear tell former Wayne County Executive and Sheriff Bill Lucas, the first black man to run for Michigan governor, died Monday. He was 94, and frankly, I didn’t even know he was still alive until today. Lucas took the bold step of running as a...
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WHS grad finishes 6th in NCAA hurdles competition

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Wayland High School graduate Corrina Courser, a sophomore at Grand Valley State University, was sixth Friday in the preliminary round of the 100-meter hurdles in the NCAA Division 2 championships at Grand Valley. Courser, who was a star hurdler during her Wildcat prep career, qualified for the NCAA championships and...
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Wayland places 10th in state forensics tournament

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The Wayland High School forensics team competed in the MSCI State Tournament last weekend with close to 200 students from around the state at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. The local team placed 10th with a mini-multiple performance of "Blue's Clues." Team members' pictures were taken on the famous...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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A program from a WHS football game vs. Marne Kenowa Hills in October 1962. (Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — May 26, 1997 Leighton, Dorr and Salem townships have agreed to an arrangement for police protection by deputies...
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Editorial

Appointing ex-supt. is bad govt., bad boardsmanship

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ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Norm Taylor Those of you who believe I am totally opposed to Monday's appointment of former Superintendent Norm Taylor to a seat on the Wayland Board of Education are only half right. I would...
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