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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 — June 16, 1997 The Wayland High School junior class slate of officers…
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Seventeen Wildcats win O-K Gold all-league accolades
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…
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Celebration of Life for WHS grad Terry Hayes Saturday
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…
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Yes, It’s True: It’s hard to argue with Cheri Ritz’s Wildcat softball success
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…
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Thompson scores 14 of 15 ‘Cats’ points at state meet
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…
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Yes It’s True: County’s ballot racism was showing in ’86
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…
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WHS grad finishes 6th in NCAA hurdles competition
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…
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Wayland places 10th in state forensics tournament
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.…
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
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…
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Appointing ex-supt. is bad govt., bad boardsmanship
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…