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Another pre-bond proposal vote tour offered at WHS

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Assistant Superintendent for Finances and Operations Patricia Velie talks to a group of "tourists" who turned out Tuesday evening for a tour of Wayland High School's aging and dilapidated pool and the industrial arts classroom as part of a series of attempts to show local citizens the conditions under which...
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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 — May 19, 1997 The Leighton Township Board intends to regulate local scrap yards by adopting need for special use permit and licensing. The Hopkins Township Board and denied a request from Kal...
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WHS outstanding student in chemistry is Caleb Cole

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Caleb Cole Caleb Cole has been nominated as Wayland High School's Outstanding Chemical Student of the Year for consideration by the American Chemical Society. The society allows teachers in Allegan County to nominate a student as the Outstanding High School Chemistry Student of the Year. "Outstanding" does not necessarily refer...
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Wildcats blank Ottawa Hills; win streak reaches 17

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The eight seniors on the Wayland High School varsity softball team. The Wayland varsity softball team pushed its winning streak to 17 Wednesday afternoon with a 27-0 and 21-0 sweep of O-K Gold Conference opponent Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills. In the opener, Kennedy Cole went 4-for-4 with a double, Kaelyn...
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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 — May 12, 1997 Newaygo and Wayland took part in the annual Mayor’s Exchange Day, in which the Globe suggested the two communities shard stories about growing pains. The annual Dahlia Springfest was...
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WHS grad earns PhD in epidemiology from MSU

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Sarah Brewer Sarah Brewer, a 2006 Wayland High School graduate, earned her doctorate in epidemiology from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Saturday. She has been working part time as a project manager for a multi-site, four-year R01 NIH grant. Her interests include infectious disease, history of epidemiology,...
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Former WHS track star 2nd in hurdles at GLIAC meet

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Corrina Courser Wayland High School graduate Corrina Courser, a sophomore at Grand Valley State University, finished second by just two-tenths of a second Friday in the 100-meter high hurdles competition at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference meet. Her time was 14.46 seconds. She ran the hurdles in just 13.91...
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Wayland 8th-grader owns school pole vault record

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Evie Mathis Wayland Middle School eighth-grader Evie Mathis has broken the high school pole vault record, and she's not even in high school yet. The daughter of Rick and Cindy Mathis cleared 11 feet, 6 inches at a middle school meet Wednesday afternoon and in the process now is tied...
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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) Maple Street in Hopkins, 1908 25 Years Ago — May 5, 1997 The Gun Lake wastewater plant has room to grow, but lean years may be ahead for the system as debt retirement nears. Pat Kelsey,...
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Wildcats move to 9-1; still overlooked by ratings gurus

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Emma Ludema Just like last season, the Wayland High School softball team seems overlooked by the ratings “experts.” The Wildcats Saturday annexed three more victories by sweeping Fremont, Holland Christian and Niles at the Holland Invitational to run their overall season record to 9-1. Yet they appear nowhere in Division...
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