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WHS foreign exchange student still surviving invasion of Ukraine

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Since posting earlier today, Former WHS foreign exchange student Olya Schenky has sent along updated information as follows: "Ahmed and I are safe today. Russian soldiers tried to destabilize situation in the city we are in, so we spent all day hiding inside the hotel. "It was dangerous...
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Keep on rollin’: It’s deja vu for Cats’ Kadence Bottrall

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Kadence Bottrall with another individual trophy. Well, here we go again. Wayland High School junior Kadence Bottrall earned her second straight individual regional bowling championship Saturday and she and senior teammate Isabella Harnish will be back in the state tournament next weekend. Harnish finished third in the competition at Spectrum...
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Local 8th-grader ties state indoor pole vault record

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Wayland Middle School eighth-grader Evie Mathis, daughter of Rick and Cindy Mathis of Wayland, placed sixth amongst high school jumpers Saturday in the Michigan Indoor State Meet at the LAB in Ypsilanti. She also tied the state record for eighth grade indoor pole vault at 11'-6".
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WHS foreign exchange student from Ukraine safe

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Olya Schenky, shown here with Wayland High School Principal Tom Cutler, receives her diploma in 2016. Olya Schenky, perhaps Wayland’s first-ever Muslim foreign exchange student, is safe in Ukraine thus far during the Russian invasion, but she has plenty of worries about what happens next. Connie VanHouten, who with husband...
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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) Early automobile enthusiast R.B. Reidlinger 25 Years Ago — Feb. 24, 1997 A special “Project Peace” program on using life skills is being implemented at Sycamore Elementary School in the Hopkins district. Are school districts are...
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Local woodcarving artist has entries in Grand Haven

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Woodcarving artist David Kerley, son of longtime Wayland High School teacher Kerley, has had two of his creations accepted in the Winter Arts Festival at Gallery Uptown in Grand Haven. The exhibit starts today (Wednesday, Feb. 23) and runs through Saturday, March 26.
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Kevin Stearns, 2007 WHS graduate, dies at age 32

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Kevin Michael Stearns, age 32, died Thursday, Jan. 20, in Comstock Park, Mich. Kevin was born April 4, 1989, in Grand Rapids, the son of Mary Beth Stearns (Czajkowski) and Michael Stearns. He graduated from Wayland High School, Class of 2007, where he was a member of the swim team...
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Wayland schools plan a 2-series request for bonds

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The current Wayland High School pool, which is 48 years old and has fallen into disrepair. The Wayland Union school district’s plans to have a bond election during the August primary took a big step forward Monday during the Board of Education’s work session. Guest presenters Steve Hoeksema and Scott...
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WHS Grad Cory Ainsworth earns 2nd academic award

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Wayland High School graduate Cory Ainsworth of Cornerstone Basketball has earned his second consecutive Academic All America, as selected by CoSIDA All-District honor after his performance both on the court and in the classroom in 2021-22! The Cornerstone junior center has earned the honor for the second consecutive season. Ainsworth is...
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Lady ‘Cats upset, but guys have fun in win vs. Catholic

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Wildcat seniors Carson Beck and Mark Musgrave III It was two wildly different days Monday for the Wayland High School bowling teams. The boys waltzed to victory over Grand Rapids Catholic Central to cement their third place hold on the O-K Gold Conference standings. However, the girls’ chances of repeating...
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