Wayland High School

Funeral is Wednesday for WHS grad Deb Kammeraad

Wayland High School graduate Debra VanOtterloo Kammeraad, 64, of Kentwood, died Thursday, Jan. 13. Debra was an avid reader and enjoyed cooking, sports, gardening and spending time with her family.…

Editor January 14, 2022

Community Notices

Covid-19 forces Martin Schools to go to all-virtual instruction Jan. 14-21

First it was Wayland High School. Now it's Martin Public Schools that have had to go virtual because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Martin Schools Thursday afternoon announced that it is…

Editor January 13, 2022

Features

WHS soph wins Olivet arts awards for her drawings

Wayland High School sophomore Olivia Stein recently won two awards in the Olivet Regional Art competition for portraits she drew of her grandparents, Phyllis and Burrell Stein. She was declared…

Editor January 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, which this week was recommended for a genealogical research project by The Michigan Historical Society) 25…

Editor January 12, 2022

Community Notices

Wayland High School to move to all-virtual classes

Because of an increase in COVID-19 positivity, Wayland Union High School will go to all-virtual instruction Thursday and Friday this week. Corona virus disease COVID-19 medical web banner with SARS-CoV-2…

Editor January 12, 2022

Obituaries

Celebration of life later this year for Donna Sweers, 68

Donna Schurkamp Sweers has died at the age of 68. Donna attended Muskegon Orchard View Public Schools through 10th grade, and graduated from Wayland High School in 1971. She attended…

Editor January 12, 2022

Obituaries

Service Friday in Byron Center for David Eaton

David Eugene Eaton died Sunday, Jan. 9. He was 84. David was born in Kalamazoo to Kenneth and “June” Eaton on July 27, 1937, and graduated from State High School…

Editor January 10, 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) ACHTUNG: The Wayland Globe edition for 25 years ago, Jan. 6, 1997, is missing from the…

Editor January 8, 2022

Features

Covid still dominated the news in now departed 2021

We said good-bye to Dick's Market after 65 years in Dorr. Because of its omnipresence, the pesky Coronavirus easily wins the title as the most important story in these parts…

Editor December 31, 2021

Articles

WHS grad had role in Webb space telescope project

David Kouchnerkavich (second from right) and family. Wayland High School graduate David Kouchnerkavich (Class of 1997) has had a role in the recent launch of the James Webb Space Telescope,…

Editor December 31, 2021