Wayland High School

Funeral is Wednesday for WHS grad Deb Kammeraad

January 14, 2022

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. She was preceded in death by her parents, Perry and Patricia VanOtterloo.The family will greet visitors from 2 to 4...

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

January 13, 2022

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 going all-virtual instruction Friday, Jan. 14, and all of next week because of the prevalence of Covid-related illnesses. Wayland High...

WHS soph wins Olivet arts awards for her drawings

January 13, 2022

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 the winner of the Visual Arts Scholarship Award and the Studio Excellence Award. The late Phyllis and Burrell Stein several...

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

January 12, 2022

(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 Years Ago — Jan. 13, 1997 Opponents of privatizing school busing are not quieting their campaign, as they showed up...

Wayland High School to move to all-virtual classes

January 12, 2022

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 virus molecule and text on a white background. Horizontal vector illustration Supt. Dr. Christina Hinds said, "We have a high...

Celebration of life later this year for Donna Sweers, 68

January 12, 2022

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 Blodgett School of Nursing in Grand Rapids, graduating in 1985 with her RN degree. Her whole nursing career was dedicated...

Service Friday in Byron Center for David Eaton

January 10, 2022

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 in Kalamazoo. He was a graduate of Marion College, now Indiana Wesleyan University. Dave was drafted to the Vietnam Conflict,...

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

January 8, 2022

(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 usually reliable archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr. Townbroadcast regrets the omission, but promises to...

Covid still dominated the news in now departed 2021

December 31, 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 for the now departed year 2021. It’s the virus to which I would guess everyone would tell, “How can we...

WHS grad had role in Webb space telescope project

December 31, 2021

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, which scientists hope brings views of the earliest period of the universe. The son of Keith and Vicki Kouchnerkavich of...

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