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Lady Wildcats 2-0 in league dual matches this season

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The Wayland High School volleyball team will take a 2-0 record in the O-K Gold Conference into a home dual match against rival South Christian tonight, Thursday, Sept. 16. The Lady Wildcats have defeated Kenowa Hills and Ottawa Hills thus far. They took out the Bengals in straight sets, 25-7,...
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Editorial

Will history repeat itself for Wayland School Board?

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ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “Those who don’t learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” — Georges Santayana The last time the Wayland Board of Education voted not to comply with a Covid-related recommendation (not an order), it...
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Yes It’s True: Ref shortage is a problem of our making

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WHS grad Pat Wilde in his officiating days. The Martin athletic program is feeling the sting of a shortage of referees. The Clippers were forced to play football Saturday rather than the customary Friday against Gobles. A poster on the Martin Pride Facebook page reported today: “We are going to...
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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 — Sept. 9, 1996 The old site of the Moline Library. Some Moline residents are complaining that their new half million dollar county drain is a disaster, and even worse, it will be...
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Jim Stoddard fire chief at Wayland-Yankee Springs

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Jim Stoddard Jim Stoddard last week was selected as new fire chief for the City of Wayland/Yankee Springs Fire Department. Stoddard, owner-operator of the C. Stoddard & Sons Oil Co., succeeds Joe Miller, who retired as chief this summer after serving in the department for 49 years. Joe’s brother, Dan,...
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Robert Wenzel dies at 65 of congestive heart failure

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Robert Wenzel of Wayland died Sunday night, Sept. 5, in his sleep after battling congestive heart failure for the past few years. He was 65. He was born in Midland on July 18, 1956, and was the son of Walter and Mary Lou (Blake) Wenzel.  Bob graduated from Wayland Union...
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Wildcats claim title in their own soccer invitational

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The Wayland High School boys' soccer team is undefeated in dual matches thus far this season and the Wildcats claimed the title in the Wayland Invitational Saturday. They have won three early season dual matches, two scrimmages and the invtational.
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Former Wayland teacher Shirley Glascott, 81, dies

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Wayland High School graduate Shirley Jean (Calkins) Glascott died in Ann Arbor Wednesday, Aug, at age 81. Shirley was born to parents Elton F. Calkins and Winona J. Keith, in Allegan and grew up in Wayland, where she graduated high school in 1958 as the Wayland High School valedictorian. She...
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Former Wayland High student Rita Munn dies

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Word has been received of the death of former Wayland High School student Rita McCall Munn in Sarasota, Fla. A native of Moline, she was 53. Her husband, Patrick, whom she married in 1990, reported her passing on Monday, Aug. 23. Also surviving is her daughter, Crystal Groskopf.
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Wayland schools studying newfangled teaching tool

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Linda Anderson Bensyl Amy Nelson The Wayland Union school district is examining an online application that promises students better access to virtual instruction. Wayland High School math teachers Linda Anderson Bensyl and Amy Nelson demonstrated the program “SWIVL” in a video presentation for the Board of Education at its work...
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