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Wayland board members Wood, Mellema, step down

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Christmas card contest winner Brayden Miner Trustee Gary Wood and President Cinnamon Mellema turned in their last meetings Monday night as members of the Wayland Board of Education. Wood is retiring at the end of this year after serving for 12 years, twice as president. His colleagues praised him for...
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WHS debate team ranked among top 25 in the state

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Eli Merren, 5th in the state The Wayland Union High School debate team has experienced a truly unique season adjusting to a 100% virtual competitive season. The Wayland debaters finished among the top 25 teams in the state, participating in legislative debate; a variation of student congress where they compete...
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Man gets year in jail in WHS grad’s shooting death

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John Spangenberg John Jacob Spangenberg, 24, of Kalamazoo, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter last month and was sentenced Monday to one year in jail for accidentally shooting and killing Wayland High School graduate McKenna Dutkiewicz, 21, last June Kalamazoo County Circuit Judge Gary Giguere said Spangenberg will be given credit...
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Services Sunday for WHS grad Colleen VanderPloeg

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Colleen Ann VanderPloeg, age 72, of Plainwell, died Monday, Dec. 7. Colleen, a 1966 graduate of Wayland High School, was active with Class of 1966 reunion activities. She was chairwoman of the class 50th reunion in 2016. She also was responsible for a number of small class reunion gatherings at...
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Community Clothes Closet holiday donations increase

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United Church of Wayland is reporting a massive increase in people stopping in to use the Community Clothes Closet in the days leading up to Christmas. A spokesperson for the church said, "We are just delighted with the number of people who visited our Clothes Closet last Thursday! We estimate...
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Hopes continue for WHS reopening Thursday, Dec. 10

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Posted Friday, Dec. 4: Instructional plan reviewed As our November 2020 Extended Continuity of Learning (ECOL) plan has been approved, this newsletter is designed to provide an update on our current plan and our plan moving forward. Wayland Union Schools, grades K-8, continues the Enhanced Hybrid Schedule: Group A Mondays/Thursdays;...
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Former local bartender Chuck Robart dies at 68

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Former Wayland man Charles Antonio Robart died of cancer Dec. 1 at the age of 68. Born Aug. 18, 1952, he was known as either Chuck or Charlie and sometimes Willie, because of his resemblance to Willie Nelson. He attended West Junior High in Lansing, but left high school early...
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Reno Agency marking 101 years of serving Wayland

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A local insurance business is supposed to be observing its 100th year in downtown Wayland, but it’s actually 101 years old. The discrepancy was caused by a Wayland Globe report in 1970 that claimed the Reno Insurance Co. was marking its 50th year in business in Wayland. L.P. Reno was...
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WHS soph Olivia Barabas makes academic all-state

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Olivia Barabas Wayland High School sophomore Olivia Barabas has been selected to the Division 2 academic all-state team for cross county. Barabas last month finished 51st in the state meet at Michigan International Speedway, checking in with a time of just over 20 minutes for the five-kilometer race. She broke...
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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 — Dec. 6, 1995 The Wayland High School Quiz Bowl team of (bottom row, from left) Lesley Wakeman, Shona Middleton, Don Borgic and Joanne Grzezak defeated Newaygo. At left is Don Michaels of...
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