Wayland High School

Man in Ethan Mutschler’s traffic death gets 1 year

January 30, 2020

Colter Rounds, the motorist who caused a traffic crash that killed 17-year-old Wayland High School student Ethan Mutschler has been sentenced to a year in jail. Rounds also was ordered to serve five years or probation in his sentencing Thursday in Kent County Circuit Court. Mutschler, a three-year letterman on...

Wayland’s supt. search begins with seeking input

January 30, 2020

Dr. Rodney Green speaks to a group of parents with a backdrop of a Power Point. The search for a successor to retiring Wayland Union Schools Supt. Norman Taylor began in earnest Thursday afternoon and evening with a couple of “public input sessions.” Dr. Rodney Green from the Michigan Association...

WHS Class of ’69 Dorr Boys visit Then & Now library

January 23, 2020

Some research and shenanigans visited the Then & Now Historical Library Wednesday when a bunch of Dorr Boys from the Wayland High School Class of 1969 came a-callin' to go over some old photos and reminisce. Shown here are (front row, from left) Gordy Post, Richard Dumond, Larry Patterson, Don...

WHS senior Haley Dobry to play volleyball at GRCC

January 23, 2020

Wayland High School senior Haley Dobry (center), currently a starting forward on the Lady Wildcats' basketball team, has signed a letter of intent to play volleyball next year at Grand Rapids Community College. Haley's mom is Wayland Board of Education member Teresa Dobry.

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

January 22, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Jan. 25, 1995 The construction of the Helvetia Milk Co. plant in 1914, later to become Pet Milk. Peter Schloop, a Wayland High School and Grand Valley State University graduate who joined...

WHS grad Dollarhide super sub for Lawrence Tech

January 20, 2020

Hope Dollarhide Hope Dollarhide, a 2016 Wayland High School graduate, had a homecoming of sorts Saturday when she and her Lawrence Tech University teammates visited Cornerstone University for a basketball game. The visiting Blue Devils prevailed 71-52 to run their overall season record to 14-7. Dollarhide, just like in her...

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

January 15, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Jan. 18, 1995 The 1915 Wayland High School football team. St. Therese School fifth-grader David Riley won the local geography bee competition and has qualified for the state contest. Robert Eyeman of...

Sports

Lady Wildcats’ 8-game win streak ends at Wyoming

January 14, 2020

Stephanie Ainsworth: 33 points, but she fouled out. The Wayland High School girls’ varsity basketball winning streak came to an end at eight Tuesday night at Wyoming. The Lady Wildcats battled their hosts evenly throughout the first three quarters, trailing just 49-48 going into the last eight minutes, but things...

WHS grad Helen Chappell Richardson dies in Florida

January 14, 2020

Helen Chappell Richardson, a 1969 graduate of Wayland High School, died of cancer Saturday, Jan. 11, in Summerfield, Fla. She was 69. She and her husband were longtime Wayland area resident until they retired to Florida and she worked part time at a pro shop at Spruce Creek Golf Club....

Robin Seniura promoted to Dorr Elementary principal

January 13, 2020

Robin Seniura Robin Seniura has been promoted from assistant principal to principal at Dorr Elementary School. Seniura, whose appointment was announced Monday night at the Wayland Board of Education meeting, succeeds Kevin Zaschak, who resigned last month to take a special education post with the Kent County Intermediate School District....

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