Wayland High School

WHS alum’s adaptation of ‘Alice’ planned in March

January 13, 2020

Wayland High School’s Advanced Theater is not only performing the classic children’s story “Alice in Wonderland” but they helped create it in a collaborative project with playwright and WUHS alum (2008), Jason Flannery. Performances for Subject: Alice in Wonderland will be at 7 p.m. Friday, March 6, and 3 and 7 p.m....

Smoking marijuana is not allowed at Gun Lake Casino

January 12, 2020

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “They say don’t go, to Gun Lake Casino, if you’re lookin’ to smoke weed. ‘Cause the Gun Lake Tribe, is a separate nation, and they forbid you, to do the deed.” — With apologies to...

Former Wayland Township Supervisor Jose Blanco dies

January 11, 2020

Word has been received about the death of Jose Blanco, formerly of Shelbyville. He was 76. He died last Sunday at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo. He had suffered several strokes over the past several years. A member of the Blanco family that founded the rural furniture store more than 70...

Bittersweet birth for newest member of the Kramer clan

January 8, 2020

Finn Noel Kramer made his grand entrance Monday morning, Jan. 6, at 9lbs 1oz and 20.6 inches long. He is shown here with his mother, Dani, and brother Myles at the hospital in Pennsylvania. The tragic part of the good news was that he will never meet his biological father,...

WHS grad Gage Stancell serving in Iraq in harm’s way

January 8, 2020

Wayland High School graduate and former all-conference football player Gage Stancell (left) is among the U.S. troops in harm's way in Iraq. He is stationed in a country with military bases that are considered targets for Iranian retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed Iran's top military official. With...

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

January 1, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Jan. 4, 1995 Fall Festival in downtown Wayland in 1910. The Dorr Township Board will consider bids, estimated at between $234,500 and $278,000, to buy a new fire truck to replace the...

Memorial service Thursday for Kasey Duiven, 28

December 28, 2019

Kasey Lee Duiven died unexpectedly on Christmas Day, Wednesday, Dec. 25. Born in Grand Rapids on March 28, 1991, to parents Kurt Duiven (Dana Boeskool Hrusovsky), and Molly (Dan) Barto, he was a 209 graduate of Wayland High School. Kasey was a father who loved his two children and family, and he...

The year 2019 in review — That was the year that was

December 27, 2019

As a new decade approaches, a look back at the year 2019 had its share of great feats, sorrows, hopes and important developments for the future for Wayland, Hopkins, Martin, Dorr and Moline. As usual I have done a one-man historical analysis of what happened and my take on the...

WHS grad Ali Martus part of record-breaking golf team

December 24, 2019

Ali Martus Ali Martus, a 2016 graduate of Wayland High School, was a part of record-setting performance in women's golf for Northwood University last fall. Northwood's final round total of 299 and 36-hole total of 607 in October are new school records. The old 18 record was 305, which the...

Two Wildcat alums playing key roles at Cornerstone

December 22, 2019

Carter Nyp Cory Ainsworth Freshman Cory Ainsworth and sophomore Carter Nyp, both Wayland High School graduates, continue to play important roles for the Cornerstone University basketball team. Ainsworth has appeared in all 15 of the Golden Eagles’ games this season and is averaging 8.5 points per contest. He is shooting...

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