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Plainwell mayor Rick Brooks dies after short illness
By: Daniel PepperPlainwell Mayor Richard Brooks has died after a short illness, city officials said.City clerk/treasurer Brian Kelley said they’d been notified by Brooks’ family that he’d died at home...
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Nancy J. Heilig, 85
Nancy J. Heilig, 85, of Plainwell passed away Thursday, Aug.ust 8, 2019, at Wings Home in Allegan. She was born Dec. 24, 1933, in Rutherfordton, N.C., the daughter of Adele Hyder.Nancy had owned and...
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Apply for vacant Plainwell City Council seat by Aug. 16
By: Ryan Lewis, EditorThough the late Mayor Rick Brooks will be missed, the Plainwell City Council needs to fill the vacancy.Council members voted Monday, Aug. 12, to accept applications from those...
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Thomas Charles Moon, 79
On Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, Thomas Charles Moon, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away peacefully at the age of 79 at his home in Delton.Tom was born on April 1, 1940, in Detroit, to...
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Two Allegan County men indicted on scamming elderly woman
A federal grand jury has indicted two Allegan County men who defrauded an elderly Holland homeowner out of nearly $300,000.Tyler Maurice Harris, 24, was taken into custody in Otsego on Tuesday, Aug. 13...
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Halbert Stanton Sands, 90
Halbert Stanton Sands, 90, passed away Monday, August 12, 2019, at Sentinel Pointe Senior Living in Grand Rapids.Hal was the only child born to Herbert and Gladys Sands. He grew up in Springfield,...
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Plainwell city interviews Lawson, Wisnaski for council vacancy
By: Ryan Lewis, EditorPlainwell City Council members plan to appoint one of two top applicants at a special meeting tonight, Thursday, Aug. 22, at 6:30 p.m. at city hall.They met yesterday, Wednesday,...
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Case against priest binding teen at Otsego church revived by AG
By: Ryan Lewis, EditorA Catholic priest was charged with binding a 17-year-old in an Otsego church basement in 2013, despite a local investigation at the time that pressed no charges.This time around,...
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Police seek man who broke into open gas station
Plainwell police are looking for an attempted larceny suspect who threw a large rock through a glass door and entered the Marathon Gas Station at 665 Allegan St., in Plainwell, on Monday, Aug. 26, at...
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Otsego cruises past South Haven
By: Jason WesseldykMason Ingold led the Otsego offense with 144 rushing yards in the Bulldogs’ season-opening contest against South Haven on Thursday, Aug. 29.That’s an impressive number, to be sure....
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Eugene Donald Zelmanski, 83
Eugene Donald Zelmanski, 83, of Kalamazoo.Starting line May 24, 1936, Detroit; finish line Sept. 5, 2019, Alamo Township.Son of Edward “Hap,” Stella, and Eleanor Zelmanski; brother of Louise, James,...
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Pharmacies offer free drug overdose kits
Four Allegan County pharmacies will join a statewide effort to offer lifesaving drug overdose medicine on Naloxone Distribution Day, Saturday, Sept. 14.The naloxone kits will be offered to Michiganders...
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Otsego boys place third at Spartan Elite
By: Jason WesseldykFriday the 13th is supposed to be an unlucky day.You’d have a hard time convincing Otsego boys’ cross country coach Steve Long that’s the case.Taking part in the Elite Division at...
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Plainwell prevails over Allegan in battle of conference unbeatens
By: Jason WesseldykThe boys’ soccer teams from Plainwell and Allegan met at Streidl Field on Monday, Sept. 16, with first place in the Wolverine Conference on the line.And it was the host Trojans who...
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Plainwell, Otsego girls perform well at Spartan Elite
By: Jason WesseldykNine points.That’s all that separated the girls’ cross country teams from Plainwell and Otsego in the Elite Division race of the Spartan Invitational on Friday, Sept. 13.The Trojans...
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Fourth-quarter rally leads Otsego past Three Rivers on gridiron
By: Jason WesseldykFor the first three quarters of its Wolverine Conference clash with Three Rivers on Friday, Sept. 13, Otsego struggled to find an offensive groove.The fourth quarter was a different...
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Crowdfunding Otsego’s Riverfront Pavilion
Fundraising concert will be Saturday with New GenerationBy: Ryan Lewis, EditorOtsego Main Street is helping make a public pavilion a reality with a crowdfunding campaign.The 6,000-square-foot, open-air...
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Creative Arts Festival offers new Art Challenge
Schedule of events for Saturday, Sept. 28By: Ryan Lewis, EditorThe first annual Art Challenge is one of several new events that is part of this year’s Otsego Creative Arts Festival.Organized by the...
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Allegan County Canine Advocate Joey will help child victims at court
By: Ryan Lewis, EditorThe newest court employee works for food and is a very good boy—and will also help children during a very stressful and vulnerable experience.Joey is a 20-month-old, yellow...
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Otsego Creative Arts Fest has new Kids Makers Market
By: Ryan Lewis, EditorThis year’s Otsego Creative Arts Festival will have an event that unleashes children’s creative and entrepreneurial spirit.The Kids Maker Market will showcase youth ages 7 to 17...
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