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Plainwell artist is among top 20 in Artprize’s first round
GRAND RAPIDS—Andrew J. Woodstock’s entry into Artprize Eight was in the top 20 for public voting.Artprize officials announced the results Sunday, Oct. 2. The placement means Woodstock is in the final...
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Happy Homecoming Otsego
Otsego’s Homecoming parade Friday, Oct. 7, featured all sorts of floats, including (above) students from Washington Street Elemenetary riding atop a fire truck. The parade used a different route than...
View ArticlePlainwell’s Tran returns to state finals for third consecutive year
By: Jason WesseldykIt was one of those proverbial good news/bad news situations for the Plainwell girls’ golf team at a Division 3 regional competition at Marshall Country Club on Thursday, Oct. 6.The...
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Eldred leads Otsego to win over Allegan
By: Jason Wesseldykomething had to give when Otsego and Allegan met on the gridiron on Friday, Oct. 7.After all, both teams entered the showdown sporting identical 0-6 records.It turned out to be...
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Otsego shakes off sluggish first game to upend Allegan
By: Jason WesseldykOtsego never trailed in the opening game of its Wolverine Conference volleyball match with visiting Allegan on Thursday, Oct. 6.That doesn’t mean it lacked for drama.The Bulldogs...
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Otsego girls, boys prevail at Allegan Invitational
By: Jason WesseldykThe Otsego girls’ cross country team has a deep talent pool.How deep, you ask?So deep that the Bulldogs not only took first place at the Allegan Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 8, but...
View ArticleNew fire officers congratulated
The Otsego Fire Department recognized the promotions of three firemen to command officer positions. Fire personnel joined the Otsego City Commission at its Monday, Sept. 19, regular meeting recognize...
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Otsego cross country teams finish 9-0 in conference duals
By: Jason WesseldykThe boys’ and girls’ cross country teams from Otsego joined four other Wolverine Conference schools for a meet in Edwardsburg on Tuesday, Oct. 11.Although all five teams ran at the...
View ArticlePlainwell’s Tran finishes fourth at Division 3 state finals
By: Jason WesseldykAs she teed off on her final hole at the Division 3 state finals at Battle Creek’s Bedford Valley on Saturday, Oct. 15, Plainwell senior Maddie Tran couldn’t help but get a little...
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Pumpkins in the Park just flew by
Plainwell's Pumpkins in the Park, Saturday, Oct. 15, gathered quite a crowd at Hicks Park for a costume contest, a pumpkin seed-spitting contest, a pie eating contest, a pumpkin chucking contest,...
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Free county electronics recycling event offered in Otsego Oct. 22
Allegan County Resource Recovery is hosting an electronics and household hazardous waste collection at Otsego City Department of Public Works.The building is located at 243 North Farmer St., (by the...
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Trojans earn bragging rights in historic rivalry with Otsego
By: Jason WesseldykPride and bragging rights.With both teams having been eliminated from Wolverine Conference championship and playoff contention, that’s what was at stake when Plainwell and Otsego met...
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Plainwell outlasts Otsego to pick up five-set victory
By: Jason WesseldykAfter bouncing back from a 25-21 loss in the opening set to take the next two sets, the Otsego volleyball team needed to win just one of the final two sets to defeat Plainwell.The...
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Saugatuck boys, Otsego girls win Allegan County Meet
By: Jason WesseldykThis year’s running of the Allegan County Cross Country Meet featured a pair of top-ranked teams, with the Saugatuck boys ranked first in Division 3 and the Otsego girls ranked first...
View ArticleOtsego Twp. gun shop hit by night robbery
By: Daniel Pepper (Staff Writer)Burglars hit an Otsego Township gun shop over the past weekend.The Allegan County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help with any information about the...
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Plainwell bartender wins more than bragging rights
By: Virginia Ransbottom (Staff Writer)Michelle Howard, of Plainwell, invented a new cocktail so creative and tasty, it’ll be placed on upcoming beverage menus at 66 Michigan Applebee locations.The...
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Otsego girls cruise to regional crown
By: Jason WesseldykOtsego girls’ cross country coach Steve Long doesn’t believe in taking it easy heading into the regional meet.In fact, he believes in quite the opposite.“The girls had their toughest...
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Otsego boys finish runner-up at regionals
By: Jason WesseldykGotham City had its Dynamic Duo in the form of Batman and Robin.The Otsego boys’ cross country team had its own Dynamic Duo at the Division 2 regional meet at Portage West Middle on...
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Otsego upends Trojans final of league tourney
By: Jason WesseldykAny hope Otsego volleyball coach Candace Holmes and her players had of capturing the overall Wolverine Conference championship had vanished.Plainwell had seen to that. The Trojans,...
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