Pets killed in fire at Otsego home
By: Ryan Lewis (Editor)Smoke and heat appear to have killed multiple cats and at least one dog in a fire in Otsego on Wednesday, Nov. 23.Some of the 18 cats in the home, all found dead, appeared to...
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EPA Kalamazoo River cleanup preps for next stages
By: Ryan Lewis, EditorWork on the first area of the $25 million project to excavate PCB-contaminated soil near the Otsego Township dam is wrapping up, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
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EPA cleanup makes progress near Otsego
By: Ryan Lewis (Editor)Work on the first area of the $25 million project to excavate PCB-contaminated soil near the Otsego Township dam is wrapping up, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
View ArticlePlainwell aims to slow down traffic cutting through parking lot
By: By Daniel Pepper Staff WriterPlainwell city officials plan to put a brake on the number of drivers using the former city hall parking lot to cut through.City manager Erik Wilson brought the idea up...
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Otseg-ho-ho-ho
By: Ryan Lewis (Editor)The Otsego District Library filled the weekend before Christmas with a barn full of activities. The library was joined by live reindeer Saturday, Dec. 17, from GG Reindeer Farm...
View ArticleMore helped at shop with a cop
By: Ryan Lewis (Editor)Plainwell Middle School seventh-grader Alexander Courtney pauses while scanning a series of boxes of Nerf-style weaponry in the Plainwell Meijer, enjoying the relative quiet of a...
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Crash in Gun Plain Twp. injures three
By: Daniel Pepper, Staff WriterThree people were injured Thursday, Dec. 22, in a car crash near Plainwell.According to Michigan State Police, the crash happened about 9:05 a.m. at the intersection of...
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Making Plainwell bright
By: Daniel Pepper (Staff Writer)The holiday lights around Plainwell were highlighted by the city’s displays downtown. Above, one of the displays of a train sits ons a bridge across the Mill Race. The...
View ArticlePlainwell city council increases sewer tap in fee
By: Daniel Pepper (Staff Writer)Plainwell city council members approved raising the one-time amount it charges new customers who tap in to the city’s sewer system.City council members unanimously...
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Beard plays in national title game:
By: Jason WesseldykAfter falling in the NCAA Division III national semifinals last season, members of the Calvin College men’s soccer teams entered the season with a goal of reaching the National...
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Bulldogs post victory over visiting Marshall
By: Jason WesseldykBill Woodhams knows what it’s like to play on a successful basketball team.As a sophomore, he was part of the 2014-15 Otsego squad that won Wolverine Conference, district and...
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Struggles with Marshall continue for Otsego
By: Jason WesseldykKryptonite is known to be Superman’s one weakness.The Otsego girls’ basketball team appears to have found its own version of kryptonite in the form of Marshall.With their 61-36 loss...
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By: Ryan Lewis, EditorGiving The Allegan County News, the Plainwell and Otsego Union Enterprise and The Commercial Record in Saugatuck a try has never been more rewarding.It’s hard to beat cold, hard...
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Suzanne M. Gauthier, 64
Suzanne M. Gauthier, 64, of Plainwell passed away Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Suzanne was born Dec. 10, 1952, in Flint, to Vincent and Loretta (Colwell) Gauthier. She was united in marriage to Wesley...
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Col. Howard C. Strand, 95
Col. Howard C. Strand, (Ret.) MI ANG, 95, of Battle Creek, proud American and military aviator, passed away on Jan. 8, 2017, after a short illness. He was born on June 28, 1921, in Otsego.Howard was...
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Patricia R. "Patty" Pearson, 64
Patricia R. "Patty" Pearson, 64, of Otsego went home to be with her Lord, to lie in the grass and look up at the blue sky and to see her daddy's face, on her 47th wedding anniversary, Tuesday, Jan. 10,...
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Scane, Curtiss lead Allegan to home victory over Trojans
By: Jason WesseldykAs a third-degree black belt, Allegan senior Leslie Scane’s hands could be considered lethal weapons.Her outside shot was also pretty lethal in the Tigers’ Wolverine Conference South...
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Long-range attack leads Plainwell past host Tigers
By: Jason Wesseldykhe first quarter and opening minutes of the second quarter couldn’t have been any closer when the boys’ basketball teams from Plainwell and host Allegan met on Friday, Jan. 6.The...
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Otsego shakes off rocky first half to roll past Three Rivers
By: Jason WesseldykIt would be an understatement to say the first half of his team’s game with Three Rivers on Friday, Jan. 6, didn’t go the way Otsego girls’ basketball coach Tony Koshar was...
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Otsego cheer team takes top honors at Mustang Invite
By: Jason WesseldykAfter two rounds at the Portage Central Mustang Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 7, the Otsego competitive cheer team already had a 10.58-point lead over second-place Allegan in the...
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