By Scott SullivanEditorZombie Fish“Zombie” fish swim with fellow siscowet lake trout, in cold depths of Lake Superior, per the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.The part-living salmon swim ice-water mansions with plumper kin as if reborn from the sunken Edmund Fitzgerald’s 29 good shipping crew, but in fact are the true ones doomed. Organized AbstractionsI was first Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorThe Saugatuck Township Planning Commission March 17 OK’d builder/developer Scott Bosgraaf renovating no-longer-used Pine Trail Camp cabins on 4.3 acres of more than 20 scooped up last summer by Holland recycling magnate Jeff Padnos.The plot high atop bluffs down to the Kalamazoo River sits contiguous on the southeast edge next of what many Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor A severe storm system moved through the Otsego and Plainwell area late Tuesday night, April 14, leaving behind widespread damage and power outages across both communities after two tornadoes touched down within minutes of each other.According to the National Weather Service, an EF0 tornado first touched down near Schermerhorn Lake at Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Allegan girls tennis team hosted the Tiger Invitational on Saturday, April 18. And it was a who’s who of Division 4 teams, as it featured three ranked squads, including top-ranked Ann Arbor Greenhills.The Tigers are fourth Allegan and Lansing Catholic in No. 10.In the end, Greenhills took the team title Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Otsego girls track team made a statement Friday, April 17.Competing in a deep field at the Allegan Invitational, the Bulldogs turned in a strong all-around performance to claim the team title with 128 points. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg followed with 115, while Wayland was third at 75.5 and Saugatuck fourth with Read More…
History fascinates me. Not so much timelines we learned to create in school, nor memorizing dates, names, battles, et.al. All that mattered but I best liked finding connections between them and how things worked out.The late Perry Miller, who wrote about New England Puritans, and David McCullough who wrote about Americana from Adams to the Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor OTSEGO—An Otsego woman is $1 million richer after winning the grand prize in a Michigan Lottery second chance drawing earlier this month.Michelle Roemer, 58, won the $1 million prize during the Millionaire Maker Second Chance live event held April 10 at a Grand Rapids Griffins game.Roemer earned entries into the drawing Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor A severe storm system moved through the Otsego and Plainwell area late Tuesday night, April 14, leaving behind widespread damage and power outages across both communities after two tornadoes touched down within minutes of each other.According to the National Weather Service, an EF0 tornado first touched down near Schermerhorn Lake at Read More…
Artemis II isn’t just another spaceflight, it’s a statement about who we are, what we value, and whether we still have the will to push beyond the edge of the known.When astronauts swung around the far side of the Moon—the so-called “dark side,” more accurately the far side never visible from Earth they temporarily lose Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent LAWRENCE — The Lawrence boys and girls track and field teams each earned third place overall at the Bellevue Invitational on Friday, backed by a strong collection of top‑three finishes.For the boys, Evan Broyles led the way with a win in the 3200 meters and a third‑place finish in the 1600. Kaiden Read More…