By Paul GarrodStaff Writer PAW PAW TWP. – A 25-year-old Decatur man, Dale Eugene Parish, was arrested early May 2 on fleeing and eluding charges, as well as several outstanding warrants, according to a press release from the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office.Van Buren County Sheriff Daniel Abbott said that a Van Buren County Sheriff’s Read More…
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Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorDark EnergyScientists believe the universe is expanding (Into what? Don’t ask) at a faster and faster pace. Except those who don’t.Three Princeton physicists have challenged this assumption, presenting a model wherein the universe’s expansion soon ends, then it contracts. (“Soon” to cosmologists meaning some 100 million years.)I’ve seen the best minds of my Read More…
Saugatuck soccer team wins two games, loses one
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorSCHOOLCRAFT—The Saugatuck girls soccer team ended a stretch of three games in six days with a 3-1 loss to host Schoolcraft on Monday, May 9.The Trailblazers won the first two games they planned during that span, besting Bridgman 4-0 on Friday, May 6, and upending Hartford 8-0 in a mercy-rule-shortened affair on Read More…
Streak Breakers
It’s been said that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. For the past 18 years, however, you could have added a third item to that list: the Allegan girls tennis team winning Wolverine Conference dual meets.The Tigers entered their match against Otsego on Wednesday, May 4, having won 108 straight league duals. Read More…
Four OPS schools named National Showcase Schools
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor In 2020, two schools in the Otsego Public Schools district received the distinction of being named a National Showcase School, with that number growing to three last year.This year, four Otsego schools were among the 377 selected for this nationwide honor.Dix Street Elementary School and Otsego Middle School have been National Read More…
Local districts celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor You are appreciated.That’s the message administrators from Otsego Public Schools and Plainwell Community Schools sent to teachers and staff members during Teacher Appreciation Week.The week-long celebration ran from Monday, May 2, through Friday, May 6, and featured special gestures intended to let teachers and staff know how valued they truly are.Otsego Read More…
Obituary: Gwendolyn Louise West, 90
GWENDOLYN LOUISE WEST entered her eternal home on April 21, 2022 at the age of 90. She was born to Robert H. Henry and Amelia Agusta Henry on Easter Sunday March 27, 1932 in Garden City, Kansas. She married Harold A. West on August 2, 1949. Gwen was a 71 year resident of Allegan, Michigan. Read More…
Obituary: Joyce Geresy, 96
Joyce passed away Thursday, May 5, 2022 at her home in Plainwell. She was born August 30, 1925 in Augusta, the daughter of Harry and Della (Cosgrove) Rowlson. Joyce graduated from Galesburg High School in 1943. She met John Geresy Jr, while bowling in 1950 and they were married June 9, 1951. Joyce worked at Read More…
Obituary: Wayne C. Branch, 76
Clinton Township, Michigan – Wayne C. Branch of Clinton Twp., Michigan, passed away Saturday, February 19, 2022.Wayne was born August 13, 1945, in Plainwell, Michigan, to Wilbur and Maxine Branch.After graduating from Otsego High School, he received his bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University. He went on to get his master’s degree from Wayne State Read More…
Obituary: Eugene A Terrell, 80
Eugene Terrell was born on the Meconi farm in Kalamazoo Michigan on June 8, 1941 to Esther and Frank Terrell. He grew up on a farm in Paw Paw and raised horses and other animals. In childhood he attended a one room school house where he met the love of his life, Judy Daines. Eugene Read More…