Otsego News

Stahl is MSUa s only polygraph analyst, likely the first at MSU in at least 50 years.

It took fire departments from Martin, Allegan, Otsego and Plainwell more than two hours to put out a six-acre grass-and-building fire Monday in Martin Township.

A An 83-year-old Kalamazoo man was killed and two others were critically injured in a two-vehicle crash early tonight at B Avenue and Ravine Road, police said.

Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL Dan and Melinda Cameron, of Kalamazoo, a son. Fran and Chris Czuk, of Portage, a daughter.

Here's a sampling of area farms that raise grass-fed livestock and sell the meat, along with information on where they sell the food: v Abronia Acres, 1976 112th Ave., Otsego, 694-9669. Sells beef and lamb on site.

Southwest Michigan is the place to be for low gas prices. On the list of the lowest prices in the state on www.gasbuddy.com on Saturday morning, all 15 prices are from stations in southwest Michigan.

Officials in Michigan say tornadoes have destroyed or heavily damaged at least three homes and several other buildings in the western part of the state.No injuries were reported after the twisters struck late Friday.The National Weather Service said the first tornado touched down near the city of Allegan.

The Otsego Area Historical Museum will host its annual fundraising garage sale starting at 8 a.m. today.

Overall, gas prices remained on Friday morning about where they have been for the past three or four days in Southwest Michigan.

Historical program in Vicksburg A talk about the history of Bronson Vicksburg Hospital and the former Franklin Memorial Hospital is being presented at the hospital, 13326 N. Boulevard Ave.

Zoila Benevides helps coordinate community outreach for poor children and families in the Mary Mother of the Poor Parish in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL Darrell and Yolanda Browning, of Kalamazoo, a daughter.

A middle-aged woman is dead after a fatal head-on collision on M-89 near Dix Street near Otsego this evening.

COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. - If anyone got stung, they didn't say so-not a bad outcome for a gathering of three generations of new beekeepers and 30,000 honeybees.

A flag retirement ceremony will be held on June 14, which is Flag Day, in the Augusta Village Park.

Bloomingdale's police chief has been suspended from his duties pending the outcome of an assault charge against him.

There is no charge. 7 p.m. Thursday. Tour in Kalamazoo v A DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR is being led by historian Lynn Houghton.

Federal environmental officials announced this week that they have finalized a plan to cap a Kalamazoo Township landfill along the Kalamazoo River, part of the federal Superfund cleanup of the river.

At long last the PCB-laden Willow Boulevard/A Site landfills along the Kalamazoo River here will be permanently capped and the wetlands and forests surrounding them restored -- a $13 million undertaking to be paid for by Georgia Pacific, the landfill's owner.

State Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker, R-Antwerp Township, said Monday she plans to run in 2010 for the 20th District state Senate seat held by Tom George.