Van Buren Public Schools Distinguished Graduate

ROSEMARY OTZMAN (KUCHTA)

ROSEMARY OTZMAN (KUCHTA)

CLASS OF 1954

Rosemary (Kuchta) Otzman has distinguished herself in the field of Journalism. Rosemary has spent most of her life doing what she loves the most newspaper writing. She has a distinguished career in journalism that spans more than four decades. Her credits include being a news broadcaster for WSMA Radio in Marine City, Special Writer for the Detroit News, Managing Editor of three weekly papers based in Richmond, Michigan, and Editor/Reporter for the Longmont Daily Times Call in Colorado. Her most identifiable claim to fame is as Editor/Publisher of the Belleville Area Independent started in 1995.