DANA MERRYDAY/PHOTO Cottage Grove’s state-of-the-art drinking water treatment plant.
Around town …
Cottage Grovers are a tough crowd. They expect a lot from their elected officials and their tax dollars, and occasionally view city officials’ actions with suspicion. In a small town it is easy for rumors to spread and with social media replacing the backyard fence to gossip over, it is easy to have misinformation spread about, morphing as it goes.
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