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VFW Auxiliary President Kelly Sehy paused for a moment of reflection after placing a floral tribute. Marcellus Elementary fourth grader Noah DeVries had the honor of singing the Star Spangled Banner during VFW Post #4054’s annual … [Read more...] about Memorial Day 2025 at Bly Cemetery

Marcellus, MI — As rural communities across Michigan confront challenges in food access, healthcare, education, housing, and public services, local residents and stakeholders are organizing a Community Listening Session to reflect, respond, … [Read more...] about Community Listening Session to Address Local Realities, Resilience, and the Road Ahead

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West Michigan Miracle League (WMML) T-shirtbcommemorating opening day of Nate Hurwitz Field, September, 21, 2013. The field is part of the Art Van Sports Complex on 10 Mile Road in Plainfield Township. - Photo source: … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: Miracle League, Miracle Players, Miracle Moments

by Paula Johnson Ah, retirement! I still have piddly bookkeeping for the farm, but nothing as it used to be. The phone in the office is not only quiet – it is missing! I took out all the landlines that plugged into the wall sockets and … [Read more...] about Bits & Pieces: Friendly Recipe

by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com On Feb. 21, 2018, this space outlined my assessment of Congress’s meandering approach to the overdue 2018 Farm Bill. Don’t just polish the badly tarnished 2014 Farm Bill, I urged; write a bill that … [Read more...] about Farm and Food File: Taxpayers and farmers caught in Farm Bill-created ‘government payment trap’ 

by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com The most embarrassing thing about the ballyhooed war-on-government-waste, run by Elon “Chainsaw” Musk, is not even that it has generated more waste than it has cleaned up. More damning is that the … [Read more...] about Jim Hightower – America’s #1 Populist: Why Would Anyone Buy A Ticket To Hell From Elon Musk?

by Cal ThomasCalThomas.com Those who lived through the Watergate scandal in the’70s with its associated names and labels, including President Richard Nixon, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the plumbers, non-denial denials, press … [Read more...] about Cal Thomas – Uncover the cover-ups

Mariculture is an aquacultural practice whereby "farmers" cultivate marine species in their natural habitats. Credit: Pexels.com From the Editors of E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What is mariculture and why are … [Read more...] about EarthTalk®

Whatever a man trusts in, that he makes his God, whether it is gold or silver, or the honors and pleasures of this world; if he trusts in these things, he makes them his God.~ Stephen Crisp, … [Read more...] about Contemplation Corner: Whatever a man trusts in, that he makes his God . . .

Thanks to a suggestion by faithful News reader Ron Lofts, from time to time The News will reprint recipes from the Marcellus Centennial Cookbook published by the Home Arts Club in 1979. Perhaps you’ll recognize some of the names . . . and … [Read more...] about This week in Marcellus’ culinary history