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 Nominations are being accepted through February 24 for the Marcellus Community Schools Academic Hall of Fame. Originally started in 2014, the Academic Hall of Fame recognizes graduates of Marcellus High School for significant … [Read more...] about MHS Accepting Nominations for Academic Hall of Fame

Norm and Karen Carlson,  second and third from left, are the recipients of the John and Kay Polzin Ambassador for Healthcare Award. Also pictured are (left to right) Liz Semaan, executive director, Bronson Health Foundation; Norm and Karen … [Read more...] about Norm and Karen Carlson Receive Ambassador for Healthcare Award

Scott Meisterheim, 55, Kalamazoo faced a pretrial in Kalamazoo County last week on 10 counts of illegal deer hunting, on which he was arraigned for earlier this month. He is currently serving 18 months’ probation for aggravated domestic … [Read more...] about Kalamazoo man charged in series of hunting violations, admits he’s not an ‘ethical hunter’

Brownsville School #1,Osborn Street, Cassopolis, will undergo extensive restoration thanks to the efforts of the Friends of Brownsville School and the URSCC. The Underground Railroad Society of Cass County (URSCC) recently purchased … [Read more...] about One-Room School to Be Restored by Friends of Brownsville School 

This photo of Shannon School on Burlington was formerly owned by Leonard Lewis. Apparently, Lewis is the boy in the center of the back row next to the teacher. Lewis lived on the west side of Burlington south of Gooding … [Read more...] about Shannon School on Burlington: Do You Recognize any Students?

Marcellus Memories, January 18, 1968 Girls’ Cage Team Loses To Cassopolis: The Marcellus girls’ basketball team, coached by Richard Teremi, had their first encounter with out-of-town competition last week and came out on the short end of … [Read more...] about Marcellus Memories

by Paula Johnson Rodent! The actual word can be disgusting and squeamish. How did something so dangerous to humans become something important to humans? Lab mice and rats have become not only important in science, but some lab workers … [Read more...] about Bits and Pieces: A New Life for Lab Rats

Beyond The Marcellus Newsby John Mooy Through the years who knows how many people have read the Marcellus News and what has happened as the result of all those loyal readers.   It was rather common that anyone who would visit our … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories