LANSING, Mich. – All Michigan families who are eligible for food assistance benefits are receiving an additional monthly payment in December in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) … [Read more...] about Additional December Emergency Food Assistance Benefits to be Issued
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Neighborhood COVID-19 Testing Sites are Expanded in Cass and Van Buren County
Lawrence, MI - Van Buren/Cass District Health Department will be partnering with the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services to provide free Rapid Antigen COVID-19 tests at Ascension Borgess Lee Hospital in Dowagiac for Cass … [Read more...] about Neighborhood COVID-19 Testing Sites are Expanded in Cass and Van Buren County
Bluegill Frolic Committee Contributes to Swim Camp
Stephanie Bender-Breseman (below at left), President of the Bluegill Frolic, presents a check to Marcellus Elementary principal Mrs. Sarah Bischoff, in the amount of $872. The donation was made to the school to help fund the … [Read more...] about Bluegill Frolic Committee Contributes to Swim Camp
A Day in the Life. . . Neither snow nor rain nor pandemic
The Marcellus, Michigan, post office c. 1915. The Rural Carriers from left, Thomas Goings, Roy Clemens, Levi Dennis, Francis Beadle, George Emig, Clinton Kester, postmaster; and Harry Sipley. Beadle and Emig were substitute carriers the day … [Read more...] about A Day in the Life. . . Neither snow nor rain nor pandemic
Bits and Pieces: Christmas
Christmas holds a special place for me. I enjoy all things that go with it – not just the material things. The aura, the smells, the food, songs, sights – and most of all the change in people. I think that I expressed my … [Read more...] about Bits and Pieces: Christmas
Letter to the Editor from John Mooy
Kay: Here’s the backstory on Letters to Santa: A number of years ago, I was in a bookstore looking through a book written by Tim Russert. You may remember Russert as the former Sunday host of Meet the … [Read more...] about Letter to the Editor from John Mooy
News from Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library
Library News for the week of December 13, 2021 Fiction: O Beautiful by Jung Yun; Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult; Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen; Fight Night by Miriam Toews; Last Girl Ghosted by Lisa Unger; The Man Who Died … [Read more...] about News from Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library
Meet the JV Ladycats
The 2021-2022 JV Ladycats: (Front row left to right): Lindsay Huss, Veronika Trunzer, Lador Bet Sargis, Addison Curtis, Layna Cardella, Lyssa Robson. (Back row left to right) Head Coach Chelsea Kahler, Sofia Del Barrio, Sophia Affriseo, … [Read more...] about Meet the JV Ladycats
Layman’s Corner
Q: Allen writes: “Before the foundation of the earth God had a plan for our redemption, that plan of salvation was through Jesus Christ dying on the Cross. We are saved by the blood of Jesus Christ, but I am starting to … [Read more...] about Layman’s Corner
CCCD Announces 2021 Award Winners
Thomas Bennett of Bennett Farms, Edwardsburg, is the Cass County Conservation District’s 2021 Conservation Farmer of the Year. The Cass County Conservation District presented this year’s conservation awards, Tuesday, December 7, at … [Read more...] about CCCD Announces 2021 Award Winners