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Band Notes: Wildcat Band Prepares for Festival at Cass Marching Exhibition
The MHS Wildcat Marching Band at the 7th Annual Marching Band Exhibition at Cassopolis, Saturday, September 19. –News Photo “Welcome to the Jungle” is this year’s theme for the MHS Wildcat Marching Band’s Festival Show Kudos to Kristy Breseman and the Band Booster Jungle Crew for the set design. Featured ‘jungle dwellers’ during […]
Michigan hunters brave the elements to harvest 153 elk in 2025
Brent Henige of New Lothrop (fourth from right) and family members celebrate his harvest of a 559-pound elk bull at the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Elk Pole. Michigan elk hunters faced challenging weather and storm-ravaged terrain to harvest 153 elk in 2025. A record number of applicants – 47,493 – applied for one of just […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: Nostalgia . . . and trains
by John Mooy In a phone conversation the other day I was asked if I thought we become more nostalgic as time passes. It was a good question and I’ve been thinking about it. Is there a certain age that we have to achieve so we have enough history behind us that things become nostalgic? […]
Bits & Pieces: January 2026 Trivia
by Paula Johnson The January doldrums begin. One redeeming factor of January is that it follows the winter solstice and the days stay lighter longer. Here are some tidbits of fun to keep your brain sharp. Questions1. What was the Merriam-Webster’s 2025 Word of the Year?2. In how many states is it legal to drive […]
Farm and Food File – January 29, 2026
More USDA money means less farm program reform by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com A word of caution: Do not get between reality and political forces in Congress when Republicans and Democrats agree to spend more money on farm programs rather than reform the very programs that are failing farmers and rural America. Case in point: […]
Jim Hightower – America’s #1 Populist: January 29, 2026
Why Is the Pentagon Barring Soldiers from Repairing Their Weapons? by Jim Hightowejimhightower.com The US military has long been an easy mark – for our own avaricious corporate contractors, that is. During the Civil War, for example, J.P. Morgan sold rifles to the Union army, that cost him only $3.50 each, but he […]
Cal Thomas: A Republican who wants to raise taxes
by Cal ThomasCalThomas.com Congress is debating major funding bills that would avoid another of those phony government “shutdowns” now scheduled for January 30. One sticking point is that Democrats want to either defund ICE, or greatly reduce its budget even though it is following the law in arresting and deporting people from other countries, […]
Earth Talk – NYC is electric
New York City has banned fossil fuels in new construction buildings and hopes the rest of the world will follow in its pioneering footsteps. Credit:Pexels.com. EarthTalk®From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Is New York City the first big U.S. city to mandate that all new buildings avoid fossil fuels and […]
News from Marcellus TWP Wood Memorial Library – January 29, 2026
Twenty years ago, Twilight by Stephanie Meyer took the book industry by storm–leading to an explosion of the young adult genre. The story revolves around seventeen-year-old Bella Swan, the new girl in town, where she falls into a dangerous and passionate romance with Edward Cullen, a “vegetarian” vampire who struggles to resist his instinctive thirst […]
Contemplation Corner – Hope
I almost think that hope is for the soul what breathing is for the living organism. Where hope is lacking the soul dries up and withers.” -Gabriel Marcel by Pastor Donnie BrooksMarcellus UnitedMethodist Churchpastordonnieb@outlook.com Hope is a crucial factor in life as Marcel states here. Marcel was a French philosopher in the middle part […]
