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Personal parking to support Principal’s Project Fund
MHS Principal Lynn Wagner, left, and senior Ariah Evans, with stencils in hand, numbered each of the 70 parking spaces in the school’s student parking lot recently. The cost to lease a spot is $30 with the proceeds benefiting the Principal’s Project Fund (otherwise known as pizza money). Once leased, students may design and, after […]
Band Notes for the week of September 15, 2025
Band Notes – September 8, 20259/19: Final Florida Trip Payment Due. No extensions past this date.9/19: Home Football Game, Marching Band reports at 5:45pm.9/20: Cassopolis Marching Invitational. Marching Band reports at 5:30, Wildcat Band performs at 7:40pm.9/23: Mums delivered and are available for pick-up from 3pm-7pm.9/24: Evening rehearsal for Marching Band, 7pm-9pm.9/26: Homecoming Parade and […]
Hundreds of Cancer Advocates Gather in D.C. to Urge Congress to Sustain Vital Research and Prevention Funding
As a critical government funding deadline nears, patients and survivors from across the country unite to ask for continued federal support for lifesaving cancer research and prevention programs. WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 15, 2025 – As the September 30th government funding deadline nears, more than 700 cancer patients, survivors and advocates from every corner of the United States, […]
Michigan FAFSA Completions Surpass Last Year’s Total
Milestone highlights MiLEAP’s role in boosting FAFSA completion through innovative outreach, partnerships and direct support to students and families LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) announced today that 65,543 students from Michigan’s Class of 2025—representing 55.4% of graduates—have completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as of Sept. 8, 2025. This surpasses […]
SMC’s Brewer announces ‘historic fall’
Interim President Brent Brewer detailed an “historic fall” Sept. 10 for the Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees. From an economic impact study and three capital improvement projects to 1,100 students participating in 17 Welcome Week activities, SMC is “firing on all eight cylinders,” in 2025, as Chairman Tom Jerdon put it. Lightcast’s independent study […]
M-AAA backs MSU research on high oleic soybeans, driving ‘once-in-a-generation’ gains for Michigan dairy farmers
MSU-led research shows how feeding dairy cows high oleic soybeans can cut feed cost, boost milk quality and spark economic growth — allowing one southwest Michigan dairy farm to add more than $1 per cow per day in income over feed cost. EAST LANSING, Mich. — Since its inception nearly a decade ago, the Michigan Alliance for […]
Porter Township – Van Buren County Regular Meeting, August 13, 2025
Supervisor Oxley called the meeting to order at 7:00p.m. Members present – Oxley, Bitely, Nesbitt, Packer, and Smith. Also present – Attorney Moraitis and twelve guests. Motion by Packer with support by Nesbitt to approve the minutes of the regular meeting on July 9, 2025. Voice vote – all yes. Motion passed. Motion […]
Village Council Proceedings – Regular Meeting, August 26, 2025
President Irwin called the regular meeting of the Marcellus Village Council to order at 7:00 p.m. on August 26, 2025, in the Marcellus Village Hall. Trustees present: Markle, Engstrom, Webb, Irwin, Haley M., Haley G. and Watts. AgendaMotion by Haley M, supported by Markle, to approve the agenda as revised: • Add Parks and Recreation […]
Cass Family Clinic opens new healthcare facility in Dowagiac
Cass Family Clinic staff and board members gather as Board President Tracy Hertsel (front center) cuts the ribbon on the organization’s new Dowagiac clinic, located at 57392 M-51 S., on August 29. The Dowagiac clinic is Cass Family Clinic’s third location, joining Cassopolis and Niles DOWAGIAC, Mich., Sept. 2, 2025 – On Aug. 29, Cass […]
