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Earth Talk: A/C
Blue Frontier and other emerging companies are redesigning air conditioning systems to use less energy and operate greener and cleaner. EarthTalk® From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Have there been any innovations in air conditioning technology in recent years to help mitigate climate impacts of staying cool? — Jason Wilcox, via […]
Marcellus Community Schools welcomes new staff
by Dr. Michael Dunn, Superintendent Marcellus Community Schools welcomes new staff this year. Marcellus Community Schools is pleased to have some great new staff join our team for the 2025-26 school year. We have three new teachers at Marcellus Middle School. Max Kull is the new Grade 7/8 English teacher at Marcellus Middle […]
Dowagiac Town Hall Attendees Have Questions for Congressman Tim Walberg
Curtis Hertel, Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party, spoke during a recent town hall meeting in the Dowagiac Community Center. text and photos submitted by Naomi Ludman, Dowagiac People filling the Community Center on Front Street in Dowagiac on Wednesday evening came with plenty of questions for Congressman Tim Walberg. Walberg (R, Tipton) was […]
Team RickWorld – What we’re reading the week of August 25
Another week of Reading Through the Decades for Team RickWorld. The challenge is sponsored by Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library. Justin Ware: The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Book number five of the Inheritance Games universe. I’m addicted to the games upon games, and the traps upon traps. Katy Essex: Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts. […]
This week in Marcellus’ Culinary History – August 25, 2025
And here we are at the end of our journey through the Home Arts of Cooking Marcellus Centennial Cookbook, 1879-1979. Many thanks to Ron Lofts for suggesting The News share tidbits of Marcellus’s culinary history! Hope you’ve enjoyed our summer long time travel! Bon Appétit! Donna V. Schurtz’s Brazil Nut Stuffing2 Tbs. butter3 onions, chopped1 […]
Band Notes for the week of August 25, 2025
Coming Up: Fall Mum Sale for Music Department Now Underway! 8/28: Home Football Game, report time for Marching Band is 5:30pm9/3: Evening Rehearsal for Marching Band, 7pm-9pm9/5: First Friday Event Downtown Marcellus, 5pm-7pm Meat Raffle Winners will be drawn at 7pm9/9: Half Day of School for Students.9/10: Evening Rehearsal for Marching Band, 7pm-9pm9/12: Home Football […]
Update on search for new SMC president
Southwestern Michigan College provided an update recently on the search for its ninth president. Director of Human Resources Nicole Lehman noted that the position was promoted on nine different professional job boards and attracted 128 applications over a six-week period which ended on Aug. 17. “The candidates have a wide range of experience and […]
SMC enjoys enrollment ‘four-peat’
An enrollment “four-peat” is a significant milestone in Southwestern Michigan College’s history, Interim President Brent Brewer reported to the Board of Trustees at its regular monthly meeting on August 13. “Our headcount as of Monday [August 11] stands at 2,087 students, compared to 1,882 a year ago, or 205 more,” Brewer said. “That’s equivalent […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: The Eagles
by John Mooy I think we could all agree that of all the birds found in the United States none is more grand than the American bald eagle. Growing up in Marcellus never allowed me to locally see any of these great birds as there were few if any to be seen. Later on, […]
