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Gov. Whitmer Signs Balanced, Bipartisan FY26 Budget to Fix the Damn Roads, Cut Taxes, Lower Costs, Protect Public Health & Safety
Balanced budget delivers on the kitchen-table issues including roads, taxes, health care, public safety, government efficiency, and protections for Michigan’s air, land, and water LANSING, Mich. — On Tuesday,October 7, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed her seventh balanced, bipartisan budget into law. The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) budget secures sustainable, long-term funding to fix Michigan’s state and […]
Team RickWorld: What we’re reading the week of October 13
Below is this week’s list of Team RickWorld’s lastest reading adventures in the Marcellus Library’s Read Through the Decades Challenge. Justin Ware: That’s a really long book, Justin. . . Katy Essex: Of Love and Loss by J. T. BIshop.. Book 6 in the Daniels and Remall detective series. This is the […]
Band Notes for the week of October 13, 2025
Band Notes – October 13, 2025Coming Up:10/17: Home Football Game. Report time for Marching Band is 6:00pm. Senior Night for Band members. 10/22: Evening rehearsal has been cancelled.10/24: Football Game is now away. No Marching Band Tonight.10/26: Mandatory Parent//Student Band Trip Meeting, 3pm in the high school cafeteria.11/6: Half Day for Parent/Teacher Conferences.11/7: No school for students. […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: ATLAS, not Charles, but a ROAD ATLAS
by John Mooy We were in Illinois the other day where we had stopped at an Oasis to take a break from driving, stretch our legs and maybe get a cup of coffee before we got back on the road. I was thinking to myself as we walked through what we now know as a […]
Bits & Pieces: Defective Verb
by Paula Johnson Have you ever heard of defective verbs? The opposite of a defective verb would be a flawless verb. This quandary is why I miss Abby Schten. We could spend an entire afternoon philosophizing about defective verbs. First, there is no such thing as a flawless verb, so how can a verb […]
Farm and Food File: Making rural America less healthy again
by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com If Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his boss, President Donald J. Trump, “make America healthy again” I will eat any one of the 15 or so hats that somehow have taken up residence in my small office. And, yes, that goes for the two most prized […]
Jim Hightower – America’s #1 Populist: America’s History, Says Lord Trump, Is Exactly What I Say It Is
by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com Our country’s magnificent National Park System has been called “America’s greatest idea.” These 433 treasures – along with our rich diversity of national museums and historical sites – each have their own stories to tell. But the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, for together they express America’s […]
Cal Thomas: Trust – “Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.”
by Cal ThomasCalThomas.com Polls and simple observations show that Americans are placing less trust in institutions and individuals. A Wall Street Journal story notes that the current government “shutdown” has raised the distrust level between the two parties and the president to new heights – or depths. Trust – or lack thereof — […]
‘Sleuth’ Brings High-Stakes Mind Games to the Beckwith Stage Nov. 6-10
Dowagiac, Mich. – The Beckwith Theatre Company presents Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer, a gripping psychological thriller filled with twists, deception, and high-stakes mind games. Set in a cozy English country house, Sleuth follows the celebrated mystery writer Andrew Wyke as he confronts Milo Tindle, a younger man who has fallen in love […]
News from Marcellus TWP Wood Memorial Library for the week of October 13, 2025
As our wardrobes switch to cozy flannels, it’s the perfect time to curl up with some cozy mysteries. These two light reads pair perfectly with a warm cup of tea in your favorite chair. Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery by Rachel Eckstrom Courage. When Dorothy’s obnoxious date is found dead in a […]
