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Contemplation Corner: “The great secret of the spiritual life. . .”
“The great secret of the spiritual life is that you already know the little steps, even if you don’t know the big ones. You don’t need to know the big steps to take the little steps. You only have to take one step at a time…. If we look back, we see it was a […]
Band Notes for the Week of March 17, 2025
This Day in Music History – March 201917: Vera Lynn is born Vera Welch in East Ham, Essex, England. During World War II, she becomes an emblem of wartime spirit thanks in part to her rendition of “We’ll Meet Again.” 1959: Bobby Rydell makes his first TV appearance on American Bandstand. He soon becomes a […]
MEC selects delegate for NRECA Youth Tour
(Cassopolis, MI) – Jenna Lemon, a junior at Ross Beatty High School in Cassopolis, has been selected as Midwest Energy & Communications’ (MEC) delegate to the 2025 National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Youth Tour. She was chosen based on her application and her academic and extracurricular achievements. From June 18 to 23, Jenna will […]
News updates from SMC
SMC hosts Nursing Info Night: Southwestern Michigan College’s “Nursing Info Night” takes place Tuesday, March 25, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Student Activity Center off Dailey Road on the Dowagiac campus. This event is for prospective nursing students to learn about SMC’s program, meet faculty and current students, tour the facilities and learn […]
AG Nessel Sues Trump Administration to Stop Dismantling of Department of Education and Protect Students
LANSING – On, Thursday, March 13, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration (PDF) to stop the dismantling of the Department of Education (DOE). On March 11, the Trump administration announced that DOE would be firing approximately 50 percent of its workforce as part […]
Women’s History Month 2025: Meet Marguerite Lofft de Angeli
“Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations” From the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame meet Marguerite Lofft de Angeli Marguerite Lofft de Angeli was born in Lapeer, Michigan, March 14, 1889. At age 95, the time of her induction into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame, she was considered the grande dame of […]
Cass District Library – April 2025 programs
*Registration Required T’ai Chi with Alyse Knepple Mason/Union Branch – Mondays: 11:00am Join Alyse Knepple at the Mason/Union Branch for T’ai Chi. T’ai Chi is a series of gentle physical exercises and stretches. Alyse will offer a free introductory class, followed by four weekly classes which will cost $40.00. Cardio Drumming*Howard Branch – Mondays: 5:00pm Cardio drumming is […]
Turbo Talks Sports: Turbo’s Guide to Filling Out NCAA Brackets
It is that time of the year folks! Selection Sunday has passed and the brackets have been set. Now this isn’t going to be an article that complains about who got in and who was left out. This is going to be better! I am going to give you my secrets to filling out the […]
The True Book of Mostly Related Stories: Who are those guys and what are they plotting?
by John Mooy The rites of spring bring the pitchers and catchers to spring training, the annual house cleaning and a survey of what needs to be done to get the homestead ready for spring and summer. That’s been going on in Marcellus as long as I can remember. But that doesn’t answer the […]
Bit & Pieces: Gulf of Mexico Cruise 2025
by Paula Johnson We all know what a trial my farmer has had over the past 2+ years, and he is coming along exceptionally well. After his time at Cleveland Clinic with radiation to kill the tumor pushing on his brain stem, he seemed to heal rapidly. I think he missed our vacations away even […]
