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Michigan Apple Crop Expected to be High Quality: Apples will have good size and color
Lansing, Mich. – The Michigan Apple industry is expecting a high-quality crop of apples in 2026. The majority of apple-producing regions in Michigan report above-average apple crops with exceptional fruit size and color. Michigan Apple industry representatives have stated that they believe the crop is larger than the USDA estimated 25 million bushels (1.05 billion […]
Band Notes for February 24, 2025
Coming UpFeb. 28: High School Band Festival Performance (11:20am) at St. Joseph High School March 6: Middle School Band Festival Performance (10:55am) at Paw Paw High School March 11: Half Day March 12: Cookie Dough orders arrive and are available to be picked up after school until 6pm. March 27: End of the third marking […]
Inside the Marcellus Community Schools
by Nanette Pauley, Superintendent On March 17, the Marcellus Board of Education will hold a work session to assess the district’s progress toward meeting previously established goals. The goals are reviewed annually and are focused on student achievement, finance, facilities and school culture. The current goals are listed below. 1. Student Achievement – Demonstrate continuous […]
Michigan Youth Livestock Scholarship Fund Now Accepting Applications
Applications are due May 1, 2025 LANSING, Mich. – Youth exhibitors who are getting ready to graduate high school or are newly graduated are encouraged to apply to the Michigan Youth Livestock Scholarship Fund (MYLSF) cycle for 2025, which was announced today. The scholarship program provides funding awards for applicants that are residents of Michigan […]
DNR suspects bird flu in recent Lower Michigan waterfowl die-offs
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has recently sampled dead wild birds suspected to be positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza at multiple locations across Lower Michigan. The DNR’s ongoing disease surveillance indicates that HPAI is widespread in wild bird populations throughout the state. HPAI is a highly contagious respiratory disease that causes sickness and […]
Michigan awards $1.3M in Rural Readiness Grants to expand economic opportunity and strengthen communities
LANSING, Mich. — Today, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s (LEO) Office of Rural Prosperity announced the recipients of $1.3M in Rural Readiness Grant Program funding, a program designed to help rural communities build capacity, drive economic development and improve quality of life for residents. The Rural Readiness Grant Program provides […]
New MSHDA Program Offers $25,000 in Down Payment Assistance to Aspiring, First-Generation Homebuyers
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) has launched the First-Generation Down Payment Assistance program, a pilot initiative designed to help first-generation homebuyers achieve the dream of homeownership. The program, supported with $8 million in state budget appropriations, provides eligible buyers with a $25,000 down payment assistance deferred loan to help cover upfront homebuying […]
Michigan Farm Numbers
The number of farms in Michigan in 2024 was 44,000, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Director, USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Land in farms was 9.40 million acres, down 100,000 acres from last year. The average size farm in Michigan was 214 acres per farm, up 4 acres from 2023. The number of farms in the United States for 2024 is estimated at 1,880,000, down 14,950 farms from 2023. Total landin farms, at 876,460,000 acres, decreased 2,100,000 acres from 2023. The average farm size for 2024 is 466 acres, up […]
Public Notices
FLOWERFIELD TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW The Organizational meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 9:00 am at Flowerfield Township Hall, 12020 M 216, Marcellus. No appeals of 2025 assessments will be heard at this time. The Board of Review will meet to hear appeals of 2025 assessments on Monday, March 10, 9:00 […]
Newberg Township General Board Meeting – February 2025
The February 10, 2025, General Board Meeting was called to order at 7pm at the Newberg Township Fire Department. Present: Harvey, Blackburn, Duff and Covey. Absent: Griffiths. Motion made by Duff, supported by Harvey, to approve the minutes from the January 13th General Meeting, January 22nd, January 29th and February 6th Special Meetings. Motion carried […]
MHS Basketball Homecoming 2025
2025 Homecoming Royalty Princess Payton Kreuger, left, with Homecoming Queen Lyssa Robson -Megan Schuur Photography MHS Basketball Homecoming 2025 is in the books with big wins scored by the boys and girls varsity, and boys JV teams. During the traditional halftime festivities, MC Brock Woodhouse introduced the crowd to the class representatives: Freshman Class […]
