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Home Arts Club to meet August 26
The Marcellus Home Arts Club will meet Wednesday, August 26 at 6 p.m. at the Marcellus United Methodist Church. The evening’s program will be a presentation by Family First Funeral. Roll call will be “Have you planned your final arrangements?” ###
Farm and Food File: Massive Nebraska feedlot ‘just the opposite of what we need
by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com Like farmers and ranchers, veterinarians love to pour concrete. Many build customized facilities dedicated to their animal health mission: examination rooms, operating theaters, cattle chutes, holding pens, loading docks. Three Canada-based vets, however, are pouring enough concrete in far southwestern Nebraska to cover what they say will be a square mile–640 […]
Jim Hightower – America’s #1 Populist: To Fight Right-Wing Book Bans, Read Banned Books!
by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com In high-school, my friend Charlie and I once poked into an abandoned Victorian house in our hometown. Up in the attic, we found a secret door to a space containing several boxes of books. One held 50 copies of The Age of Reason, Thomas Paine’s 1794 treatise ridiculing the myths of […]
Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library
A work of fiction and one of nonfiction are in the library’s spotlight this week. The Curious Kidnapping of Nora W. by Cate Green, Nora Wojnaswki is her family’s matriarch, a Holocaust survivor, and at 122 years and four months old, she’s 18 days away from being the oldest person ever to have lived in […]
Letter to the Editor
Editor of The Marcellus NewsOctober 5, 2024 Dear Editor: Shortly after I moved to Marcellus, I was approached by several women in the community who asked me to join their book group. Truly, it was more than a book group because these women not only discussed books, but authors, essays, editorials, etc. I was […]
Veterans and Active-Duty Military Members: Social Security has your back!
By Hillary Hatch, Social Security Public Affairs Specialist Veterans Day is on Monday, November 11, 2024. We honor all veterans who served our country and risked their lives to protect us. If you know a veteran, please let them know about our Military and Veterans webpage at www.ssa.gov/people/veterans. On that page, we have information about Social […]
Contemplation Corner: “The One Who Cares”
“The One Who Cares”Pastor Steven Pace It does not take long reading the Bible to discover that the Lord cares for His people. For example, the Israelites did not have to worry about food or water during their time in the wilderness (see Exodus 16:4; 17:1-9). The Lord showed His care for them by […]
Public Notices
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION FOR THE ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024 NEWBERG TOWNSHIP TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF NEWBERG TOWNSHIP: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that any qualified elector of Newberg Township who is not already registered, may register to vote at the office of the Township Clerk, the office of the County Clerk, […]
Marcellus marked ‘Safe’ – for now – from the hazards of history
Village residents, visitors and the public at large may rest assured that the ghost of G.W. Jones will remain – for now – locked behind the doors at 188 W. Main. by Kay Schten McAdamEditor, The Marcellus News On a three to two and two vote at the regular council meeting, Tuesday, September 24, the […]
Community invited to tour renovated Cass County Historic Courthouse
CASS COUNTY, Mich. — Just over 125 years after construction originally began on the building, Cass County is inviting the public to celebrate the newly renovated Cass County Historic Courthouse. From 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, October 11, all are invited to an open house marking the anniversary of the structure and the completion […]
Orange & black, orange & black, to you we’ll be true. . .
Seventy-eight members of the MHS classes of 1960 – 1969 gathered for a reunion at the high school, Saturday, September 21. The Marcellus High School 1960’s Decade Reunion was held Saturday, September 21, in the high school cafeteria. The event was attended by 78 classmates who graduated in the years 1960 through 1969 and 23 […]
