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Bits & Pieces: Cartoon Characters
by Paula Johnson Did you grow up with Saturday morning cartoons? Remember the cartoons featured as lead-ins to a major film at the theater? Those were pure entertainment – though they would later be questioned as to their violence. For whatever reason I never saw them as violent. Sure, the Roadrunner and Acme Dynamite […]
Online voting now open for “I voted” sticker design contest!
The Michigan Department of State received more than 480 submissions for the state’s first ever “I voted” sticker design contest. Michigan residents can view the top 25 stickers for each category and vote online for their favorite designs. Winners will be featured on the official “I voted” stickers that voters may receive during the Presidential Election this fall. Learn more and vote for your favorites at Michigan.gov/IVotedSticker SUBMISSION CATEGORIESElementary/Middle School (K-8)High School (9-12)General Entry (open to all Michiganders) Voting will close at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, July 31. Voters can select their favorite three stickers in each category. Winners will be announced in August.
MICHIGAN ENTREPRENEURS INVITED TO PITCH THEIR PRODUCTS FOR A SPOT ON WALMART OR SAM’S CLUB SHELVES
Walmart’s Open Call Provides Business owners the Opportunity to become Walmart suppliers and reach millions of new customers with their U.S.-made products. (LANSING, MI) July 5, 2024 – This week, Walmart began accepting applications for its 11th annual Open Call event, inviting small business owners and entrepreneurs across the U.S. to apply for the opportunity to pitch their […]
US-131 to be closed for railroad work south of Schoolcraft July 15-29
Fast facts: KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Starting Monday, July 15, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will close US-131 in each direction south of Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, to rebuild a railroad crossing. This work is part of the two-year, $51 million project to rebuild and repave 13.4 miles of US-131 from the Rocky River in Three Rivers, St. […]
News from Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library
This week, the library is spotlighting two new adult fiction books. The Collected Regrets of Clover by Milki Brammer. Clover Brooks has felt a stronger connection with the dying than she has with the living ever since she watched her Kindergarten teacher drop dead during a dramatic telling of Peter Rabbit. Twenty years later, when […]
Please Vote Yes!
IMPORTANT CRITICAL MILLAGES ON THE AUGUST 6 BALLOTThere is no town, if there is not*An Emergency Service (Fire and Ambulance)*A Library*A School MARCELLUS AMBULANCE AND FIRE SERVICESEveryone should be aware that Emergency Services are on life support nationwide. Just recently “Pride Care” dissolved putting several of our adjoining Townships that were contracted with them at […]
Newberg Township Fundraiser
Newberg Township Fundraiser in support of the Newberg TWP Ambulance Department Saturday, July 27, 2024, 12 – 6:00pmFriendly Tavern, 12355 M-60, Jones MI 49061 10% from each bill to be donated to the department and all tips and donations will be accepted at that time as well. Our volunteer EMTs will be waiting tables.
Public Notice – Porter Township
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Public Accuracy Test for the August 6, 2024 Primary Election has been scheduled for Thursday, July 18, 2024, at 6:00 pm in the Porter Township Hall Meeting Room, 88040 M-40 Hwy, Lawton, Michigan The Public Accuracy Test is conducted to demonstrate that the program and computer that will be used to […]
NOTICE OF LAST DAY OF REGISTRATION FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2024, CASS COUNTY, MICHIGAN TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF MARCELLUS TOWNSHIP: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that any qualified elector of Marcellus Township who is not already registered, may register to vote at the office of the Marcellus Township Clerk, the office of the County Clerk, a Secretary of State […]
Newberg Township Accepting Bids
We are accepting bids for a new township hall for Newberg Township. This hall will be built on the current property of our Newberg Township Fire Department located at 11900 McKinley St. Jones Mi. 49061. All bids will be accepted now until September 1, 2024. Please send your sealed bid with proof of insurance and […]
