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News from Marcellus TWP Wood Memorial Library for the week of July 27, 2026
It’s time for the biggest book sale of the year at the Marcellus Township Library! This fundraising event supports library services, programs, collection expansion, and more! The books are set up and ready for you to browse – you name your price and decide how much to donate to the library for the books, DVDs, […]
Cass County to collect hazardous waste, used tires at free event
CASS COUNTY — As Cass County residents begin their spring cleaning, they will have an opportunity to get rid of several unwanted materials for free. Sponsored by the Cass County Board of Commissioners, the Cass County Used Passenger Tire and Household Hazardous Waste Collection events return to Cass County from 3 to 6 p.m., […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
Art Garfunkel, Art Whitenight and Art Workby John Mooy Three famous Arts. You may recall Art Garfunkel as being one half of the famous Simon and Garfunkel singing duo. Art Whitenight was a member of the Marcellus community for years and served for years as the fire chief for the Marcellus Fire Department. As […]
Bits & Pieces: What’s In a Name
by Paula Johnson A person’s name is a special connection to that person. For some it can denote a genealogical map. For other’s it may be a connection to someone important to the parents who wish to honor someone special in their lives. Maybe the parents or one of the parents loved a name from […]
Farm and Food File
by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com USDA still runs the most expensive manure-making program in the world If the third time is a charm, Michael Happ might finally make an impression on federal lawmakers and administrators with his fact-filled, 24-page report on the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) continued financing of Big Ag’s big manure habit. This […]
Jim Hightower: America’s #1 Populist
by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com Can’t Oil Barons Ever Be Honest? (Hint: No) Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King once opposed a bill because, he said, he feared it would “open a whole box of Pandoras.” An odd rhetorical twist, but it would be helpful if today’s ego-bloated, high-tech billionaires and corporate profiteers had a […]
State Agencies Collaborate to Help Protect Children from Unintentional Firearm Injuries
Free Gun Locks Available at MDHHS Offices Statewide LANSING, MICH. – The Michigan State Police (MSP) and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) have announced they are partnering together to protect children from unsecured firearms. Using $500,000 in state funding appropriated in the FY24 MSP budget, the MSP facilitated the purchase of 75,000 cable-style gun locks from Project ChildSafe that will be […]
Marcellus Memories
From The Marcellus News – April 22, 1954:Local Boys Get Some Baseball Pointers From Detroit Tiger Marcellus Memories #12by Willard Robinson, MHS Class of ’49 Main Street was a busy place in the 1930’s and 40’s with a wide variety of stores. The largest was the S. Stern and Co. Dry Goods store. It was […]
EarthTalk®
From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I’m alarmed that a cement plant plans expansion behind our home. What are the potential health and environmental impacts of such a facility? — Caren K, via e-mail Cement is a component of concrete, mortar and other materials. It has many uses as a binding product—roads, […]
Hunter-reported harvest in Michigan’s Calhoun County shown to be a gray wolf
DNR continues to investigate the presence of the animal, found far beyond the state’s known wolf population in the Upper Peninsula Though a Michigan hunter reported that he harvested a large animal in Calhoun County in January during a legal coyote hunt, subsequent genetic tests by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources revealed the animal […]
