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Guest Opinion: Celebrate farmers market week Aug. 2-8
by Rhea Landholm, Center for Rural Affairs Once a week in the summertime, brightly colored 10×10 tents pop up in a corner parking lot in my community. Under each one of those tents is a producer, crafter, or small business owner who has tables of goods for sale. We celebrate these farmers […]
MHS Semester One Honor Roll
Highest HonorsGeorge ChamberlainLetizia ChiariAddie CurtisParker EnrightClare FloryAnja Gregoran JenulDawsen LehewMeridith McWilliamsNathan MihillsElizabeth PachayMackenzie SchuurAlivia ColleyBrooke EvansMadisyn HarrisonHunter HurleyCarlee OsbornSavannah SearsNoah BohanLillian O’ConnorAbram CoffeyMakayla McWilliamsBrenton SearsHigh HonorsEmily CarlsonJosh CauseyLucas EvansLucia Gomariz MorenoTalan HiemstraKylie KozikTomoko KuboHispana Pita DeleuzeParker AdamsMicah GoodenAbigail ToneCarlyn DeerAriah EvansLeyton TurriHunter CauseyZoey FinkCale HackenbergBlake McWilliamsWilliam TooleyBrock WoodhouseAllylson Wright HonorsGabriella AllenTaylor AndersonMiles BartramMindy BoyerBrock BuckLayni […]
MEC Offers Scholarship to HS Seniors
(Cassopolis, MI) – Midwest Energy and Communications (MEC) is offering four $1,000 scholarships to local high school seniors toward their post-secondary education. Students must complete a brief video challenge to apply: MEC provides three main services: electric, propane, and fiber internet. Pick ONE and create a commercial to promote it. Don’t just read a script […]
Marcellus Memories
The following images are from the “First Edition of the Wildcat presented by The Class of 1946.” The Marcellus News is publishing them in memory of 1946 Class President Bob Elsey. The yearbook belonged to one of Bob’s classmates, C. Abigail Schurtz Schten (1929- 2023), your editor’s mother. Robert Elsey1928 -2024 February 13, 1964: […]
Remember to Vote – Tuesday, February 27, 2024
There is one county-wide proposal on the ballot during the 2024 Michigan Presidential Primary, Tuesday, February 27, 2024. Those wishing to vote in person in the Presidential Primary can do so at an early voting site through Sunday, February 25 or at their polling place on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. […]
MHS grad provides donation to athletic department
Thomas Rutherford (center), a 1968 Marcellus graduate, was kind enough to give a small donation to the athletic department after the Wildcats’ win over Bangor, Friday, February 16. Thomas, a lifetime Wildcat supporter, is pictured with Mr. Basketball Nate Mihills and Athletic Director Don Price. -photo and text courtesy of Don Price, Athletic Director
How Can The Lions Help The Team In The Draft?
Let’s face it, the Lions had one heck of a season. As we’ve talked about before, I am sure not a lot of folks didn’t have them going to the NFC Championship Game on their bingo cards. But there are holes in this current roster. But who should they draft? Welcome to Turbo’s Mini Mock […]
Bit & Pieces: February Trivia
by Paula Johnson As we wait (impatiently) for winter and spring to finally stop their weather war, here are some bits and pieces of trivia to wile away the time – and maybe even bring a little humor and cheer into your day. Questions 1. Before soap, what did humans use to clean their […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
Hold it Togetherby John Mooy Through the years there have been events we’ve come in contact with that we’ll probably never forget. The Wright brothers are recognized for the invention of the airplane. Henry Ford is thought of as the individual who created the first automobile or at least a way to mass produce […]
Farm and Food File
by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com From ink to electrons: the retirement of print journalism Recently, a retired friend asked if I planned to retire anytime soon. It was the right question. While I have considered retirement, I explained, I have no real plans–soon or otherwise–to do so. But, I added, “The choice may not be up […]
Jim Hightower: America’s #1 Populist
by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com Abortion-Ban Extremists Are Using a Slave Law to Repress Women Here’s our Big Word of the day: Extraterritoriality. It expresses a sketchy legal theory asserting that rulers in one state have a right to enforce their laws in another state. The most prominent use of it was in the infamous Fugitive Slave […]
