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Earth Talk: Snakes
As agricultural expansion and habitat loss threaten snakes, snake research receives little funding and conservation needs receive little attention. EarthTalkFrom the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: How are the world’s snakes faring these days? Are they on the decline like so much wildlife and what can we do to help them […]
Marcellus Memories
from The Marcellus News – February 2, 1894 From The Marcellus News, February 7, 1974: Local cage fans saw their Wildcats explode in the opening period of last Friday night’s game to take a 27 to 8 advantage over Gobles, and coast in from there to an impressive 95 to 58 victory. While the […]
Farm and Food File
by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com U.S. farmers’ love/hate relationship with our biggest trading partner There’s a joke about my fellow Baby Boomers making the rounds that goes something like this: In the 1960s, Boomers didn’t trust anyone over 30 but as soon as they reached their 60s, they didn’t trust anyone under 30. American farmers and […]
Jim Hightower: America’s #1 Populist
The Supreme Court’s Six Corporate Supremacists Ride Againby Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com Heeere they come again: The wrecking crew of Alito, Barrett, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Roberts & Thomas – the six plutocratic judicial supremacists determined to force their personal political biases on all of us. The latest ploy of this right-wing cabal is to gut the […]
Bits & Pieces: Wolters & Hinrichs’ 1920 Flyer
by Paula Johnson Not sure how many of you noticed the precious ad on page 7 of last week’s The Marcellus News, but it absolutely caught my attention. Likely it was advertising something available locally since it was in the February 7, 1924, edition of the paper. Last week, I mentioned my Grandpa […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
MISTAKE, FAULT, BADby John Mooy Mistake, fault and bad are three words that we probably use at least one of them every day. I looked up the definition of mistake and found this definition: An action or judgment that is misguided or wrong. “Coming here was a mistake.” I was thinking how much […]
Marcellus Remembered
The News was delighted to receive a number of fond memories from Ron and Marcia Lofts, including ‘Marcellus Remembered) written by Marcia and sister Linda’s great great aunt Joanne Dutcher Maxwell. Joanne was a frequent visitor to Marcellus during her childhood. Marcia, Linda and their father, John, are all MHS grads: John in ’42, Marcia […]
EarthTalk®
From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What is so-called New Denialism all about? — Paul C., Baltimore, MD For years, human-induced climate change has been a controversial topic, despite heaps of scientific evidence proving its existence. In the past, climate change deniers have used the rhetoric of simply denying that climate change […]
Nominations open for best new business awards in Cass and Van Buren counties
Nominations for best new business awards in Cass and Van Buren counties PAW PAW, Mich.– Market Van Buren is pleased to announce the fourth annual Market Van Buren Awards, a set of awards reserved exclusively for organizations in Cass and Van Buren County that are leading the way toward a stronger local economy. There are […]
Explosion Kills One in Calvin TWP
Sheriff Richard J. Behnke reports that deputies of the Cass County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Penn Township Fire Department in responding to an explosion at a petroleum pumping station on 2-5-24 at 3:50pm. Initial calls came from area residents who heard a loud explosion and force from the explosion that shook their homes. The pumping […]
