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WIC participants now able to use benefits online at Meijer stores
First retailer in Michigan to accept WIC benefits for online grocery orders LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced that families participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) are now able to shop with their WIC benefits online at Meijer stores. “WIC beneficiaries were already able to use their WIC cards for in-store shopping at Meijer and offering online shopping will make it even easier for families to buy healthy foods,” said Amy Epkey, MDHHS acting director. “MDHHS is committed to helping residents […]
How Sweet They Are. . . Wakey Jake’s Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
How sweet they are . . . . “They” are Wakey Jake’s Cinnamon Roll Pancakes. “People have absolutely gone crazy over them,” Jake Arnold, owner of the newly established Wakey Jake’s, says about one of the new sweets available in town. The pancakes are just one of a few new items to grace […]
Projects Underway in 2024 Thanks to Record-Breaking Support from Carlson Farms
Karen and Norm Carlson present a check with proceeds from the annual Carlson Farms-Farm to Table Dinner. Pictured left to right: Bill Manns, president and CEO Bronson Healthcare; Karen and Norm Carlson; Terry Morrow, president Bronson Health Foundation; Chris Fitzgerald, VP, chief nursing officer, Bronson LakeView and Bronson South Haven Hospitals. New Wintertime Gathering Planned […]
DDA Realigned and Ready to Rock in 2024
The Marcellus Downtown Development Authority is set to continue its forward motion toward revitalizing the downtown corridor in 2024. Pictured in front, left to right, Estela Salazar, new member Erica Watts, and Treasurer Nicki Hostetler. In the middle, left to right, new member Brad Smith, Vice Chair Nicki Hackenberg, and John Ayers. In back, Chair […]
HMB Receives Grant Distribution
The Hudson Memorial Building, 179 N. Jones Street, has been an asset to the Marcellus community for over eighty years. -drone shot courtesy of Dean McKenzie At the January 9, 2024, meeting of the Hudson Memorial Building, Chairman Carmi Essex announced that the Board had received $7,314.00 from the Michigan Gateway Foundation. This annual distribution […]
Wildcats Fall to Rangers at Home and Away
Sopohomore Jamarion Robinson makes his way to the bucket past Cassopolis’ Lucas Williams, on Tuesday, January 9. Robinson scored 20 points during the game. The Cassopolis Rangers came to town, Tuesday, January 9, with just a bit more gas in the tank than the Wildcats. In the opening game, the ‘Cats JV outscored […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
How do they do it? ……… The birds that is! by John Mooy The wind was howling outside and when I got up out of bed, it was still howling. The snow was hitting against the bay window and the branches on the trees were in full and continual motion. So, I did […]
Bits & Pieces: Winter Phenomenon
Snow bales in Gladstone, Illinois by Paula Johnson This latest blizzard has produced hazards, closings, crazies and a rare phenomenon. My cousin Sue who lives in Monmouth, Illinois, got a photo from a friend of hers, Lindsey, who lives on a farm near Gladstone in West Central Illinois. Lindsey awoke to find snow […]
It’s a New Day and Time in Detroit!!!
If you watched the game, and judging by my social media feeds, most of you did and you not only saw an amazing game but you saw a ton of Detroit “royalty.” This was really cool to see because in years past you would not have seen ex-players like Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson […]
Jim Hightower: America’s #1 Populist
by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com Let’s Send All Billionaires to Mars! Unfortunately, in the short time we homo sapiens have existed on this 4.5 billion-year-old Planet Earth, we have trashed the place. Climate change, deforestation, desertification, plastics in everything… etc. Fortunately, though, we large-brained hominids have evolved an almost-magical resource that promises to be our […]
EarthTalk®
From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: How much “old-growth” forest is left in the U.S. today and what are we doing to protect it? — Paul Belaire, Chico, CA Scientists have found it tough to settle on a precise definition for old-growth forests. There’s no single formula to determine what is considered […]
