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RickWorld Reading Recommendations – July 2, 2026
Hey there, Book Lovers! We are back with our recommended reads for the month of June. As always, if you have a book to recommend, send the title, author’s name and short summary to the editor to include it in next month’s reading list! Sarah Essex recommends: The Lost Family by Jenna Blum. This […]
Wildcats Varsity Baseball Re-cap
The Marcellus Varsity Baseball team ended their regular season with two decisive victories over the visiting Fennville Blackhawks. Fennville came to town Friday, May 26, and left with a 7-3 loss in game one and a 19-4 shellacking in game two. Although the Blackhawks scored a run in the second and two in the fifth […]
MHS Boys’ Track Season Wrap-up
by Coach Dave DeCou The Marcellus Varsity Boys’ Track Team finished the 2023 season with a series of “Big Meets” and fared well in them: The Gobles “Little Guys” Invitational (Friday May 12), The MHSAA Division 4 Regional Meet #34 at Gobles (Friday May 19), The SW10 Conference Championship Meet at Mendon (Tuesday May 23), […]
MHS Girls’ Track Season Wrap-up
by Coach Kim Moe Track & Field RegionalsOn Friday, May 19, the girls’ track teams competed in the division 4 region 34 finals. Senior Brooklyn VanTilburg saved the best for last; the 300 M hurdler ran a career best (53.37) to finish second and qualify for her first ever state finals. Earlier in the afternoon […]
EarthTalk®
From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Is it possible to retrofit an old car with an Electric Vehicle drivetrain? – Jerry M., via email It is definitely possible to retrofit an old internal combustion engine car with an electric vehicle (EV) drivetrain, but the […]
Social Security Delivers Most Popular Baby Names in Michigan for 2022
The Social Security Administration has announced the most popular baby names in Michigan for 2022. Noah and Charlotte topped the list. The top five boys’ and girls’ names for 2022 in Michigan were: Boys: Girls: 1) Noah […]
Jim Hightower: America’s #1 Populist
Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com How Perverse is the GOP’s Book Banning Crusade? Tiptoeing around the democratic process, Indiana’s Republican legislature has become the latest of that ilk to slap its local school librarians with an idiotic book ban. Snuck into law behind closed doors, the partisan Hoosier law requires librarians to pull books that the learned lawmakers […]
Bits & Pieces: Lifelong Learning
by Paula Johnson John and I have always been inquisitive beings. In fact, I think I can go so far (and still have John agree with me) to say that we are even “lifelong learners.” That is not to say that we are scholarly, certainly some intermediate and high school teachers would be hard pressed […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
Arrowheadsby John Mooy About this time of the year a fellow came into town (Marcellus) on his small Ford tractor with a plow attached to the back. He would drive up one street and down the next and for a nominal fee would quickly plow the plot of land in a backyard which folks would […]
International Non-profit Comes to SongFarmers of Van Buren County Gatherings every 3rd Sunday
SongFarmers of Van Buren County will host a gathering of musicians and listeners on Sunday, June 18, 2023. The event will be held at Porter Township Hall, 88040 M-40, Lawton, MI. This event is Free! Subsequent events will be held the 3rd Sunday of each month. A SongFarmer is any musician who uses music to […]
Showcasing the DNR: The Kirtland’s Warbler is Many Things
A Kirtland’s warbler is shown perched in a jack pine tree in Lower Michigan by Kathleen LaveyCommunications representative,Forest Resources DivisionMichigan Department of Natural Resources The tiny, gray-and-yellow bird known as the Kirtland’s warbler is a lot of things. First, it’s extremely rare, with only a few thousand of the birds alive anywhere – 95 percent […]
