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Turbo Talks Sports: Turbo’s Golf Guide 2026
I though this would be fitting considering summer is officially here and the US Open was last weekend so let’s talk some golf. This is a subject that is near and dear to my heart. In high school I worked at Olde Mill Golf Course in Schoolcraft and had buddies who worked at Pine View […]
Marcellus Memories
March 7, 1968:Party Line Phone Rings Change March 19: General Telephone’s program to eliminate coded ringing for the Marcellus exchange party line customers will become effective shortly with several changes in the service. O.W. Luedeke, District Manager for the company said, “On Tuesday, March 19 at 6:00 A.M., we will make the change to full selective ringing. […]
Inside the Marcellus Community Schools
by Nanette Pauley, Superintendent On March 13, 2023, the Marcellus Community Schools Board of Education held its regular meeting. The board heard reports from administrators and acted on several agenda items. Principals’ reports highlighted upcoming events including the Volinia Maple Festival scheduled for March 25, from 7:00 a.m. until noon, and the Wizard of Oz […]
Band Notes
Band Notes – March 20, 2023 Band Boosters Summer Grilling Meat RaffleThe Band Booster Summer Grilling Meat Raffle has begun! Tickets are $15 a piece and are being sold by all members of the Band Booster organization. 2 $250 meat bundles, being prepared from Terrill’s Market, will be given to the selected raffle winner the […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
Throwing Baseball a Curveby John Mooy With the weather warming and Spring Training underway, can the start of another Major League baseball season be far behind? The question for several years now has been how do we speed up the game of baseball. As one individual who closely follows the game indicated, “if baseball were […]
Bits & Pieces: Tidbits
by Paula Johnson These past 2 months I have watched more Star Trek than in my entire life “in toto.” I finally told the farmer the other day, that I prefer Picard to Kirk episodes. I have even watched the Wil Wheaton (played Wesley Crusher in Picard series) aftershow about the new Picard series with […]
Jim Hightower: America’s #1 Populist
Jim Hightower – jimhightower.com Why Can’t Ill Seniors Get Even a Scrap of Dignity from Congress? What’s wrong with us? Our nation’s moral compass, I mean. I don’t like being a downer, just focusing on wrongs, but some wrongs stand out as morally abominable, such as this one. It’s about hundreds of thousands of our […]
SWMLC Working with Partners to Protect Former Lake LaGrange in Cass County
LAGRANGE TOWNSHIP, MI — Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SWMLC) is excited to announce that it is working with the Edward Lowe Foundation, Western Reserve Land Conservancy, the Michigan and Ohio Departments of Natural Resources, and several community and conservation partners to conserve the LaGrange Valley property (formerly Lake LaGrange) – a spectacular 425-acre property in […]
Adult-Use Marijuana Payments Distributed to Michigan Municipalities and Counties
More Than $59.5 Million Going to 224 Municipalities and Counties LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Treasury announced earlier this month that more than $59.5 million is being distributed among 224 municipalities and counties as a part of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act. 81 cities, 26 villages, 53 townships and 64 counties […]
