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Porter TWP Meeting Minutes – May 13, 2026
Budget Workshop May 13, 2026 Supervisor Oxley called the Budget Workshop to order at 6:30 p.m. Members present – Oxley, Bitely, Nesbitt, Packer, and Smith. Also present – Attorney Schuitmaker. Motion by Bitely with support by Packer to adjourn the Budget Workshop at 6:50 pm. Voice vote – all yes. Motion passed. Regular Meeting […]
Bits & Pieces: Egg Producing Animals
Recently, I had a question put to me about how many eggs a queen honeybee lays a day. The general answer is about 1500, though she can store up to 7 million in her receptacle for use throughout her lifetime. This is really more complicated and detailed than I have made it sound. What this […]
Gilmore Car Museum’s Winter Wonderland Drive-Through Holiday Lights Spectacular Opens November 25
Hickory Corners, MI- Winter Wonderland at the Gilmore Car Museum is back for its second year, with an expanded drive-through and walk-through nighttime holiday lights experience on the museum’s beautiful 90-acre campus, just outside of Kalamazoo. Tickets are on sale now at GilmoreCarMuseum.org. Presented by Hagerty, Winter Wonderland is unlike any other holiday lights show […]
Band Notes
Band Notes – November 14, 2022 Coming Up: November 19 – District 6 All Star Band Concert at Paw Paw High School. Lyssa Robson will be representing Marcellus High School for this honored performance. November 23 – Thanksgiving break begins. December 3 – Middle School Solo and Ensemble at Paw Paw Middle School. […]
Inside the Marcellus Community Schools
Marcellus Elementary School hosted its Veterans Day Assembly on November 11. The annual event serves to honor our brave service members, both past and present. I have been privileged to participate in the event for many years and am always filled with pride to see our community stand united in respect for those who serve. […]
Village of Marcellus Council Proceedings – Regular Meeting
October 25, 2022 President Welburn called the regular meeting of the Marcellus Village Council to order at 7:00 p.m. on October 25, 2022, at the Marcellus Village Hall Council Room. Trustees present: Simmons, Irwin, Haley and Webb. Trustees Absent: Thomas and Oswalt. Agenda Motion by Simmons, supported by Haley, to approve the agenda as presented. […]
Porter Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, Election Commission Special Meeting
October 12, 2022 Supervisor Oxley called special meeting of the Election Commission to order at 6:50 p.m. Members present – Meade, Oxley, Nesbitt, Bitely, and Packer. Also present five guests. Election Commission appointment of election inspectors for the November 8, 2022 General Election as follows: Elizabeth Lutz – Democrat, Receiving Board Brenda Nesbitt – Republican, […]
Army Veteran Finds Peace in CreativityÂ
Jeremiah Jones, Army Sergeant – Retired, Cass County Commissioner and craftsman. Jones demonstrated his knifemaking skills during the Cass County Historical Society’s Fall Festival, October 2. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. […]
A Story of World War II: German POWs in southwest Michigan
German prisoners of war working at Welch Juice Plant, 1941Photo courtesy of the Van Buren Regional Genealogical Society by Richard Teremi, Sr. World War II is 77 years in the past. The story we are about to explore has been primarily preserved through Newspaper microfilm, human memory, and professional historians like Gregory D. Sumner. His […]
Marcellus Middle School Students of the Month – October 2022
Marcellus Middle School Principal Tracy Cropsey announces the Middle School Students for the month of October. Being honored for the month are Annabell Bent, 6th grade; Josie Adams, 7th grade, and Martelle Enright, 8th grade.
