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Grant to protect Barry County’s High Bank Creek Property goes to Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy

This is how they are conserving the High Bank Creek, which meanders through the property’s high-quality oak-hickory forest. The property’s diverse topography also includes wetlands and restored prairie.

Essay winners will be recognized at Juneteenth Celebration in Battle Creek

Read the winning essays of the 2019 Juneteenth Battle Creek Essay Contest and then come out Saturday to congratulate the winners. It's part of two days of fun.

UrbanZone brings Eastside and Northside youth together on the neighborhoods’ shared border

Urban Zone offers a safe place where young people can grow in confidence, academic skills, and more.

Day of free dental care for uninsured adults to take place March 23

The Dental Day of Caring, spearheaded by Family Health Center, will deliver free basic dental care for up to 450 uninsured adults from across Kalamazoo County in a single day.

Couple from Battle Creek’s Historic Northside continue to find ways to help in the community

When longtime Historic Northside neighborhood residents Harold and Laurel Macon retired they did not give up on their community activism.

Southwest Michigan’s Second Wave and Issue Media Group join Michigan Press Association

Membership by the parent company of Southwest Michigan’s Second Wave will more than double the number of online-only news organizations accepted into the 150-year-old organization.

Pfizer employees help build bikes for military families with the assistace of military personnel

In early November, Pfizer employees and military personnel worked side by side creating bikes for military families. 

On the Ground Northside introduces our first youth community contributor: Ke’Asia Shepherd-Friday

A love for learning new things launches writing experience for Ke’Asia Shepherd-Friday, On the Ground Northside's first youth community correspondent.

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What is a neighbor? An On the Ground Edison video
Video: The time the dogs tracked turtles at the Portman Preserve

How many box turtles are there in the Portman Preserve? Specially trained Spaniels help with the calculations.

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