Calhoun County expects vaccine availability to continue to increase, though some remain reluctant
Education efforts need to be stepped up to overcome reluctance to obtain COVID-19 vaccination, Calhoun County leaders say.
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Calhoun County Foreclosure Prevention Team works with property owners to keep them in their homes
New solutions are available for those who are having trouble paying their property taxes in Calhoun County. Some programs have been created for those who lost their salary as a result of COVID-19 closures.
Financial relief on the way to Calhoun County and City of Battle Creek through federal legislation
There is more to the American Rescue Plan than a stimulus check for individual taxpayers. Local government will receive funds, too. Calhoun County will work to make the funds work for everyone in a strategic and coordinated way. Battle Creek expects it will help with lost city income tax revenue.
At Cracked Farms they’re growing a disc golf following with a public course on private land
It's outdoors. It's naturally social distanced. Disc golf has proven to be almost pandemic proof and in Bedford Township a new course has been created for golfers, as long as you call ahead.
From suffragettes to the state Supreme Court: 9 women from Calhoun County history you should know
Sojourner Truth has an important place in Calhoun County's history. And there are many more local women whose place in the past has gone largely unnoticed. Here are nine of them.
The GrandPad: New device helps seniors in Calhoun County stay connected as pandemic lingers
Isolation can be a real threat to seniors. In Calhoun County that need for connection is in part being met through the use of GrandPads, a device just for older folks.
Calhoun County Administator Kelli Scott reflects on 2020, looks ahead to 2021
There’s an increased need for human services and a diminished revenue base and putting the two together has the potential to be detrimental to Calhoun County residents. County Administrator Kelli Scott tells us what could lie ahead in 2021. She says in times like these, leadership matters.
COVID-19 cases continue to spike in Calhoun County, hospitals feeling the surge
There’s a limit to how much stress hospitals can handle, Battle Creek medical experts are warning. COVID-19 cases are currently testing those limits.
Planting seeds: National movement with local ties works to restore Native cultural food traditions
Once forced to abandon their way of life, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi are among those Native Americans nationwide who are teaching tribe members traditional ways of fishing, foraging, planting, and hunting.
Native American Heritage Fund grant awards go to six Michigan organizations
Since 2016, the Native American Heritage Fund has been providing information and funding to promote positive relationships between public and private K-12 schools, colleges, universities, local units of government, and Michigan’s federally recognized Native American Tribes. This year $482,000 in grants were awarded to foster those relationships.
