A growing number of Calhoun County residents and business and community leaders are encouraged by the availability of federal funds that have been earmarked specifically for improvements to broadband access in municipalities throughout the United States.
To survive, previous generations often denied the emotional hurt they suffered and refused to acknowledge the pain caused by the extreme oppression of Native Americans. To overcome historical trauma the Native American culture and practices are being restored.
The new facility in Battle Creek will enable the college to increase its enrollment to a total of between 2,000 and 2,400 students, up from 1,200 students now enrolled in the WMU College of Aviation.
Plans call for Magna Cosma Casting’s current facility to undergo a 50,000-square-foot expansion to support additional manufacturing for the automotive sector.
Education efforts need to be stepped up to overcome reluctance to obtain COVID-19 vaccination, Calhoun County leaders say.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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