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.
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.
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.
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.
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