Battle Creek's Cereal City Concert Band has been invited to perform at the 2025 Mid-Europe Wind Band Music Festival in Schladming, Austria. The annual event is set for July 2025. Cereal City Concert Band Conductor Stephen White tells Community Matters the...
Set for Thursday, May 23, 2024 at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek, Calhoun County Senior Services Expo has more vendors than ever registered. That's the word from Senior Services' Rebecca de Finta, who talks about the types of vendors expected, parking and how to get a...
When caring for a person with dementia, there will come a time when the task will become more than one caregiver can handle. Let's step back a moment and consider that, very often, a caregiver is a spouse or relative of the person living with dementia. That person –...
SAFE Place CEO Ellen Lassiter Collier returns to Community Matters for an update on the organization's mission – and their fundraising event. The Restoring Hope Gala is a dinner and auction set for May 17, 2024 and gives a significant boost to the organization's...
Women are often the caregivers for their families and loved ones. Lynette Robinson, Family Nurse Practitioner with Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall tells Community Matters that means women often overlook their own preventative health needs. Women's Health Week, May 13-17,...
On the job since late 2023, Ford Motor Company BlueOval Battery Park Michigan CEO Scott Davis sat down with Community Matters for his first-ever local media interview. He outlined a wave of giving to various attractions in Calhoun County. Davis also discussed the...
Harper Creek Community Schools Superintendent Rob Ridgeway returns to Community Matters to discuss how the district would use the resources of a bond request on May 7, 2024. He also discusses what it means for homeowners in the district, as well as how teachers and...
It's a first for our Wiggly Tail updates from the Humane Society of South Central Michigan: Spotlighting a pet we've shared with you before who still hasn't been adopted. Enter Sid. In September 2023 on Community Matters, we told you about this Austrailian Cattle...
Former U.S. Representative Mike Rogers from Michigan chaired the House Intelligence Committee from 2011 to 2015. Rogers, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 2024, talks about how national intelligence is viewed now compared to then, given the cyber threats posed...
You're not alone. That is often a message heard when we go through life's challenges. As we learn in this episode of Creating Dementia Solutions, there is truth to that statement. Miles for Memories volunteer Linda Frost, a registered nurse and a dementia and...