Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Regis Klingler, a self-described non-politician, joins Community Matters to talk about his candidacy for Marshall City Council. Never having...
Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Republican Dan Strowbridge, who served previously as a county commissioner, talks to Community Matters about why he wishes to return in...
Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Incumbent At-Large Councilman in Marshall Ryan Traver is finishing his current term on the council, one that was not unfamiliar when he was...
Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. In this episode, Battle Creek Vice-Mayor and At-Large Commissioner Sherry Sofia talks about her tenure on the commission, her view on pressing...
In a previous Inside Calhoun County episode, we learned about opioid settlement funds and how distributions of them will help fight the opioid epidemic in Calhoun County and elsewhere. Now, Administrator/Controller Kelli Scott returns with County Commissioner Steve...
An approach to opioid use disorder might, for some, seem a bit ponderous: Using medications as treatment for addiction to another medication. But, as we learn in this episode, Medications for Opioid Use Disorder – sometimes called MOUD – can be very successful and...
The good news? COVID-19 infections in summer 2024 mirrored those of the previous year, meaning there was not a notable increase in the average number of cases. That's the word from the Calhoun County Public Health Department. While updating the local COVID...
Intensive Crisis Stabilization – ICS for short – is a Summit Pointe program meant to help young people and their families who are experiencing a crisis. That typically means our Summit Pointe experts have to respond quickly and immediately for an on-site intervention....
Don't wait until an emergency to try and cobble together a plan for your family. That's the advice from the Calhoun County Emergency Management Office and its director, Lt. Chris Young. In this episode of Inside Calhoun County, Lt. Young discusses further useful...
Ahead of another fall campaign push for charitable giving in Calhoun County, Community Matters host Richard Piet sits down with Chris Sargent, president and CEO of the United Way of South Central Michigan. The discussion centers around how the United Way stretches a...