After unsuccessful attempts to address what Superintendent Becky Jones says is more than $150 million in needed upgrades to the Marshall School District, the district is asking again on the November 2024 ballot. But, not before having surveyed voters in the district...
A November 1, 2024 wine tasting event is planned as a fundraiser for programs supported by the Cereal City Sunrise Rotary Club. Members Dick Schlatter and Cassie Scramlin join Community Matters to talk about the Sunrise Rotary and the programs ”Wines from Around the...
Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Christian Brown, a Calhoun County Democrat and native of New York state, moved his family to Calhoun County before the COVID-19 pandemic to...
Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Democrat Trevor Bidelman, a father of 4, Kellogg's employee and business agent with the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain...
Community Matters dropped by the Charitable Union October open house, where Executive Director Teresa Allen and her team greeted visitors to show them where they work best serving Calhoun County's underserved. As we learn from Teresa in this discussion, it's as much...
Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. First elected in 2018 back when it was the 62nd Michigan House District, Democrat Jim Haadsma was reelected in 2020 and 2022. Now the 44th...
Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Longtime Calhoun County Commissioner Steve Frisbie eyes the 44th District Michigan House seat currently held by Democrat Jim Haadsma. Frisbie,...
Sometimes called ”problem-solving” courts, treatment courts are specialized to help individuals receive treatment they need in order to provide a new path. In this episode of Inside Calhoun County, Judge Mike Jaconette and the Mental Health Treatment Court team...
Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Seeking a second term as the Battle Creek City Commissioner in Ward 3, Patrick O'Donnell talks about a passion he has to be helpful to...
Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. First elected in 2018, Rochelle Hatcher has been the Calhoun County commissioner representing District 1 – mostly the cities of Battle Creek...