Eaton Rapids
P&K celebrates 50 years
Stacy Holbrook Contributing Writer (Photo provided) Dave Pennell and George Chemacki, cousins and business partners. Known to the community of Eaton Rapids, Michigan, as well as neighboring communities, as owners and operators of P & K RV Sales. Some people also...
Sesquicentennial of the ERFD
Deb Malewski Contributing Writer (Photo Provided) The Eaton Rapids Fire Department is excited to celebrate its 150th anniversary on September 28, 2024. This milestone event will feature fun activities for the whole family, including a Bucket Brigade 5K run/walk, a...
An Inspiration to a Call of Action
Stacy Holbrook Contributing Writer (Photo provided) Lee Ann Maul personally knew the struggles of life, as many of us have, and recalls how the community and family helped her and her family through hard times. Now, her children are grown, thoughts of how to give back...
Tiger Cruise provides experience of a lifetime for Eaton Rapids resident
Travis Silvas Contributing Writer (Photo by Deb Maleski) As the roar of the jet engines thundered across the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson, Susan Drapek felt as if her entire body could explode. “It was a pretty amazing experience,” Drapek said of her five-day...
Young Eaton Rapids baseball team wraps up season
Ben Murphy Contributing Writer Veteran coach Jey Zubal returned to the Eaton Rapids baseball program this spring. The Greyhounds had a 13-19 record in his first year back, as they played well despite a bit of a youthful roster. “We got better toward the end of...
DeFrance looks ahead to retirement
Stacy Holbrook Contributing Writer (Photo provided: Dr. W.L. DeFrance, Superintendent) Sometimes, our ideas in life take a turn in a direction we do not expect. When that door opens you may find a new purpose and path allowing you to make a big impact on those around...
Capstone Family Practice is a new local family practice office located in Eaton Rapids
Kelsey Klont Contributing Writer (Photo Provided - L to R: Laura McNamara (medical assistant); Julie Teceno (NP), Wyatt Houck (Office manager/reception), Pamela Becker (NP), Judy Raymond-Rojas (medical assistant)) Board Certified Nurse Practitioners, Pamela...
Sugar Quills
Kelsey Klont Contributing Writer (Photo by Kelsey Klont/TCJ) Eaton Rapids has their annual Winter Market started back up for 2024 and there you can find the debut for the new bakery business, Sugar Quills. Sugar Quills is the bakery dream a long time in the making for...
Remember Pawsibilities as the months grow cold
Christine Terpening Contributing Writer (Photo provided) According to the Farmer’s Almanac, we can expect a cold winter with plenty of snowstorms, sleet and ice rain for the Great Lakes region, or as we call it: typical Michigan. This is a time when costs to...
Cottage Gardens growing strong after 100 years
Christine Terpening Contributing Writer (Photo Provided: Cottage Gardens has take over the BestMaze and it will now be called BestMaze II.) To be in business one hundred years is no small feat. We have endured four pandemics, a Great Depression, six foreign wars, ups...