Great Lakes Bulk & Health Foods spices things up
Christine Terpening Contributing Writer (Photo by Christine Terpening) Our Amish neighbors dot our local countryside adding beauty, culture and value to our community. A little drive down our back roads will lead you to hidden treasures. One such treasure, owned by...
Vietnam Veterans Annual Picnic
Christi Whiting Editor (Photo Provided) This year’s picnic is planned for August 26 at noon at Bennett Park in Charlotte. All Vietnam vets and their spouses are invited and should bring a dish to pass. Whistlepig BBQ in Charlotte will be furnishing pulled pork...
Eleven year old Bliss is a budding businessman
Kelsey Klont Contributing Writer (Photo by Cindy Gaedert-Gearhart/TCJ: Super Pooper Scooper owner and operator Samuel Bliss.) The Super Pooper Scooper is a recently established dog poop scooping business founded by eleven-year-old Samuel Bliss. He first started...
Charlotte Equestrian Team: Sign up to giddy up
Christine Terpening Contributing Writer (Photo Provided) For many people, the sound of clippety-clop makes the heart thump along to the beat. The smell of a four-legged whinnying friend releases endorphins like no other. Money takes on less importance to horse...
Sunfield Farmers Picnic announces 2023 Grand Marshal
Submitted by Sunfield Farmers Picnic (Photo provided: 2023 Sunfield Farmers Picnic Grand Marshal Tim Rumfield and his wife Amy.) Tim Rumfield has been selected as the 2023 Grand Marshal for the Sunfield Farmers Picnic, with a parade theme of “Farmers Feed the...
New Potterville football coach Jason Baker eying program turnaround
Ben Murphy Contributing Writer (Photo Provided: Jason Baker, Potterville High School new football coach.) The winds of change have been blowing in the Potterville football program. That is because the team will have a new head coach this season in Jason Baker....
Celebrating 50 years in business
Lisa Lee Contributing Writer (Photo by Lisa Lee: Richard and Judy inside the store in Eaton Rapids.) Smith’s Upholstery of Eaton Rapids has been recovering furniture for half a century. It all started in 1973, when Richard Smith returned home to Eaton Rapids after...
CROP Hunger Walk celebrates 40 years in Charlotte
Submitted by Joanne Williams (Photo provided: CROP walk attendees help raise funds for local food pantries. The Charlotte Area CROP Hunger Walk is celebrating 40 years as a hunger-fighting event in Charlotte this Oct. 1 at Bennett Park. CROP walks are worldwide...
Introducing the Eaton Rapids Island Ukulele Festival
Submitted by Eaton Rapids Ukelele Festival (Photos provided: The Fabulous Heftones will take the Gazebo Stage at 1:30 p.m.) Mark your calendars for August 5, 2023 – the inaugural Eaton Rapids Island Ukulele Festival. The event will be held annually on the first...
Eaton County Land Bank receives grant to help demolish blighted Horner Mill Complex
Submitted by Bob Robinson, Chairperson, Eaton County Land Bank (Photo Provided) Eaton County Treasurer and Land Bank Chairperson, Bob Robinson, announced that the Eaton County Land Bank Authority received a $653,000 grant from the Michigan State Land Bank Authority on...