It’s not about the ‘promposal’
Last week a story from Maple Valley Schools came to light. It was innocent enough. A promposal (prom proposal) from a young man to his sweetheart asking her if she’d go to prom with him. But the would-be innocent promposal was tainted by an out of left field,...
May Daze returns to Sunfield
Saturday, May 19, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunfield will again host the annual May Daze, a celebration of Sunfield, its citizens, and the coming of warmer weather. The event, put on by Geneise Davis, will be a day filled with games, carnival rides, and plenty of craft...
Eaton Rapids Area Chamber dinner an evening of fun, anniversaries, and celebration
Thursday, May 3, the Eaton Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce held their annual spring dinner at The English Inn. The evening was split into socializing, passing out awards, and enjoying interactive, dueling pianos. Several awards were passed out during the event. The...
G.A.R. Museum gets a facelift
Wednesday, April 25, Keith Harrison, the director of Eaton Rapid’s Grand Army of the Republic Museum, as well as a few volunteers set to work on giving the museum some much needed cosmetic changes. The most noticeable of the changes is the complete paint overhaul in...
Construction begins Monday, May 7 on Lincoln, State streets
Construction on two of the city’s poorest rated streets — Lincoln and State — will begin early next week and last throughout the summer. Charlotte City Council approved in the spring of 2017 the reconstruction of both streets as part of a five-year street improvement...
County Journal introduces voluntary pay program
Dear loyal readers, advertisers and friends, For the past 12 years, The County Journal has been delivered to every doorstep in our coverage area, free of charge to our readers. It’s free because it contains important information to which everyone should have equal...
Charlotte unveils new community brand
The billboards unveiled on State Street Tuesday, April 24 are just the first step for Charlotte’s new community brand. Developed over the course of the past two years through a collaborative effort between CanDo! and CharlotteRising — with input from a number of other...
School District makes case for recreation coordinator position
For the past year, a group of concerned community members has been meeting to devise a plan to address what they felt were shortcomings in recreation programs offered to Charlotte youth and its effect on athletics at the high school level. Monday, April 23, members of...
Spinsanity Flow Down to expose greater-Charlotte to ‘flow arts’
Watch Natalie VanHaitsma perform with a hoop in her hand and you can see the pure joy on her face. Since becoming a “flow artist” in 2016, she has found the freedom of her movement and the synchronization of the hoop to be a meditating experience. She started slowly,...
Potterville City Council in dispute over paying city bills
At the Thursday, April 19 Potterville City Council meeting, an unusual occurrence took place, one that Mayor Katherine Schmidt said is a first for the City of Potterville. The city council voted to not pay the city’s bills. According to council members Schmidt and...