Olivet Bands receive top ratings and placements in competitions
Saturday, Oct. 7 was a chaotic, wet, and triumphant day for the Olivet High School marching band. According to band director Dave Funk, the roughly 100-student band weathered (no pun intended) storms, a bus breaking down, and no warm up before the Vicksburg...
Place making meeting sparks Eaton Rapids’ creativity
Monday, Oct. 16 members of the Eaton Rapids Arts Council, city employees, local business owners, and Eaton Rapids creatives gathered in the city council chambers at City Hall to participate in a presentation from the Greater Lansing Arts Council. “Creating Place” was...
Eaton Rapids High School students present Holocaust Memorial
The fear of any society and generation should be forgetting the atrocities and horrors committed by humans in the past. Diminishing in any way how devastating and tragic genocides, wars, and attacks were to the world is a crime in itself. The Eaton Rapids High School...
CHS marching band captures first ‘Grand Champion’ title
Charlotte High School marching band members were excitedly celebrating a Class B victory at the 26th Annual Hastings Invitational Saturday, Oct. 7 when excitement turned to shock. The shock came with the announcement that the CHS Band had been named the Invitational’s...
City Council moves one step close to demolishing ‘The Piece’
Charlotte City Council approved the first reading Monday, Oct. 9 of a resolution to accept MCS Excavating’s bid of $35,000 to demolish the building (known locally as The Piece) located at 108/110 E. Lawrence Avenue. The former Carriage Cleaners building, which became...
Brothers finally play football together
To most people it may not seem like a big deal that two junior high aged brothers got to play a game of football together. But for 13 year old Connor Benton and his 10 year old brother Cole Tuesday October 3 was a big day. October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month, and...
Local veteran participates in Washington DC honor flight
About one year ago David Ballard sent an application to the Honor Flight Network on behalf of his father, Jim Ballard, who is a Korean War veteran. The Honor Flight Network takes applications of veterans from WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War and selects...
Olivet College mens basketball team sets sights on historic run
Expectations for the second season of the Steve Ernst era have drastically changed for the Olivet College mens basketball team. A completely overhauled roster and influx of high-level talent will do that. Ernst, who dropped the interim tag and was named head coach in...
Slayer Outdoor Products offers unique blinds for hunting season
Slayer Outdoor Products is a new business in Charlotte. Originally located in Standish, Mich. and owned by Harold Woolhiser, the business now resides in the industrial complex on Packard Highway under the ownership of Rob Trowbridge and Tal Gearhart. Trowbridge was a...
School, community spirit soars to new heights with planned fireworks display
There is some debate as to the level of community pride that has existed in the Charlotte community over the course of the last decade or so. What is more difficult to debate, however, is the steady rise in community spirit. Charlotte Public Schools has played a...