Marshall's September Brims With Local Good News
Editor notes a month of positive developments in Marshall. Tenneco adds 135 jobs while Michigan Kitchen Distributors plans five new positions. Home Tour pre sales hit a high. Marshall High Homecoming Week kicks off with powder puff games and a pep rally, culminating in a Friday football vs Coldwater with Homecoming Court. MSU's Schuler's visit, Marshall varsity football win at Battle Creek Central, and hopes for a 23 16 win over Lumen Christi. Her man’s Hardware marks 40th anniversary with a grand prize drawing. Brooks Fountain displays end as cooler days bring colors. Week ends with optimism for October.
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Tenneco
Michigan Kitchen Distributors
Marshall High School
Calhoun County Fairgrounds
Coldwater
MSU
Schuler’s
Notre Dame
Battle Creek Central
Lumen Christi
Herman’s Marshall Hardware
Brooks Memorial Fountain
Banned Books Week Sparks Community Voices at Library
Patrons at Marshall District Library discuss the value of reading and the freedom to choose books. They cite learning, history, vocabulary, imagination, and First Amendment rights, stressing access to diverse viewpoints and concerns over bans.
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Marshall District
Anne Frank
America
Thank you to the Home Tour volunteers in Marshall
In a letter to the editor, a Marshall homeowner thanks the volunteers who staffed the 2005 and current Home Tour. He notes about 200 volunteers across six homes plus museum and behind the scenes help, with volunteers from youths aged 12 and up to long‑time participants, praising their dedication to Marshall’s history in Michigan.
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Marshall
Michigan
Support for Speaker Jase Bolger in Michigan
A letter thanking State Representative and House Speaker Jase Bolger for tough but necessary decisions. The writer endorses his reforms including simplifying teacher tenure rules, reducing education costs, speeding business approvals, cutting regulations, and lowering pay while urging focus on job creation and district well being.
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Jase Bolger
Michigan
Jase
House of Representatives
Who Should Parent When Kids Act Out in Public
A reader questions whether bad behavior by unruly teens reflects parenting or societal decline. The piece asks if parents should intervene more aggressively, set boundaries, and apologize for the child’s offense, debating rightful discipline and the limits of parental authority in public.
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