By Julie Traynor Correspondent During February 21-23, 1922 what had become known as the Great Ice Storm swept through Marion, Michigan. Heavy rains fell for hours, encapsulating the area and…
By Aaron Michell Correspondent Roger Pritchard is on a mission. For the last twenty years, Roger has taken it upon himself to fix the Marion Mill Pond. That was why…
By Steve Landon Nothing in nature can quite match the beauty of the Marion Fairgrounds/Veterans Memorial Park covered in a blanket of snow on a winters day until you add…
By John Raffel Correspondent This week’s major snowstorm is one area residents will be talking about for a long time. At least this is the consensus of a lot of…
By Aaron Michell Correspondent Up until a few years ago, Karla Moses, the proprietor of the Vogel Center Store, had never ridden a motorcycle. Her brother, Kevin, however, was an…
Growing up, Althea Frayer never imagined that she’d spend most of her career surrounded by school children. Her dad, Kenneth Overmyer, was a bus driver, and the thought of dealing…
Julie Traynor Correspondent This is not a ghost story. It is a biography of sorts; the childhood story if you will, of a well-known, busy building with an East Main…
By Aaron Michell Correspondent Jean Bates was born on a farm near Luther in 1926. The oldest of eight siblings, Jean graduated first in her class at Luther High School…
By Pat Maurer Correspondent In a penalty hearing last Friday, Circuit Court Judge Thomas Evans issued a nine-page written opinion that concluded James Kuhns, 36 of Farwell, committed premeditated first…
By Julie Traynor Correspondent This week’s ghost isn’t really a ghost. It is the result of a great black and white, 5”x7” glossy photograph being reunited with the news item…
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