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Calhoun County Clerk/Register Kimberly Hinkley tells Community Matters staff and volunteers are ready for nine days of early voting ahead of the Tuesday, August 6, 2024 primary election. The county has only conducted the early voting a handful of times since voters passed Proposal 22-2. Hinkley discusses the growing confidence she has with putting Election …
It is one of the busiest times of the year at Battle Creek’s Charitable Union – the organization which has been helping local people who need it since 1887. One of those efforts is a drive to get kids into some new clothes by the time school starts. Charitable Union says the kids they focus …
Saffron is the sweetest Siamese cat you will ever meet. She is curious about who is coming to see her – and may very well flop over for a belly rub and some loves right away. So why, after being adopted not long ago, is she back at the Humane Society of South Central Michigan? …
It is probably true most people know how wild it is at the Binder Park Zoo. Just look around! But, BPZ’s Allie Stoddard tells Community Matters how WILD Wednesdays in July are even more so! Episode ResourcesBinder Park Zoo website ABOUT COMMUNITY MATTERS Former WBCK Morning Show host Richard Piet (2014-2017) returns to host Community …
How do local stakeholders decide what transportation and public transit goals are best for the area? An overseer in that effort locally is BCATS – the Battle Creek Area Transportation Study. BCATS Executive Director Jeff Franklin joins Community Matters to shed light on how the organization works – and helps stakeholders work together. Episode ResourcesBCATS …
There is no need to travel any further than Marshall, Michigan and Oaklawn Hospital for speech therapy related to Parkinson’s Disease and other ailments. In the inaugural episode of Oaklawn Health Matters, speech therapist Dava Montgomery talks about programs like LSVT-Loud (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment) and Parkinson’s Voice Project’s SPEAK OUT! therapy programs – both …
Some financial institutions in southwest Michigan are noting a wave of counterfeit bills circulating the area. Others have said they are not seeing as much. Could you tell if a bill you are holding is real or fake? We asked Lisa Sloughter, fraud and collections supervisor at Marshall Community Credit Union for advice. Episode ResourcesMCCU …
A Consumers Energy solar and renewable natural gas site on farmland near Battle Creek is an example of others the utility intends to build on other sites. That’s the word from David Hicks, Consumers Energy vice-president of clean energy development, who says the goal is 20 such facilities in order to attain the company’s renewable …
