Deb Malewski Contributing Writer (Deb Malewski/FAN - Rob Pierce, Eaton Rapids’ Public Works and Utilities Director, has been with the city since 2019 and is in favor of being proactive when dealing ...

Joanne Williams Editor (TCJ photo: Woodcarver Ben Risney was featured at the 2025 Eaton County fair. Woodcarving is a category in Open Class competition.) All is not lost in terms of participation and ...

(Photos provided – RIGHT PHOTO: Joseph sits comfortably in the home that he ha. LEFT PHOTO:Joseph and the late Laurel Pray [the couple on the right] at their high school prom in the mid 1940s. What ...

The Maple Valley football team is in a big transition this off-season. The Lions are making the switch back to 11-player football after spending the last five seasons in 8-player. They’ll also welcome ...

(Photo provided- This year’s Greyhound soccer team is eager to repeat last year’s records and rule in the CAAC White league.) The last three years have gone pretty well for the Eaton Rapids girls ...

Local golfer, and Charlotte native, Grant Snyder is very passionate about the sport of golf, so much so that he took matters into his own hands to search for the perfect putter, inventing the Purolla ...

(Photo provided: There is a reason it is called the Michigan Nordic FIRE Festival. The fires help entertain as well as ward off some of the chill.) There are about a dozen recognized Nordic and Viking ...

(Photo by Deb Malewski: Christine Dowding-Metts and Jeff Metts, along with one of their robots, celebrating 60 years of Dowding Industries on June 19.) Dowding Industries may be known locally as just ...

Bruce Ernest Benedict was born on April 24, 1935, the first child of Harold and Edith (VanBlarcom) Benedict. Bruce passed away peacefully at his family farm on January 29, 2026. Bruce graduated from ...

(Deb Malewski/FAN: The new Hearts and Hands pantry was community-supported and now rests in Hamlin Township.) Last October, Eaton Rapids Heart and Hands (ERHH) food pantry received unexpected and ...

(Photo Provided – L to R: Laura McNamara (medical assistant); Julie Teceno (NP), Wyatt Houck (Office manager/reception), Pamela Becker (NP), Judy Raymond-Rojas (medical assistant)) Board Certified ...

Olivet Schools has chosen Robert Vaught as its newest superintendent of schools. Vaught, who was once a principal and teacher in the Marshall Schools, was chosen over Derek Lounds, Eaton Rapids High ...