Marshall News

Detra Ward practiced writing the word ``dream'' several times in paint before trying it on a Japanese fan.

Recently we purchased a gift certificate for Slice of Fun through the WKFR Half Price Hook Up deal.

Johnson System Inc. in Marshall has been approved for a $112,928 grant that will allow the company to expand and build wind turbine towers.

In a night of two important appointments, the Marshall City Council named Brad Doane its newest city councilman and tapped Councilman Jim Dyer to represent Marshall on the FireKeepers Casino Local Revenue Sharing Board.

A Pennfield Township man is hoping to unseat state Rep. Jase Bolger next year. Democrat Dave Morgan said as the representative for Michigan House District 63 he would support tax breaks for senior citizens and reduce partisanship politics in Lansing.

MARSHALL, Mich. As the holidays approach, a small West Michigan community finds itself losing jobs.

The Marshall Civic Players presents the classic Charles Dickens story "A Christmas Carol" adapted by Marshall's Phil Hagerty.

Each year in December the Marshall Historical Society features 5 historic homes on a very special tour.

MARSHALL, Mich. A major employer in Marshall will be undergoing some changes starting in 2010.

On the first day of Tom Foley's murder trial, a prosecutor said that Foley shot and killed his wife earlier this year in the shower of the couple's Branch County home.

Members of the Marshall community who want to speak up about a May bond proposal have until Dec.

Marshall will host its first H1N1 vaccination clinic Saturday after Tuesday's clinic in Athens.

For the first time, a Battle Creek foundation is giving money to law enforcement to fight the use of methamphetamine.

Former Marshall police chief Mike Olson is among the finalists for Emmett Township public safety director.

Miller College is hosting a live radio broadcast with WKFR on Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. Students can visit the college, meet faculty and staff and register for spring classes, which begin Jan.

An Ypsilanti man charged with killing his wife in Marshall has been determined mentally incompetent to stand trial.

In a meeting of just four members, the Marshall City Council on Monday discussed Oaklawn Hospital's request to rezone property planned for a new health center in a National Historic Landmark District.

From a costume contest at the farmers market to a family event at the YMCA, it appears that just about every corner of the county is getting in on the Halloween celebration.

Patricia Polacco will sign and discuss a oeJanuarya s Sparrow,a a 96-page picture book about a family fleeing slavery in 1847.

In her first week on the job, Darla Artuso is hustling up and down the halls of the Marshall House, getting to know the residents, whom she calls customers.