Calhoun County Board Vice-Chair Steve Frisbie returns to Community Matters for a periodic update from commissioners.This time, the focus is, first, on how the Calhoun County Clerk/Register's office implemented early voting in the county (nine days of early voting ends...
Glenn Kowalske visits with Community Matters on February 14, 2024. Livemic photo Outspoken opponent of development at the Marshall Megasite, Glenn Kowalske, returns to Community Matters for a wide-ranging discussion about the Committee for Marshall-Not the Megasite's...
American Public Power Association Marshall Michigan's director of electric utilities, Kevin Maynard, thought the city would be inking a deal to buy energy from a planned solar energy provider in northern Michigan.But, the deal fell apart when the provider came back...
Courtesy Calhoun County Michigan Calhoun County Board of Commissioners Vice-Chair Steve Frisbie updates Community Matters on business in the first meeting of 2024. Among the items, Frisbie discusses a savings recognized from snow removal funds after a lack of snow in...
Elsa Olofsson Michigan State Police Lt. Duwayne Robinson rejoins Community Matters after the 2023 holiday season when troopers generally deal with impaired holiday celebrators. The lieutenant discusses the challenge of legalized weed and its effects on impaired...
Attorney Robby Dube listens during a Committee for Marshall-Not the Megasite virtual press conference on August 9, 2023. Courtesy CFMNTM Continuing its legal effort to zero-in on actions that have, so far, prevented a referendum on construction at the Marshall...
Courtesy MAEDA Community Matters continues bringing various voices in the Committee for Marshall-Not the Megasite's attempts to thwart the Ford Motor Company BlueOval Battery Park Michigan development at the Megasite in Marshall, Michigan.On Wednesday, January 10,...
Battle Creek City Manager Rebecca Fleury visits with Community Matters on January 2, 2024. Livemic photo In her first long-form interview of 2024, Battle Creek City Manager Rebecca Fleury talks to Community Matters, sharing her view of how 2023 ended - and priorities...
Andrew Ball Calhoun County Board of Commissioners Vice-Chair Steve Frisbie tells Community Matters figuring out the road funding formula to keep repairing county roads will still be a priority in 2024.Frisbie also talks about budget adjustments in December 2023, as...
Courtesy CEA In this episode of Community Matters, The Center for Economic Accountability President John Mozena elaborates on bestowing Ford's BlueOval Battery Park Michigan as 2023's "Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year". Mozena discusses the basis for the...