Black Squirrel News
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An Albion College storyteller who seeks to tell an authentic story
Calhoun County Storytellers: Kalli Onai By Lucy Hough / For Black Squirrel News ALBION — Kalli Onai’s experience as a student at Albion College informs the work she does now as the college’s social media and content strategist. As a…
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What to know about the NHBP Annual Pow Wow
Free public gathering June 20-21 at the Pine Creek Indian Reservation celebrates Bodéwadmi culture and honors elders By Nick J. Buckley / For Black Squirrel News FULTON — For two days, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP) will welcome…
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Jun. 18, 2026
Weevils released to target invasive mile-a-minute weed in Calhoun County Source: Michigan Department of Natural Resources A pilot program by the Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (BCK-CISMA) will release weevils as a biological control agent to reduce…
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A key to staying in child care
First Home, First Teacher launches in Battle Creek, offering rent-free housing for early childhood educators By Nick J. Buckley / For Black Squirrel News BATTLE CREEK — Soon after volunteers put the finishing touches on a duplex on Battle Creek’s…
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More than cereal: Festival blends tradition and discovery in Battle Creek
Annual event fills downtown Battle Creek with music, activities, vendors and visitors from across Michigan By Eston Tolf / For Black Squirrel News BATTLE CREEK — As music echoed throughout downtown Battle Creek and families shuffled between bounce houses, vendors…
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Jun. 11
Friends and colleagues of late Congressman Joe Schwarz remember his life and legacy Source: WMUK Joe Schwarz, the longtime Battle Creek physician, former mayor, state senator and congressman, died May 27 at age 88. The story highlights his decades of…
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Two Dispatchers Turned a Joke Into a Romance Bookstore
The Midnight Chapter opens in downtown Albion. By Nick J. Buckley for Black Squirrel News ALBION — Rachel Goodhew and Alyssa Stanfield met at dispatch about a year ago. Now they own a bookstore together. “It all was kind of…
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Jun. 5, 2026
List of Pride Month events in West Michigan Source: WOODTV June is Pride Month and Marshall Pride festival returns June 13. Since the first Pride march held in New York City in 1970 to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising, celebrations for…
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‘A reading revolution’ at Willard Library
Downtown Battle Creek Zine spoke with Director Matt Willis about literacy and community. After more than two decades at Willard Library, Matt Willis became the library’s director in 2022. Downtown Battle Creek Zine sat down with Willis to discuss his path…
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May 28, 2026
Q&A with Sojourner Truth re-enactor and lecturer Donna Turner Rickman Source: KCC Daily A little-known fact or facts about Sojourner is that she was the very first African American woman – both as a slave and a freed slave –…