One of the biggest weeks of the summer in Battle Creek is here, and we have a lot of information to share about road closures and city service changes as the Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival begins Thursday, ahead of the Independence Day holiday on July 4.
Independence Day celebrations in the city of Flint will kick off Friday, July 1 with a weekend carnival being held on the parade grounds behind the City Hall complex.
The College of Innovation & Technology (CIT) kicked off summer on June 22 and 23 by welcoming students from over 25 high schools around Mid-Michigan for the Innovation & Technology Scholars Program.
One week from today, riders will see the new Battle Creek Transit fares in place – discussed since 2020 and approved this spring by the city commission.
Kevin Holohan, co-principle investigator of the W.K. Kellogg/Battle Creek Public Schools/GVSU College of Education and Community Innovation, said that while the camp is now in its third year being offered to BCCHS students, this year’s experience was the first to be offered as originally intended in previous years.
In recent years, an increasing number of non-traditional students aged over 25 decided to return to college with the aspiration to advance their careers, increase their competencies, or change their career paths.
Juneteenth celebrations have widely expanded across the country since the day became a national holiday in 2021, when the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was signed into law.
The Flint Fire Department and Flint Water Department in partnership with Genesee County HAZMAT Team, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the Michigan State Police Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division, and the Clio Fire Department are conducting a clean-up operation of the Flint River.
The scope will include the completion of all necessary masonry repairs (tuckpointing and brickwork) made to the upper and lower portions of the existing chimney at Verona Elementary School.