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Easter Egg hunt at Griggsville Estate Saturday The Griggsville Estates will hold an Easter egg hunt this Saturday (4/12) at 2pm. Kids ages 0-10 are welcome to participate. (Rain date – 4/19) The County Animal Rescue Efforts (C.A.R.E.) Foundation will host a chili supper this Saturday from 4:30pm-7pm at the Detroit Town Hall. There will…

Easter egg hunt April 19 at the Milton Ball Park The annual Milton Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, April 19 at the Milton ballpark starting at 2 p.m. The Easter Bunny will be available before the egg hunt for pictures. This year’s hunt has over 4,000 eggs filled with candy, trinkets, and prize tickets.…

Pittsfield High School Class of 1973 held luncheon The Pike County Senior Citizens Center at 220 West Adams Street in Pittsfield will be holding their first of the season fundraiser Fish Fry on Thursday, April 10th 4:30-6:00. The menu will be your choice of catfish fillet or buffalo with 3 set sides which will include…

Donkey basketball Saturday night in the high school gym Donkey basketball at GP will happen this Saturday, April 6 in the high school gym. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m with games starting at 7pm.Tickets are $9 in advance and $13 at the door for anyone above preschool age. Children 12 and under may qualify…

PHFD Auxiliary spring vendor bazaar and flea market Saturday, April 5 Guess we’ll see what the week holds, hoping March goes out like a lamb! And maybe see some calmer days in April, can surely say it was a very windy March! Might find a mushroom or few right here soon!

The blossoming trees of Red Bud, peach blossoms and fields of green grass are a welcome site. The March winds, and occasional spring rains have helped to prevent dry grass fires, and possibly bigger fires. On March 25, the Jackson residence on the Mississippi River Road in Batchtown became engulfed with smoke. The Batchtown, and…

I’m sure most of you remember the song “Blowin in the Wind” by Bob Dylan. Well, let me tell you this happened to me the evening of March 19th when we had the 65 MPH wind. I was leaving the Lenten service at St. Matthew Church, made it down the steps and onto the sidewalk…

One of our favorite weekends in Kampsville did not disappoint. The Calhoun Entertainment Company presented their Spring Musical “Cinderella” in the Center for American Archeology Gym. The crowd was packed all four nights and it was amazing. Thank you Jerry Sievers and crew. We are so happy Kampsville is your home.

Calhoun Warrior softball honored Jim Herkert for his many seasons of coaching and wished him the best on his retirement. Calhoun softball learned a lot from Jim and he is a great guy. The week we’ve been waiting for has finally arrived, the Calhoun Entertainment Company Spring Musical “ Cinderella “ is this Thursday thru …

The St. Patrick’s Dinners at the Fill Inn Station were tasty, and the weather has been windy but not stormy this week.  The daffodils are up and Spring flowers, and apple and peach blossoms, are blooming.  The days are getting longer, and people are talking about planting their containers, green houses and plots of garden…