The Independent calendar lists upcoming meetings, facility hours and events in and around Marshall. To have your group’s events listed, email the information to news@marshallindependent.com or submit the information to our virtual newsroom. Today Marshall Sunrise Rotary, 7 a.m., Marshall ...

This is the time of year when Americans traditionally embark on extended journeys with their loved ones. Some of these journeys are so long that by the time they end there’s a good deal of fantasizing about leaving said loved ones at the next roadside gas station. It’s family vacation ...

What does the flag of our country mean to you? Growing up, the flag was … well, our flag and symbolized our country, right? As I marched through our schooling, that flag perspective changed for me, and here are a few of the influences that altered my understanding of our flag. As a public ...

There’s something almost primordial about seeing a big fish — a huge predator — with a smaller one locked in its jaws. There’s something even more primal of watching that fish not let go, even though it can. In the Darwinist, survival-of-the-fittest, kill-or-be-killed world that is ...

Happy birthday to us! Next Saturday, our country will be 250 years old. I have been around for seventy of those. So, I’ve seen some things. We are just back from a trip to Europe. One of the advantages of traveling is perspective. Looking at America from across the ocean is like astronauts ...

It hasn’t been an ordinary summer for motorists who drive the streets of Marshall on a daily basis. It’s been a season of road construction on East College Drive between Main Street and Bruce Street. Both intersections at the ends of the construction zone have been closed for at least ...