A model for Marysville: Holland, Michigan
Local News, Marysville City Council, News
February 5, 2026
One of Holland’s winter attractions is the newly built Holland Ice Park, shown above. Funds from a local resident helped build the ice skating pond, 700-foot skating ribbon and a separate curling sheet, which runs each year from November to March. (Photo submitted)

A model for Marysville: Holland, Michigan

Local leaders glean knowledge about creating character through growth

By Michael Williamson 

Editor’s note: This story ran as part of the 2026 Progress Edition.

If residents attended any of the visioning meetings for the City of Marysville in 2025, they likely heard references to one place over and over again: Holland, Michigan.

For more than a year, local leaders have been working with...

Prosecutor targets alleged deadbeat dads
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Prosecutor targets alleged deadbeat dads
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The Union County Grand Jury has separately indicted five fathers locally for not providing child support to their children. In a recent batch of indictments, the court has charged five men with multip...
Hoop scuffle quelled
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Jonathan Alder and Marion-Franklin school officials and law enforcement work to separate the two boys basketball teams during a scuffle late in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s Division IV tournament g...
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District has plenty of calamity days
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Sports
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Lady Monarchs fall to New Albany in D-I regional semifinal contest
By Bob Putman 
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Prosecutor targets alleged deadbeat dads
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Prosecutor targets alleged deadbeat dads
Grand jury indictments
By Kyle Meddles 
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The Union County Grand Jury has separately indicted five fathers locally for not providing child support to their children. In a recent batch of indictments, the court has charged five men with multip...
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Marysville cagers fall in tournament to P. Central
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Marysville boys wrestlers will compete in D-I district tournament at H. Darby
Sports
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