Tri-Rivers Construction Trades Academy

We have the Popcorn Festival and the Wyandot Popcorn Museum but do you know what the importance of popcorn is to Marion?  We’ll start with the importance of the snack to the United States. According to the Popcorn Board, a non-profit organization funded by U.S. popcorn processors, forty-three quarts are consumed per person annually in […]Read More »

During the month of September, we will be featuring each of the school superintendents in Marion County, asking them each the same set of questions. We are using this as an opportunity to show their passion for education and their schools as well as a little glimpse about them. Today, we visit with Jim Peterson, […]Read More »

On August 30, 1928, more than 3,200 people welcomed Marion’s “Half-A-Million-Dollar Palace” as the Palace Theatre opened its doors to the public. Designed by John Eberson, a famed Austrian-American theatre architect, the Palace is one of only 16 atmospheric theatres still in existence in the United States. Generations of Marion residents have sat in the […]Read More »

THE ROYAL GROUP. . From its humble beginnings as a manufacturer of pallets and wooden boxes in the early 1900’s, Royal has grown into one of the largest independent manufacturers of corrugated products and distributors of packaging supplies in the world. The Royal Group has been trying to gain more of a presence and build […]Read More »