Education
Starfish Circus information meeting to be hosted
DOWAGIAC — Starfish Circus believes a cartwheel could be the gateway to a whole new world — one ...
Education
SMC increases tuition rates for 2020-2021 school year
DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees adopted an increase in the tuition and fee schedule for ...
Education
HCU sponsors Niles basketball games
NILES — Friday, Feb. 21, Honor Credit Union sponsored Niles High School’s girls and boys basketball games. The ...
News
SMC Band Clinic Day becoming annual event
DOWAGIAC — Area bands should sound “fuller” playing their Michigan Band and Orchestra Association festival programs the first ...
Education
Berrien County schools can opt into pre-Labor Day start
BERRIEN SPRINGS — A public hearing on potentially starting school before Labor Day ended with a definite answer: ...
Education
Dowagiac winter guard hosts friends, family show
DOWAGIAC — Members of Dowagiac Union High School’s winter guard channeled Greek mythology as they emerged for their ...
Education
DUHS students make Lego murals for Black History Month
DOWAGIAC — If one were to walk down the halls of Dowagiac Union High School this month, they ...
Education
Area students compete for ticket to national spelling bee
BENTON HARBOR — With the chance to become national spelling bee champs on the line, nearly 50 students ...
Education
Michigan State Police to host recruiting seminar in Dowagiac
DOWAGIAC — A statewide law enforcement agency is seeking local recruits. The Michigan State Police will host a ...
Education
Brandywine senior earns scholarship
NILES — Connor Janowiak, a Brandywine High School senior, received a $1,000 scholarship last Thursday by Zolman’s Best ...
Education
Niles residents achieve university honors
ADRIAN — The following three Niles residents received academic recognition by Siena Heights University for the fall 2019 ...
Lake Michigan College
LMC to present ‘Songs for a Better World’
BENTON HARBOR — The Lake Michigan College visual and performing arts department, in conjunction with LMC student life ...
Education
New scholarship established to assist Buchanan residents
BUCHANAN — Michigan Gateway Community Foundation, serving south Berrien and Cass counties, has received a new gift to ...
Education
SMC bands to perform at Beckwith Theatre
DOWAGIAC — Jazz music and the halls of theater will combine this evening. The Beckwith Theatre, 100 New ...
Education
Absurdity about in Brandywine’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’
NILES — Walk past Brandywine Middle/Senior High School’s lecture hall and one might hear a variety of hoots, ...
Education
Chocolate, Wine, Jazz return to LMC’s South Haven campus
SOUTH HAVEN – Lake Michigan College has teamed up with the nonprofit community arts organization, Foundry Hall, to ...
Southwestern Michigan College
Creative cuisine enlivens SMC’s Roadrunner Kitchen
DOWAGIAC — For “Chopped: Roadrunner Kitchen Edition,” art faculty members Shannon Eakins and Marc Dombrosky, on Tuesday, designed ...
Education
RoboRangers prepare for competition
CASSOPOLIS — Monday morning, a group of high school students sat around a room, tinkering with a metal ...
News
SMC criminal justice honor society inducts five students
DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College, which in April 2019 became the first Michigan community college with an American ...
Education
Girls on the Run returns to Moccasin Elementary
BUCHANAN — Buchanan Community Schools’ Moccasin Elementary will host another season Girls on the Run for any third- ...
Education
Niles students head to Lansing to problem-solve
NILES — A day trip to Lansing resulted in a plan of action for Niles New Tech students ...
News
DUHS receives check from Sodexo Healthy High School Challenge
DOWAGIAC — A check presentation kicked off a Dowagiac Union Board of Education meeting on Monday night. Debra ...
News
Faculty art exhibits on display at Southwestern Michigan College
DOWAGIAC — Faculty members Lea Bult and Jan Kimball will share the spotlight in Southwestern Michigan College’s art ...
Education
Dowagiac Band Boosters to host annual fundraiser
DOWAGIAC — As of Monday morning, the Dowagiac Union Schools’ band room office was littered with bags full ...
Education
SMC hosts Agriculture Career Day
DOWAGIAC — It is a paradox of the times. The smaller the number of farmers the U.S. has, ...
