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Dowagiac Union High School students present at art exhibition
DOWAGIAC — Just as a birdhouse’s purpose is to help birds evolve successfully and safely, Dowagiac students experienced ...
Education
Students, teacher design Niles school pride, career development
NILES — During an Oct. 21 Niles School Board meeting, Superintendent Dan Applegate said the district talked about ...
Education
Dowagiac football game raises breast cancer awareness
DOWAGIAC — At Friday night’s Pink Out football game, everyone — from the marching band to the cheerleaders, ...
Education
Adult education program offers flexibility, space in transitional year
NILES — Carmen Boatwright, of Niles, and Cherri Lawson-Holt, of New Troy, spent last Thursday afternoon in the ...
Southwestern Michigan College
Southwestern Michigan College panel discusses creative process
DOWAGIAC — Creativity counts, even in chemistry classrooms. Southwestern Michigan College chemistry instructor Dr. Doug Schauer shared his ...
Education
Request for recall of Buchanan School Board officials fails
BUCHANAN — A recall effort against four Buchanan Board of Education members has failed, but organizer Britney Martin ...
Education
LMC partners with incoming trucking company for new program
BERTRAND TOWNSHIP — Lake Michigan College’s Niles campus is preparing for a new educational program, and its key ...
Education
SMC to continue website redesign
DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College’s website, swmich.edu, will be undergoing a redesign with a predicted completion date of ...
Education
Memorial bench unveiled for Heather Nash
DOWAGIAC — Heather Nash is no longer with the community of Dowagiac, but memories of her contributions to ...
Education
Vaping session informs adults on industry, impact
NILES — Educating adults on vaping among youth was the theme at Tuesday evening’s informational session at Niles ...
Education
Service organization launches new committee with storage donation
NILES CHARTER TOWNSHIP — The Rebecca Dewey Chapter of National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, ...
Education
Hand-knit hats, gloves donated to Cass County schools
DOWAGIAC — Last week, a table inside of Dowagiac’s Patrick Hamilton Elementary School was covered in pairs of ...
Education
Little Free Library volunteers, grantor come together for unveiling
DOWAGIAC — In the middle of Huston Park sits a new Little Free Library decorated with Marvel Comics ...
Southwestern Michigan College
Odenwald plans to bring vision to SMC
DOWAGIAC — In January 2020, the eighth president of Southwestern Michigan College, Dr. Joseph Odenwald, will begin to ...
Education
Niles School Board appoints two new members
NILES — Two lifelong Vikings officially took the helm of Niles Community Schools on Monday, Oct. 21 at ...
News
Technology scholarship endowed in honor of MEC
CASSOPOLIS — NRTC, a member-owned technology cooperative based in Herndon, Virginia, recently endowed a technology scholarship at Southwestern ...
Education
Buchanan schools’ unity generates $1,100 for cancer patient support
BUCHANAN — “On Wednesdays, we wear pink.” The phrase is one of the most famous quotes of 2004 ...
Education
SMC to present ‘The Siegel’
DOWAGIAC — A romantic comedy is coming to the stage at Southwestern Michigan College this month. SMC will ...
Education
Young Americans leave impact on local students
DOWAGIAC — On Tuesday, students from third grade all the way up to seniors in high school took ...
Education
Building bond updates officially complete at Niles Community Schools
NILES — From north to south, Niles Community Schools’ buildings have been officially updated. With a student chant ...
News
Art gallery to honor 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
DOWAGIAC — Listeners went metaphorically behind the Iron Curtain during German native and professor Elisabeth Thoburn’s talk about ...
Education
SMC hosts Green Flag Day
DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College’s Dowagiac campus hosted 275 Michiana high school students Oct. 4 for the automotive ...
Niles
Area bands perform at MSBOA festival in Niles
NILES — The Brandywine High School Marching Band color guard tossed streamers into the air around their performing ...
Education
PHOTO STORY: Edwardsburg Homecoming
EDWARDSBURG — Before football players took the field for the Edwardsburg homecoming game Friday night, a homecoming parade ...
News
The Young Americans to visit Dowagiac
DOWAGIAC — When Jessica Robison, of Dowagiac, saw the Young Americans perform in fifth grade, she knew she ...
