Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Voting should be accessible for all
Interfaith Action of SW Michigan and Episcopalians of SW Michigan for Social Justice oppose the three voter identification ...
Opinion
POMPEY: Resources in a changing time
This past year, times have changed for everyone. Aside from not being able to see family and friends ...
Opinion
Supporting local means supporting local newspapers
By Dean Ridings, CEO, America’s Newspapers As we continue to emerge from the pandemic, there’s a sense of ...
Newsletter Opinion
LASATA: Celebrate southwest Michigan’s great outdoors
June is National Great Outdoors Month, and southwest Michigan is a wonderful place to get out and explore. ...
Newsletter Opinion
KAUFMANN: Get outside and play this June!
Two years ago, I stood in a small crowd listening intently to a stern yet kind National Park ...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Help protect voting rights
I served 20 years in the U.S. Army helping protect democracy. Today, our democracy is threatened by Republican-controlled ...
Newsletter Opinion
NELDON: Nominations open now for Best of the Best
On my walk home for lunch earlier this week, I couldn’t help but realize how many people were ...
Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Thanks for the support
The members of the Town & Country Garden Club would like to thank the Dowagiac community for their ...
Columns
SYTSMA: The new Friend of the Court parenting guidelines
If you have a custody and parenting time order in Cass County, you may be required to follow ...
Columns
APPLEGATE: Summer programming for Niles children
Learning is a year-round and lifetime commitment, and while the summer months are often filled with relaxation, spending ...
Columns
WILLIAMS: Pandemic has taken toll on Americans’ mental health
In the U.S., almost half of all adults will experience mental illness during their lifetime. These are rates ...
Newsletter Opinion
KAUFMANN: Caring for our mental health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Perhaps the first thing to be aware of is that we all ...
Opinion
BEALOR: Talking to our co-parent: We can all do better!
Talking together when you are not a couple can be hard. We know it is frustrating to be ...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Voter suppression is anti-democratic
Sparked by false claims of fraud, Michigan’s Republican Legislators have introduced multiple anti-voting rights bills. These bills would ...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Thank you from the Four Flags Garden Club
Members of the Four Flags Garden Club of Niles want to thank the community for supporting its recent ...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Do not support voter suppression
Michigan voters need to speak now and let their legislators know that we do not support the voter ...
Columns
LASATA: April is Financial Literacy Month
Financial literacy is a learned skill that can diminish without practice. Financial Literacy Month was established in 2004 ...
Columns
HAVLICEK: State small business relief trapped in gridlock
When Michigan received $5 billion in federal COVID funds last December, it represented crucial relief for our members ...
Columns
KAUFMANN: Choose to take one for the team
Major League Baseball is underway across the nation amid hype and high hopes. Twenty-six of the 30 teams ...
Leader Columnists
CULTON: The fight against COVID is not over
My great-uncle never liked having his picture taken. Whenever anyone brought out a camera, he would scowl, duck ...
Columns
LASATA: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
Each year in Michigan, tens of thousands of children are abused or neglected — about 90 per day. ...
Newsletter Opinion
COLUMN: Decreasing transition blues with co-parent visitations
If you have been to court to obtain a parenting time order, you have probably had a judge, ...
Opinion
APPLEGATE: Reflecting on the past year and a bright future
One year ago, schools across the country scrambled to create new learning plans for what was, at the ...
Columns
LASATA: Have a safe and happy Easter
For Christians, Easter Sunday is one of the most important holidays of the year as we celebrate the ...
Opinion
PUCKETT: Have you gone the second mile yet?
It is easy for the teaching and the examples of Christ to get lost in the midst of ...
