Columns
Michael Caldwell: Are you ready to let your voice be heard?
Every good community newspaper should include a diverse range of voices, spanning from its own leadership to those ...
Editorials
Our view: City officials deserve credit for sports complex deal
It’s been a long time coming, but Niles is on the verge of getting a brand new sports ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Beckwith thanks celebrity judges
Dear Editor, Beckwith Theatre Company would like to thank Bob Barton, Don Lyons and Mike Peterson for being ...
Columns
Column: Friendliness not tied to geography
One interesting side effect of living in a hotel — something that I hope to change later this ...
Columns
John Jarpe: Take time to read a book
I was at a meeting last week and the facilitator did an “icebreaker” activity to get us all ...
Editorials
Our view: Support the consolidation study
Niles Charter Township Trustees made a mistake when they decided to not support an effort to study the ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Getting to the root of common core standards
To the editor: There have been many questions raised by recent discussions and editorials concerning the common core ...
Columns
Michael Caldwell: Scream Park about caring and scaring
It is a lot easier for me to write about how I spent last Friday night than it ...
Dowagiac
Letter to the Editor: DUHS thanks businesses for homecoming fireworks
Dear Editor, Dowagiac Union High School’s student senate was approached with an idea for a new tradition, homecoming ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter: CROP walk committee says thank you
To the editor: Thank you, D & S Apple House for contributing apples for the C.R.O.P. Walk this ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Oak Manor streets need attention
To the editor: There were streets in the township of Niles, I and others felt, that did not ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter: It’s time to re-energize downtown Niles
To the editor: I recently read Mike Caldwell’s article in The Daily Star about taking care of our ...
Columns
Jack Strayer: Computer glitches, budget glitches and sons of glitches!
As a former health policy lobbyist in Washington DC, I spent more than 15 years working on health ...
Columns
Michael Caldwell: Some things shouldn’t change
Famed playwright William Shakespeare asked, “What’s in a name?” in Romeo and Juliet. Although I am certainly not ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Thanking my ‘angels’
Last week, when it looked like ‘curtains’ to me, my son rushed me to the hospital where I ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Thanks from ‘Chuck the Duck’
Back in June, you might have read an article in this very paper about a special duck by ...
Columns
Michael Caldwell: Let’s take care of our heart
A thriving downtown business district has been the figurative and literal heart of most towns across America for ...
Columns
David Mann: What happened to the American dream?
By David Mann, Niles City Councilman I grew up believing that America is a country where we can ...
Columns
Rev. Dan Puckett: A warm slice in the life of God
By Rev. Dan Puckett, of Life Action Ministries In the Old Testament book of Genesis, chapter 18, we ...
Columns
Jack Strayer: The iron men of medicine are all gone
By Jack Strayer If I had chosen a career as a medical doctor when I was young, I ...
Columns
Michael Caldwell: And I thought Michigan was cold
Although Buckeye and Wolverine fans may disagree, I am quickly finding out that Ohio and Michigan aren’t all ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Republicans are irresponsible
Editor, The irresponsibility of congressional Republicans, and the cowardice of their so-called “leaders”, is truly appalling. In order ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: Thanks for supporting Cat Tracks
To the editor: Cat Tracks 5K would like to say thank you to everyone that helped with, sponsored, ...
Letters to the Editor
It isn’t goodbye really, it just feels like it
To the Editor: I was unable to attend yesterday’s “goodbye” to John Eby so will take this ...
