Columns
Breakfast at the diner
Pick-up trucks fill the parking lot of the diner every morning. Inside, tables are populated with labor-hardened men, ...
Leader Columnists
Reasons for love of ‘home’ as diverse as communities themselves
Southwest Michigan and northern Indiana may be world renowned for their abundant natural resources, but the asset that ...
Columns
Seeking columnists
H ere at Leader Publications, our newsroom is always working to not only deliver the highest quality stories ...
Columns
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Michigan State Police (MSP) is seeking to educate victims regarding the ...
Columns
Explaining my decision to resign from Niles school board
As most people know, Dr. Richard Weigel, former superintendent of Niles Community Schools, resigned about a month ago.
Columns
Safety tips for upcoming prom season
This week’s column will feature tips for the upcoming prom season, as well as food storage, April’s Do ...
Columns
St. Swithun’s celebrations
Uncle Al likes to party. He doesn’t traipse from bar to bar, get falling down drunk and hang ...
Letters to the Editor
‘I’m very worried about global warming’
I’m very worried about global warming! Will it happen in my lifetime?
Letters to the Editor
Reader frustrated with government
I am very frustrated with the abuse that goes on with our government!
Columns
Time for a fair minimum wage
Last week Senate Republicans voted to block the Paycheck Fairness Act for a third time and refused to ...
Columns
My friend Jimmy, the human barometer
A barometer is a device used to measure air pressure. Weather-type folks, and folks that want to be ...
Letters to the Editor
Thanks for the help
On the morning of April 10, 2014, my wife and I were awakened by our delivery truck driver ...
Editorials
Save our SMCAS
Is Niles Township serious about pulling out of Southwestern Michigan Community Ambulance Service? The Mayor of the City ...
Columns
Too cool for school
When I saw the students at Ross Beatty High School hand off their ballots to be placed inside ...
Leader Columnists
Newspaper building should be ‘leader’ in downtown restoration
Nostalgia can be the proverbial double-edged sword. It is important that we don’t get bogged down with a ...
Letters to the Editor
Frustrated with politics
I am very frustrated with the abuse that goes on with our government! There seems to be a ...
Letters to the Editor
Dowagiac church ‘not so blessed’
Last week I saw a sign in front of the Michiana Church of Christ that read “God bless ...
Columns
Program will provide for suspicion-based drug testing
In an ideal world, illicit drugs would not exist. Unfortunately, the harsh reality is that drugs ruin lives ...
Columns
Trooper Rob: Keeping food, homes safe
This week’s Do 1 Thing tip continues with food preparation. Take steps to make sure food in your ...
Opinion
Letter to the editor: A proposed solution to issues at Dowagiac’s Riverside Cemetery
Dowagiac is fortunate to have the lovely Riverside Cemetery. The past couple years, there has been quite a ...
Opinion
Letter to the editor: Moving forward with Russom Park
Both Bill Saunders and I would like correct the statement made in the second to last paragraph of ...
Opinion
Letter to the editor: Obamacare doesn’t fit all U.S. citizens
Sen. Carl Levin wrote me a letter recently thanking me for contacting him about the tax status of ...
Columns
Thank you for your courage
One of the things I’ve learned during Parkinson’s Awareness Month is just how little I was actually aware ...
Leader Columnists
Election coverage must be fair, balanced
In today’s world it seems like the election cycle is pretty much non-stop — just like the cable ...
Columns
School spirit tourney Final Four announced
The 2014 Southwest Michigan School Spirit Tournament is in the homestretch. The tournament is about inspiring our students, ...
