Columns
Honoring the sacrifice of Michigan’s veterans
One of my greatest honors as your senator is taking part in Veterans Day tributes throughout Southwest Michigan ...
Editorials
High turnout something to celebrate
It is no exaggeration to say the last several months leading up to Tuesday’s monumental presidential election have ...
Columns
Working together to showcase the many faces of Michiana
Each year our staff spends one day out of the office bonding in a silly way to kick ...
Columns
Let me tell you about my weekend
I just had one of the greatest weekends of my life. It wasn’t a weekend filled with exotic ...
Letters to the Editor
Anderson will help bring jobs back to county
As a Dowagiac native, I keep up to date on the goings on back home and over the ...
Letters to the Editor
Support political candidates who support life
As a baptized Christian, I believe in the Commandments given to Moses. Believe in the teachings of the ...
Columns
Arnold’s take on the election
With the 2016 election season careening headlong into its long-overdue climax, this reporter sat down with the perennial ...
Columns
Back to basics this election
Earlier this week, a group of Eastside Montessori students anxiously took turns casting ballots endorsing their preferred candidate ...
Editorials
Yard sign theft is unacceptable
In a presidential election season that has seen people throw punches, toss eggs and even shoot at supporters ...
Columns
Importance of attending parent-teacher conferences
Our schools are at the end of the first academic quarter. That means it’s time for parents to ...
Columns
Exercise your constitutional right — Vote!
While the freedom to choose or reject our leaders makes us the beacon of liberty in the world, ...
Columns
October Starfish Story
Being a substitute teacher is a hard job — as is being a classroom aide, a parapro, or ...
Columns
Much still unknown about Edwardsburg’s origins
Much has been written about the origins of Edwardsburg and still many questions remain unanswered.
Letters to the Editor
Clinton’s economic proposals are vastly superior to Trump’s
During the course of the 2016 presidential election campaign, Donald Trump has claimed to be an excellent businessman, ...
Letters to the Editor
Forget the banter, vote for the right people on Election Day
This upcoming election may very well be the most important election in the history of this country. When ...
Letters to the Editor
America is great!
African Americans are not lazy and uneducated as Donald Trump has insinuated. I am an African American woman. I ...
Letters to the Editor
Clements Represents Real Change
There has recently been news coverage of one presidential candidate claiming a conspiracy to influence political events. However, ...
Leader Columnists
Fall colors and Underground Railroad tour a must-see
As summer has given way to fall and the trees have begun to turn and the leaves to ...
Editorials
A vote for LMC’s millage is a vote for the future
No matter if you have declared “I’m with Her” or that you “Want to Make America Great Again” ...
Columns
Support up-and-coming spirit producers
Small-volume distillers in Michigan must deal with Prohibition-era rules and regulations and a tax system that treats them ...
Columns
Political excuses
The food line at the St. Mia Farrow Shelter for starving artists and underpaid academics is staffed by ...
Letters to the Editor
Herman has long connection to Cass County
I first met Mark Herman in 1993 when I moved back to Cass County from Chicago and joined ...
Letters to the Editor
Herman best candidate for district court judge
In the upcoming election I feel that the opening for district court judge is the most important issue ...
Letters to the Editor
Upton a career politician
Fred Upton has been in the House of Representatives for 30 years. He is the definition of a ...
Letters to the Editor
Herman has the character to become next judge
Please join me in casting your vote for Mark Herman for Cass County Circuit Court Judge on Nov. ...
