Editorials
Let us keep the high school experience a positive one
I may hardly seem possible, but high school sports are starting to kick off their 2016-17 seasons.
Columns
New laws allow tax checkoff box for Red Cross donations
For more than 100 years, the American Red Cross has helped millions of people — from being there ...
Leader Columnists
Rooting for America doesn’t have to diminish others
As the Summer Olympics continue to steamroll toward their climax in Rio, these games have been a good ...
Leader Columnists
Some ‘Miss Conceptions’
Last Saturday, I spent the majority of the day getting to know 14 young women about as well ...
Columns
Get your cycle on
Cycling is an exercise that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, children to adult. It is ...
Letters to the Editor
Host families foster international relationships
In this time of ongoing turmoil, student exchange is good medicine for a world torn by terror. We ...
Columns
Is there anything good on TV?
During infrequent bouts with insomnia, I have allowed my mind to succumb to the logic-polluting drivel that constitutes ...
Editorials
Supporting a Dowagiac original
One of the city’s most beloved programs received a much needed boost this month, as the Cass County ...
Columns
Recreational activities have changed in Dowagiac
We have all seen them in recent weeks — the walking zombies looking at their phones, trying to ...
Leader Columnists
Technology ‘glitch’ puts us in our place
Tuesday’s headline in USA Today tried to succinctly say it all: Glitch Grounds Another Airline. The full story ...
Leader Columnists
Sometimes it pays to splurge
Long before I had any aspirations of going into the newspaper business, I had a near obsession with ...
Columns
August is National Family Fun Month
Summertime may be winding down, but that doesn’t mean an end to the fun. Michigan offers families a ...
Columns
In search of the purloined pearl: Part 3
“That’s it! I think I know where the treasure is,” yelled Alan-a-Nels in near (and quite unnecessary) hysteria.
Columns
Looking back at local businesses
Last week I wrote about the white house on Section Street so this week let’s talk about some ...
Editorials
Despite dip in attendance, Cass County Fair a success
Too many times we hear that there is “nothing to do.”
Letters to the Editor
Construction not stopping upcoming production at Beckwith Theatre
There is an old theater adage, “The show much go on!” As director of the next Beckwith Theatre ...
Editorials
Dowagiac’s investment in K-9 already paying off
Last week, members of the Dowagiac Rotary Club had the opportunity to meet the city’s newest crime fighting ...
Leader Columnists
Novak: Olympics do not hold same fixation
The Olympics used to be “must see TV” for me when I was younger.
Leader Columnists
Voters realize services vital to grow communities
Thankfully, the old adage that “you get what you pay for” isn’t lost on citizens here in southwest ...
Leader Columnists
Lots to love about the fair
Nothing tastes more like summer to me than a warm, crunchy, cinnamon-sugar-covered elephant ear. For many years, this ...
Columns
The most important question
You know you’ve been around awhile when things start to come full circle, and like one of my ...
Columns
A letter to Donald Trump
I received a solicitation for $1,000, $1,500 or $2,000 for the “Trump Make America Great Again Committee.” It’s ...
Letters to the Editor
Niles needs a ‘Ring’s Place’
Niles now has a brand new bridge, with a somewhat anachronistic design, and a commission with the goal ...
Columns
In search of the purloined pearl: Part 2
PART TWO What’s happened so far: Not much. Alan and his trusted Aide-de-Camp are in eastern Colorado, headed ...
Editorials
Mural project should be embraced by entire county
A mural project that was unveiled late last month in Dowagiac plans to tell an important part of ...
