News
Niles city leaders look back, ahead at their hometown
NILES — From major projects to big policy decisions to day-to-day work, the city of Niles’ employees and elected officials work to keep their hometown ...
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News
LifePlan event to fundraise for free programming
NILES — Burgers, veggie bowls and macaroni and cheese will not be the end of one’s meal at The Rage Saturday, Jan. 18. From 2 ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Friday, January 3, 2020 7:44 am
Business
Niles resident releases chess-inspired card game
NILES — With the release of one card game Dec. 16, the cultural lore behind a Roman nymph, Caïssa, and the potential to introduce chess ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, January 2, 2020 8:40 am
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Buchanan Area Senior Center seeks to expand medical transportation
BUCHANAN — Behind Buchanan Area Senior Center, 810 Rynearson St., beds for a community garden rest between growing seasons. Off to the side, in the ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, January 2, 2020 8:36 am
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Michigan State Police launches informational, interactive app
MICHIGAN — Whether it be a crash update, an article on internet scams, a shooting report or an upcoming event, Michigan State Police Trooper Holly ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Tuesday, December 31, 2019 8:41 am
News
Chief Millin decodes police log
NILES — Each day, the Niles Police Department, 1600 Silverbrook Ave., creates a police call log that includes all the call officers responded to the ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Tuesday, December 31, 2019 8:40 am
Dowagiac
SMC grad, Niles native hopes to impact millions with research
NILES — During her sophomore year of high school, Audrey Bakerson, of Niles, began a project meant to help people in developing nations. She researched ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Tuesday, December 31, 2019 8:38 am
News
St. Mary’s Church to celebrate 150 years
NILES — Once, nuns walked down the hallways of St. Mary’s of the Immaculate Conception Church’s parish offices, 219 S. State St., when they were ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Monday, December 30, 2019 8:32 am
News
Niles text messaging list can spread breaking news quickly
NILES — It will not be long before Niles is hit with snow. Snow may make for an ideal Hunter Ice Festival in January, but ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Monday, December 30, 2019 8:30 am
News
Chief Millin shares insights into daily life of officers
NILES — Each day, the Niles Police Department, 1600 Silverbrook Ave., creates a police call log that includes all the call officers responded to. The ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Monday, December 30, 2019 8:29 am
News
Cross country skiers await first big snowfall
NILES — “We are ready.” Derek Tyler is referring to the cross country ski season. As the assistant manager for Madeline Bertrand County Park near ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Friday, December 27, 2019 7:47 am
Berrien County
Landfill board votes down committee addressing contaminants
NILES — With a 5-5 split, Southeast Berrien County Landfill Authority’s board voted down a measure to create a committee addressing contaminants potentially within the ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, December 26, 2019 8:01 am
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Niles City Council considers electric investments
NILES — After a series of successes, Niles’ municipal utilities department left Monday’s Niles City Council meetings at a low. One of the department’s agenda ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, December 26, 2019 8:00 am
Business
Niles business to offer blend of yoga, massage
NILES — Candles, string lights and lamplight cast a warm glow onto six yoga mats in a dim room. Quiet music floats among pillows, blankets, ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, December 26, 2019 7:52 am
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Woman sentenced to jail, probation for hammer attack
NILES — A Niles woman who hit her neighbor over the head with a hammer while pregnant and high on cocaine was sentenced by Berrien ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Tuesday, December 24, 2019 8:46 am
Education
Grant to help Niles students develop new-age skills
NILES — Scott Morgan’s Ring Lardner Middle School art class is abuzz with seventh-grade students completing projects, but instead of using paintbrushes and pastels, styluses ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Tuesday, December 24, 2019 8:43 am
Dowagiac
SMC student’s project connects art to easing nerves
NILES — Faith White, 21, of Niles, said her last semester at Southwestern Michigan College was a “disaster.” Not because of her professors or her ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Tuesday, December 24, 2019 8:40 am
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Communication, gut feelings key to online shopping success
NILES — Niles Police Chief Jim Millin has been a fan of online markets for the past few years. He uses all the popular apps ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Monday, December 23, 2019 8:47 am
Berrien County
Berrien County administrator announces resignation
ST. JOSEPH — William Wolf, Berrien County administrator since 2005, announced he will resign in 2020. The Berrien County Board of Commissioners will have until ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Monday, December 23, 2019 8:46 am
Berrien County
Sen. LaSata’s first law to benefit aggregate industry, celebrated with sweets
NILES — A new bill signed into law could help aggregate companies complete work faster, and Niles High School students played a role in celebrating ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Friday, December 20, 2019 8:58 am
Business
Food basket donations distributed by farm market
NILES — This week, vans and trucks came into the parking lot of Shelton’s Farm Market, 1832 S. 11th St., with empty trunks and beds. ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, December 19, 2019 9:22 am
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Protest pig rolls through Niles
NILES — Jeff Tillman, of Fremont, Michigan, stands next an 18-foot-long pig statue that reads “DON’T TOUCH OUR TERM LIMITS!” on its sides Wednesday, Dec. ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, December 19, 2019 9:16 am
Dowagiac
Local Christmas trees keep invasive species away, ‘tiny forests’ in
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — Sam Butler said buying a Christmas tree is more than a transaction. It is an experience. Families at Butler Tree Farm, which ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, December 19, 2019 9:13 am
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Activism organization hosts inaugural holiday event
NILES — The buzz of razors mixed with the buzz of holiday event attendees Saturday at In the Cut Barbershop, 507 Sycamore St., Niles. In ...
by Beau Brockett Jr., Wednesday, December 18, 2019 8:56 am
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Niles Township board approves 2020 budget
NILES — Niles Charter Township is better prepared for the new decade’s start thanks to action taken at Monday evening’s board of trustees meeting at ...
