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Berrien County
ST. JOSEPH — Thursday’s Berrien County Board of Commissioners meeting began with good news about a state grant for the Silver Beach County Park. Berrien ...
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by Debra Haight, Friday, February 10, 2023 2:44 pm
Crime/Court
CASSOPOLIS — A Dowagiac man is going to prison after assaulting his pregnant girlfriend and then later absconding from an earlier sentencing date. Andrew Gibson, ...
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by Debra Haight, Friday, February 10, 2023 12:52 pm
Berrien County
NILES — An Indiana resident who also faces human smuggling charges in Uvalde, Texas, was sentenced to jail Monday in Berrien County Trial Court. Osvaldo ...
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by Debra Haight, Tuesday, February 7, 2023 3:50 pm
Berrien County
NILES — A Niles man is headed back to prison after being sentenced Monday in Berrien County Trial Court. Nathan Andrews Phillip, 31, of Niles, ...
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by Debra Haight, Monday, February 6, 2023 1:38 pm
Cass County
CASSOPOLIS — A man in prison in Indiana for murder was sentenced Friday in Cass County Circuit Court for the armed robbery incident that just ...
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by Debra Haight, Saturday, February 4, 2023 6:00 am
Berrien County
ST. JOSEPH — Berrien County Prosecutor Steve Pierangeli updated Berrien County Commissioners Thursday on the prosecutor’s office’s activities in 2022 as well as his plans ...
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by Debra Haight, Friday, February 3, 2023 6:30 pm
Cass County
CASSOPOLIS — An Edwardsburg woman will have to pay more than $20,000 in restitution to Cass County Animal Control for the care of 29 dogs ...
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by Debra Haight, Friday, February 3, 2023 4:07 pm
Berrien County
NILES — The Niles man who stabbed and killed a Dowagiac man in 2009 has had his appeal for a new trial denied. The Michigan ...
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by Debra Haight, Wednesday, February 1, 2023 6:00 am
Berrien County
BERRIEN COUNTY — The trial date for a Buchanan man who allegedly drove drunk and killed a Berrien County Road Department worker last July has ...
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by Debra Haight, Tuesday, January 31, 2023 1:35 pm
Crime/Court
NILES — A Niles man who failed to register as a sex offender was sentenced to jail. Eric Michael Yazell, 36, of Niles, pleaded guilty to ...
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by Debra Haight, Tuesday, January 31, 2023 6:00 am
Crime/Court
NILES — A prison sentence handed down last week was affirmed. In that case, Berrien County Trial Judge Jennifer Smith re-sentenced Taiten Leigh Polly, 22, ...
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by Debra Haight, Monday, January 30, 2023 4:50 pm
Crime/Court
CASSOPOLIS — A Dowagiac man who assaulted his girlfriend also received jail and probation. Deondray Henry, 21, of North Front Street in Dowagiac, pleaded guilty ...
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by Debra Haight, Friday, January 27, 2023 7:00 pm
Crime/Court
NILES — A Niles man already in prison for criminal sexual conduct was given another prison term. Taiten Leigh Polly, 22, of Niles, pleaded guilty ...
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by Debra Haight, Tuesday, January 24, 2023 4:42 pm
Brandywine Education
NILES — The Brandywine Board of Education established several new committees on curriculum, sexually explicit materials and other topics at their meeting Monday night despite ...
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by Debra Haight, Tuesday, January 24, 2023 1:57 pm
Crime/Court
NILES – A Niles man was sentenced to prison Monday in Berrien County Trial Court for stealing his brother’s vehicle. Shannon Michael Dehne, 34, of ...
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by Debra Haight, Tuesday, January 24, 2023 11:57 am
Cass County
CASSOPOLIS — Three area residents were given probationary terms on drug and theft charges Friday in Cass County Circuit Court. Michael Carpenter, 36, of Cherry ...
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by Debra Haight, Sunday, January 22, 2023 11:15 am
Cass County
CASSOPOLIS — An area man already in prison for sexual assault was sentenced to another prison term Friday in Cass County Circuit Court. Miguel Perez, ...
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by Debra Haight, Saturday, January 21, 2023 6:00 am
Buchanan
CASSOPOLIS — A Buchanan man who didn’t appear for his sentencing for more than a year is going to prison. Donnell Blakemore, 36, of East ...
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by Debra Haight, Friday, January 20, 2023 2:00 pm
Berrien County
ST. JOSEPH — Berrien County Commissioners got a sneak peek at the county’s new master plan Thursday. The final draft of the plan is scheduled ...
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by Debra Haight, Friday, January 20, 2023 12:15 pm
Cass County
CASSOPOLIS — Two area women convicted of receiving and possessing stolen property were sentenced Friday in Cass County Circuit Court. Kailey Wade, 40, of an ...
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by Debra Haight, Sunday, January 15, 2023 6:00 am
Cass County
CASSOPOLIS — A Constantine man was given three concurrent prison sentences Friday in Cass County Circuit Court for a 2022 incident that included taking people ...
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by Debra Haight, Saturday, January 14, 2023 6:00 am
Cass County
CASSOPOLIS — A Cassopolis man who assaulted deputies in the Cass County Jail in April, 2021 was sentenced to prison Friday in Cass County Circuit ...
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by Debra Haight, Friday, January 13, 2023 4:00 pm
Berrien County
ST. JOSEPH — Berrien County commissioners have authorized county staff to pursue buying real estate possibly in the Niles area for the Berrien County Road ...
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by Debra Haight, Thursday, January 12, 2023 3:28 pm
Crime/Court
CASSOPOLIS — An Edwardsburg man who took part in two home invasions in Cassopolis and Edwardsburg in late 2021 and early 2022 was sentenced to ...
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by Debra Haight, Sunday, January 8, 2023 9:30 am
Cass County
CASSOPOLIS — A Dowagiac man who strangled his girlfriend in a downtown Dowagiac parking lot was sentenced to jail Friday in Cass County Circuit Court. ...
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by Debra Haight, Friday, January 6, 2023 3:05 pm
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