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Local Government
ST. JOSEPH — Berrien County Commissioners started the 2024 year with a brief organizational meeting Thursday morning. Commissioners re-elected the vice chair and re-appointed committee ...
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by Debra Haight, Friday, January 5, 2024 2:54 pm
Cass County
CASSOPOLIS — A Three Rivers man with two previous criminal sexual conduct convictions was sentenced to prison for molesting a seven year old girl in ...
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by Debra Haight, Friday, January 5, 2024 1:33 pm
Crime/Court
NILES — Three area residents were sentenced Thursday in Berrien County Trial Court. Paul Ryan Eager, 47, of Niles, pleaded guilty to interfering with electronic ...
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by Debra Haight, Saturday, December 30, 2023 5:00 am
Berrien County
NILES — A South Bend man who got into a fight with two people at the Niles Wal-Mart and pulled a gun on them inside ...
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by Debra Haight, Friday, December 29, 2023 10:03 am
Crime/Court
NILES — A Niles man who tried to burn down a local apartment building three years ago was sentenced to prison Thursday in Berrien County ...
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by Debra Haight, Thursday, December 28, 2023 3:00 pm
Berrien County
ST. JOSEPH – The Berrien County Board of Commissioners’ final meeting of 2023 featured action on a number of fronts as well as an update ...
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by Debra Haight, Tuesday, December 26, 2023 1:00 pm
Buchanan
BUCHANAN — Berrien County Election Commission members approved recall wording Monday against Buchanan Mayor Sean Denison and Buchanan City Commissioner Dan Vigansky. The recalls are ...
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by Debra Haight, Thursday, December 21, 2023 12:11 pm
Crime/Court
NILES — A Niles man who got into a fight with his girlfriend in the Niles Wal-Mart parking lot was sentenced to probation and tether. ...
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by Debra Haight, Monday, December 18, 2023 3:21 pm
Crime/Court
NILES — A Benton Harbor man who broke into a building and stole tools and other items from a family in Berrien Township was sentenced ...
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by Debra Haight, Wednesday, December 13, 2023 10:36 am
Brandywine Education
NILES CHARTER TOWNSHIP — Brandywine Board of Education members ended a year that has often been controversial by voting Monday to lift the suspension on ...
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by Debra Haight, Tuesday, December 12, 2023 6:30 pm
Crime/Court
NILES — A Dowagiac man was sentenced to jail Monday in Berrien County Trial Court in an assault case. Lydell Jamar Burt, 33, of Dowagiac, ...
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by Debra Haight, Tuesday, December 12, 2023 3:09 pm
Buchanan
BUCHANAN — Buchanan City Commissioners continued to deal with other aftermath of the Eldridge controversy Monday, starting with the censure hearing against City Commissioner Dan ...
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by Debra Haight, Tuesday, December 12, 2023 10:36 am
Berrien County
NILES — A Niles man was sentenced to probation Monday in Berrien County Trial Court on home invasion charges. Jacob Alexander O’Brien, 26, of Niles, ...
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by Debra Haight, Monday, December 11, 2023 1:46 pm
Berrien County
ST. JOSEPH – There was a passing of the torch at Thursday’s Berrien County Board of Commissioners meeting. People gathered to honor Sheriff Paul Bailey ...
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by Debra Haight, Thursday, December 7, 2023 6:20 pm
Crime/Court
NILES — An area woman was sentenced to prison Monday in Berrien County Trial Court. Adrienne Welch, 46, of Elkhart, pleaded guilty to attempted breaking ...
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by Debra Haight, Wednesday, December 6, 2023 9:06 am
Crime/Court
NILES — The man charged in the shooting death of a Niles man at his North 12th Street home in late September is headed to ...
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by Debra Haight, Tuesday, December 5, 2023 2:20 pm
Buchanan
ST. JOSEPH — Organizers of a recall effort against Buchanan Mayor Sean Denison haven’t given up despite having a setback at Monday’s clarity hearing for ...
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by Debra Haight, Monday, December 4, 2023 5:35 pm
Cass County
CASSOPOLIS — A Mishawaka man will have the chance to keep a felony drunk driving conviction off his record if he’s successful on probation for ...
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by Debra Haight, Sunday, December 3, 2023 6:30 pm
Cassopolis
CASSOPOLIS — A former Niles resident who stole catalytic converters off seven trucks in Howard Township was sentenced to probation Friday in Cass County Circuit ...
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by Debra Haight, Friday, December 1, 2023 2:19 pm
Buchanan
BUCHANAN — After a month of turmoil inside Buchanan city government, City Manager Benjamin Eldridge has resigned and City Commissioners are left searching for a ...
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by Debra Haight, Thursday, November 30, 2023 10:09 am
Crime/Court
NILES — Three area residents were sentenced Monday in Berrien County Trial Court for having a firearm in their vehicle. Zackary Lee Crockett, Jr., 36, ...
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by Debra Haight, Wednesday, November 29, 2023 12:37 pm
Buchanan
BUCHANAN – Embattled Buchanan City Manager Benjamin Eldridge has broken his silence on the allegations against him. Eldridge was suspended with pay in early November ...
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by Debra Haight, Tuesday, November 28, 2023 3:40 pm
Buchanan
BUCHANAN — The question of whether Ben Eldridge will continue as the Buchanan City Manager could be answered at a special Buchanan City Commission meeting ...
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by Debra Haight, Tuesday, November 28, 2023 10:30 am
Crime/Court
NILES — A Niles man was sentenced to probation Monday in Berrien County Trial Court for breaking into what he thought was an abandoned building ...
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by Debra Haight, Monday, November 27, 2023 1:48 pm
Berrien County
NILES — A Niles man was sentenced Monday in Berrien County Trial Court on domestic violence charges. John Rolland Smith, Jr., 40, of Niles, pleaded ...
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by Debra Haight, Tuesday, November 21, 2023 5:15 pm
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