band camp
‘Super Jaws’ and water balloons end band camp on high note
“A Night at the Movies” Friday evening followed mornings and afternoons at the football field.
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Residents walk an extra mile
“Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” at APEX, the Athletic and Physical Education CompleX behind Union High School, raised at least $7,000 Saturday for Domestic ...
by John Eby, Sunday, June 16, 2013 5:12 pm
Barn Swallow Theatre
Variety show auditions Saturday
Auditions for the Barn Swallow Theatre variety show will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. Acts may include singing, dancing, magic, comedy, ...
by John Eby, Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:58 pm
Decatur
Decatur granted $14,000 for police car
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen, Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Thursday announced a Rural Development Grant for the Decatur ...
by John Eby, Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:56 pm
Miss Southwest
Harner competing for Miss Michigan
Reigning Miss Southwest Michigan Sydney Harner, of Eau Claire, will vie for the title of Miss Michigan along with 31 other candidates from all over ...
by John Eby, Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:53 pm
BLAST
Hospital training babysitters
Potential babysitters and parents considering hiring one can receive babysitter lessons and safety training, courtesy of Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital.
by John Eby, Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:49 pm
Greater Dowagiac Chamber of Commerce
Sew Can You fashion school opens
Most schools just paused for summer vacation, but at Karla Arndt’s colorful new Sew Can You fashion design, 111 Pennsylvania Ave., classes started Wednesday for ...
by John Eby, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:26 pm
Dowagiac train station
Leatz your ‘host’ at Dowagiac depot
Ron Leatz has been the red-vested Dowagiac depot host for the past four years, since 2009.
by John Eby, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:17 pm
CASA
CASA an independent voice for kids
Cass County CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates) serves 52 children with 23 volunteers and a $120,000 annual budget, of which the independent organization raises 60 percent ...
by John Eby, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:08 pm
Black Family Celebration
Niles NAACP helps revive Black Family Celebration
Niles Branch 3148 of the NAACP will be partnering with Black Family Celebration and I’m Saving Myself prevention/intervention family program to sponsor the Dowagiac Black ...
by John Eby, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 5:30 pm
DUHS Class of 1991
Hodshire back from Malaysia
Dowagiac graduate Chris Hodshire is back in Michigan for the rest of June after a year as a visiting lecturer at USM — University Science ...
by John Eby, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 5:27 pm
Dowagiac City Council
Council calls for DMS road completion
Dowagiac City Council members Monday night expressed a desire to make the 2005 middle school less isolated by extending Riverside Drive to Mathews Street or ...
by John Eby, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 5:21 pm
Cass County Transit Authority
DART, Cass Transit exploring merger
Cass County Transit Authority Wednesday considers seeking a countywide millage vote in November. If that request succeeds, CCTA and Dowagiac Dial-A-Ride Transit (DART) ...
by John Eby, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 5:19 pm
Opal's Food Mart
Opal Vandenburg turning 90
Opal Vandenburg with a forest of cards from well-wishers for her 90th birthday. Santa always came second on Christmas morning. Opal Vandenburg ...
by John Eby, Monday, June 10, 2013 5:17 pm
cass county board of commissioners
Cass moving into eight-county mental health alliance
CASSOPOLIS — Restructuring the public mental health system means Cass County moving from a four-county affiliation with Allegan, Kalamazoo and St. Joseph to an eight-county ...
by John Eby, Monday, June 10, 2013 5:13 pm
Dowagiac
Timbers residents enjoy canine company
Three o’clock on Sunday, as church lets out, is tail-waggin’ time at The Timbers.
by John Eby, Monday, June 10, 2013 5:10 pm
cass county board of commissioners
Equalization director introduced
CASSOPOLIS — Cass County commissioners Thursday night officially met new Equalization Director Tony Meyaard, Fennville’s mayor pro tem.
by John Eby, Monday, June 10, 2013 9:57 am
Cass County Sheriff's Office
Deputy accused of insurance fraud
A Cass County deputy sheriff has been charged with insurance fraud and evidence tampering for staging a fictitious car-deer accident. Steven Thomas Keene, 48, ...
by John Eby, Friday, June 7, 2013 11:36 am
Cass County Circuit Court
Pizza robbery ringleader convicted
CASSOPOLIS — In April 2012, four young adults with Chicago-area connections lured a pizza delivery person to an abandoned home in Dowagiac, where they robbed him ...
by John Eby, Friday, June 7, 2013 10:54 am
Sister Lakes Elementary School
Here’s pie in your eye
Mike Campbell’s first year as Sister Lakes Elementary School principal ended Thursday as he fended off a foamy fusillade for a good cause.
by John Eby, Thursday, June 6, 2013 4:32 pm
Pokagon Band
Pokagon Band Indiana office open
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Whether it’s called a partnership (South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg) or a relationship (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Chairman Matt Wesaw), it’s authentic ...
by John Eby, Wednesday, June 5, 2013 8:12 pm
Bryan Barr
Catching up with original Round Oak ‘piano man’
Writing about Round Oak Restaurant put me in touch with people I haven’t talked to in many a moon, including Bryan Barr and Marge Dudeck. ...
by John Eby, Wednesday, June 5, 2013 7:59 pm
Dear John
Dear John/Rudolphi refuge
Why are the tall pine trees dying in Rudolphi Wildlife Refuge? — Gary Bailey, Dowagiac Gary Carlile, who was there when it ...
by John Eby, Tuesday, June 4, 2013 5:48 pm
Dowagiac Planning Commission
Haas ready to start building
Dowagiac Planning Commission gave conditional approval Monday night to a site plan submitted by Barr Design Group of Goshen, Ind., for Haas Sytems’ 3,520-square-foot, wood-frame ...
by John Eby, Tuesday, June 4, 2013 5:28 pm
Dowagiac Chieftains
Dowagiac can stay Chieftains
The U.S. Department of Education has dismissed Michigan Department of Civil Rights’ 34-page Feb. 8 complaint against 35 school districts, including Dowagiac, asking it to ...
