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Honor Credit Union to award 23 high school seniors with $1,000 scholarship
BERRIEN SPRINGS — Honor Credit Union recently announced it will support local outstanding high school seniors with the annual Honor Credit Union Community Commitment Scholarship. ... Read more
2 days ago by Submitted.
MEC accepting scholarship applications
CASSOPOLIS — Midwest Energy and Communications is now accepting applications for its 2021 scholarship program. High school seniors whose families receive monthly service from MEC ... Read more
4 days ago by Submitted.
Blossomtime extends pageant season
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — The Blossomtime Festival Board of Directors recently announced the kickoff of its 2021 community pageants. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the ... Read more
5 days ago by Submitted.
Haunted house to donate scholarships to area seniors
NILES — The Niles Scream Park is offering local students a chance to be granted funds toward their continuing education. The Niles Haunted House Board ... Read more
1 week ago by Submitted.
One-third of Virtual Vikings to return to classrooms second semester
NILES — High school students returned to classrooms last week, and Niles Community Schools Superintendent Dan Applegate could not be happier. “Things are going really, ... Read more
1 week ago by Christina Clark.
Niles native on medal-winning Alma College iGEM team
ALMA, Mich. — A Niles native is helping Alma College win medals. The Alma College iGEM team, competing at an international synthetic biology competition for ... Read more
2 weeks ago by Submitted.
Virtual Vikings give presentation to city council
Some of the names of students have been updated since an earlier publication. The Niles Daily Star regrets the error and is happy to make ... Read more
3 weeks ago by Christina Clark.
Honor Credit Union announces winners of 11th annual Teacher Awards
BERRIEN SPRINGS — Honor Credit Union has announced the winners of its 11th annual Teacher Awards. This year has been and will continue to be, ... Read more
1 month ago by Submitted.
GALLERY: Middle schoolers campaign against cyberbullying
NILES — With this year’s unique challenges incorporating the ability to move between in-person and at-home instructions, art teacher Scott Morgan became aware of an ... Read more
1 month ago by Christina Clark.
Niles Community Schools to provide meal assistance over holiday break
NILES — Staff at Niles schools are working to ensure students do not go hungry during the holiday break. Since March, Niles Community Schools has ... Read more
1 month ago by Submitted.
GALLERY: Santa Claus is coming (back) to town
NILES — A familiar face with glasses, a long white beard and a very special red and white suit made an appearance at the Niles ... Read more
1 month ago by Christina Clark.
Niles, Cassopolis students receive United Way scholarship awards
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — United Way of Southwest Michigan bestowed this year’s Volunteer United Youth Scholarship Awards to one winner from each of the three counties ... Read more
2 months ago by Submitted.
Michigan State Police seeks participants for National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest
LANSING — An annual contest is giving area children the chance to flex their creative muscles, while bringing attention to a statewide cause. The Michigan ... Read more
2 months ago by Submitted.
Niles fine arts teacher awarded grant
NILES—On Monday, Niles High School Assistant Principal Chris Porter and Fine Arts Teacher Peter Helm received a $1,000 grant from the Niles Education Foundation. Helm, ... Read more
2 months ago by Christina Clark.
Eastside Connections honor roll
5th Grade All A’s Amponsah, Kwame Borst, Andi Daniel, Delanee Garza, Julian Kessler, Madison Lamberton-Herman, Carter Matlock, Khloe Murray, Alison Okeley, Addison Petrowski, Annalee Smith, ... Read more
2 months ago by Submitted.
Niles High School students finish out investment tournament in top half
NILES — Four Niles High School students took on an investment competition during a time when stock markets are notably volatile: election season. Vikings Stuart ... Read more
2 months ago by Christina Clark.
Niles High School prepares to cease in-person instruction for three weeks
NILES — Niles Community Schools Superintendent Dan Applegate feels more ready for this round of remote learning than he did in the spring. Applegate has ... Read more
2 months ago by Christina Clark.
Local school boards elect new members
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — Local school board candidates were on the ballot Tuesday. Listed below are the unofficial election results from Berrien, Cass and Van Buren ... Read more
3 months ago by Staff Report.
Operation Safe Stop runs this week
LANSING — Starting today, law enforcement officers throughout Michigan will be ramping up patrols of motorists illegally passing school buses. Operation Safe Stop is part ... Read more
3 months ago by Submitted.
Berrien County holds at one official school COVID-19 outbreak in Stevensville
BERRIEN COUNTY — Despite reports of positive COVID-19 cases in area schools over the past few weeks, the numbers have stayed low, according to the ... Read more
3 months ago by Christina Clark.
Berrien County educators, leaders discuss racism in schools
BERRIEN COUNTY — In the second of four Zoom virtual meetings organized by the Berrien County Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community Trust and ... Read more
3 months ago by Christina Clark.
Four Vikings join MTU Husky investment tournament
Correction: In an earlier publication of this article, Sydney Skarbek’s name was misspelled. We regret the error and are happy to correct it. NILES — ... Read more
3 months ago by Christina Clark.
Band marches on, Niles band season continues without football, competitions
By CHRISTINA CLARK christina.clark@leaderpub.com NILES — On warmer fall days, band students can be heard playing outdoors. The familiar rhythm from the percussion section reminds ... Read more
3 months ago by Christina Clark.
Students, staff in quarantine at local school districts due to positive COVID cases
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — Approximately one month into the school year, many school districts throughout southwest Michigan are responding cautiously to positive cases of COVID-19. After three ... Read more
4 months ago by Ambrosia Neldon.
MDHHS issues emergency order requiring schools to issue public notification of probable, confirmed COVID-19 cases
LANSING — Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Robert Gordon issued an Emergency Order requiring K-12 schools to provide public notice to the ... Read more
