Education
St. Mary’s students, staff ready for Ash Wednesday
With Fat Tuesday behind them, Christians across the world today will begin observing Lent, a 40-day period of ...
Berrien County
St. Mary’s students help the homeless
Nearly a dozen fourth- and fifth-graders squeezed into a small kitchen at St. Mary’s Catholic School Tuesday afternoon ...
News
An MSU education nearby
Getting a high quality education in agriculture while staying close to home is now a reality thanks to ...
Berrien County
Local students receive Ferris State University academic honors
Several local students received Academic Honors for the semester that ended in May 2014 at Ferris State University ...
Dowagiac
Lewis Cass ISD North Pointe graduates four
When Kenneth Chaney first entered Molly High’s classroom, he rarely spoke. Recalling her student’s first experiences at North ...
Community News
Niles native named presidential scholar
Matthew J. Ftacek is the Presidential Scholar in anthropology and a graduate of Niles Senior High School as ...
Education
A lesson in civics
For Principal Sharon Gregorski, U.S. Congressman Fred Upton’s visit to St. Mary’s School Wednesday ranks pretty high on ...
News
St. Mary’s students make sack lunches for area’s needy
St. Mary’s Catholic School student Stuart Lundberg put a piece of cheese between two slices of bread and ...
Cass County
Governor makes Great Start a priority
Efforts by local educators to give Cass County’s youngest a “great start” to their schooling may receive another ...
Other Schools
Grand Valley increases tuition $188 per semester
ALLENDALE —Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees adopted the university’s FY 2014 budget and set tuition rates ...
Berrien County
Free spaghetti dinner and information session at St. Mary’s School
St. Mary’s School in Niles is offering a free spaghetti dinner and information session Wednesday, March 20 from ...
Cass County
LCISD adds Anderson
CASSOPOLIS — Lewis Cass Intermediate School District named Dowagiac City Manager Kevin Anderson to its five-member board Wednesday ...
Berrien County
Former Niles educator appointed to city council
A former Niles educator has been tabbed to fill the 1st Ward seat on the Niles City Council ...
Cass County
LCISD mulls Headlee override
CASSOPOLIS — Lewis Cass Intermediate School District Board of Education is expected to place a half-mill Headlee Amendment ...
Cass County
Midwest sponsors Marcellus Cat Shack
CASSOPOLIS — Marcellus Junior/Senior High School recently opened The Cat Shack, a school store where students sell snacks, ...
Other Schools
Fresh Start bids farewell
For the past 18 years, the Fresh Start Program has given a second chance to more than 200 ...
Brandywine Education
Tiny Talkers making progress
Campers at the Tiny Talkers summer language program in Niles were learning how to say the letter “K” ...
Berrien County
Students present county campus plans to board
ST. JOSEPH — A full Berrien County Campus could be more than 50 years out, but preliminary plans ...
