Southwestern Michigan College
SMC grad, Niles native hopes to impact millions with research
NILES — During her sophomore year of high school, Audrey Bakerson, of Niles, began a project meant to ...
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Honor Credit Union gives gifts to Buchanan Schools
BUCHANAN — On Friday, Dec. 20, Honor Credit Union was the sponsor of the three home basketball games ...
Education
Grant to help Niles students develop new-age skills
NILES — Scott Morgan’s Ring Lardner Middle School art class is abuzz with seventh-grade students completing projects, but ...
Education
SMC student’s project connects art to easing nerves
NILES — Faith White, 21, of Niles, said her last semester at Southwestern Michigan College was a “disaster.” ...
Education
Dowagiac Union Schools bond in final steps
DOWAGIAC — School may be out for winter break, but construction crews will still be hard at work ...
Education
Area students make President’s, Dean’s List at SMC
DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College named 56 students to president’s list for the September to December fall semester. ...
Niles Education
Sen. LaSata’s first law to benefit aggregate industry, celebrated with sweets
NILES — A new bill signed into law could help aggregate companies complete work faster, and Niles High ...
News
Dowagiac Middle School learns about vaping
DOWAGIAC — Michael DeLeon, the founder of Steered Straight Inc., told a small audience at Dowagiac Middle School ...
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SMC names David Mathews president emeritus
DOWAGIAC — Dr. David Mathews is a planner by nature. In his office on a short bookshelf adjacent ...
News
Southwestern Michigan College graduates 23-member nursing class
DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College Trustee Dr. Elaine Foster welcomed 23 new nurses to the field. “[Nursing is] ...
Education
Youth Advisory Council creates, donates blankets
BUCHANAN — For weeks, members of the Youth Advisory Council were busy tying together 30 blankets of varying ...
Education
Niles reserve officers, families pair up Sunday for Shop with a Cop
NILES — Brian Leonard, reserve officer of Niles Police Department, has participated in Shop with a Cop for ...
Education
Dowagiac Middle School to host community training on teen vaping
DOWAGIAC — This week, one Dowagiac school is inviting the public to take part in a training geared ...
News
‘SMC’s Got Talent’ celebrates musical diversity
DOWAGIAC — Students, led by Edwardsburg’s Cody Adkins, organized Southwestern Michigan College’s third annual celebration of diversity, “SMC’s ...
Education
Nic Sheff to speak at the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan speakers series
BENTON HARBOR — For a second season, The Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan Speakers Series, hosted by The ...
News
Eddy Currents win award at state championship
EDWARDSBURG — The Eddy Currents 2.0 FIRST Lego League robotics team completed another season on Sunday, Dec. 8 ...
Education
Great Start Cass County hosts Breakfast with Santa
CASSOPOLIS — This weekend, the halls of Lewis Cass Intermediate School District’s Brookside Learning Center in Cassopolis were ...
Southwestern Michigan College
Hartsell named Miss Cassopolis 2020
CASSOPOLIS — Sunday afternoon, Cassopolis teens Kaitlyn Hartsell and Adanna Collett stood, pinky fingers linked, on the stage ...
Education
PHOTO STORY: St. Mary’s students sing at Berkshire Niles Apartments
NILES — Residents from Berkshire Niles Apartments enjoy Christmas carols from students at Saint Mary’s school Tuesday. Mrs. ...
Education
DUHS wins at LMC chili cook off
DOWAGIAC — The Dowagiac Union High School culinary class won first place in Lake Michigan College’s 11th annual ...
Education
Great Start Cass County receives $17,500 Pokagon Fund grant
DOWAGIAC — Three Dowagiac classrooms recently got a makeover, thanks to a regional nonprofit foundation. Over the summer, ...
Education
Niles High School raises money for charities
SUBMITTED NILES — Last week, Niles High School gave $3,908 to two area charities supporting those with cancer, ...
Education
Jade Smith becomes 81st Miss Buchanan
BUCHANAN — Jade Smith, 18, placed her hands over her mouth in disbelief, but they could not stop ...
Education
Two graduate from jail education program
CASSOPOLIS — Thursday afternoon, Elkhart residents Charity Brooks and Michelle Garcia stood inside of a small classroom in ...
Education
Performing Arts Workshops to debut ‘Christmas Stories’ Dec. 14
NILES — The peak of the fall theater season often falls in line with the peak of the ...
