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More than ever, parents, teachers rely on each other amid pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we interact with each other, especially so in school systems across the ...
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Coaches use social media to engage players working from home
Since the Michigan High School Athletic Association decided to have fall and winter sports, area coaches and athletic ...
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Buchanan teen hopes to be among first female Eagle Scouts
Growing up, Buchanan resident Emily Long had one dream that she wanted more than anything: to be an ...
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Marijuana businesses brace for changes, a bright future
On a chilly November morning, George Lynch sits on a camping chair in the bones of an auto ...
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Cass Kickstart to Careers helps students start saving
With three piggy banks already filled up at home, and more than $150 in savings, Vin Borsa, a ...
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Cass County treatment courts committed to treating the ‘whole person’
With a swipe of a key card, Dowagiac resident Preston Collett, 47, can access almost any room inside ...
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New Cassopolis Family Clinic Network facility promises a brighter future for healthcare
The weeks leading up to November 2019, a buzz of busy energy pushed the staff and administrators at ...
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Niles resident uses social media to connect, create community
On Jan. 24, Niles-based fitness coach Frances Shavers did something she had never done before. She sat in ...
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Edwardsburg food wagon among growing trend of mobile businesses
No matter where Edwardsburg resident Lisa Hines has called home, there has been one thing that has been ...
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Michiana manufacturing businesses cite growing workforce as key to growth
Think of the word “manufacturing.” What are its associations? Dirty floors, oily equipment, dingy warehouses, poor conditions and ...
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Pokagon Band finds healing through language revitalization efforts
A decade ago, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Language Specialist Carla Collins, 44, could not string together a full ...
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Southwest Michigan libraries adapt to changing needs of patrons
Rows upon rows of musty smelling, hardcover books line sterile, Pine Sol-scented bookshelves. Green lamps with pull strings ...
Education
New SMC president looks to future of community college
One year ago, a soon-to-be dad was a bundle of nerves as his wife prepared to give birth ...
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Nonprofits, city services offer transportation solutions as county efforts lurch forward
The bright blue garage of New Heights Auto Services on M-139, oddly, is easy to miss. Hundreds of ...
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Approaching milestone, local service organization makes plan for next 100 years
At its peak, the Dowagiac Rotary club attracted more than 100 members. Teachers, lawyers and business professionals would ...
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Relevant Church keeps focus on Jesus in a time of changing worship
A clear, compelling vision to start a life-giving church is what brought Muta and Christine Mwenya to Niles ...
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Niles city leaders, business owners look to build on resurgence of Main Street
In a brick building at 3 N. Third St. in Niles, cocktails and gourmet burgers are served where ...
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Buchanan Promise has time to fulfill goals, but impact is already seen
When Becky and JT Adkerson prepared to build a new home for their family three years ago, they ...
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Dowagiac’s Neighborhood Enhancement grant gives homes new life
Rita Holloway grew up in Chicago surrounded by dirt, glass and weeds. Despite that landscape, as a child, ...
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Cassopolis, Edwardsburg work with MSU to piece together a picture of the future
Separated by a little less than 10 miles of road along M-62, Cassopolis and Edwardsburg are two villages ...
Education
Southwest Michigan’s shining stars setting a bright light for the future
While no quantitative studies can prove it, perhaps the question high school seniors are asked the most is, ...
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Niles sisters see future in cookie batter business
S isters Jamie Coulston and Joanna Pugh grew up on their mother’s famous sugar cookies. As children, the ...
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Artist channels creativity into signature tattoos
Amber Olsen was a student at Brandywine High School when sometimes it seemed the stress of everyday life ...
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Adolescent business owners use welding skills to craft unique creations
Under a spray of white-hot sparks, leaping and bounding within inches of their protective helmets, Baylee Davis, 12, ...
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Niles Area Community Orchestra offers free music for community, place for musicians to jam
If not for the Niles Area Community Orchestra, Larry Lee’s cello might be locked inside a case gathering ...
