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Michiana Life’s third anniversary built on stories of amazing people
Life’s milestones come in all varieties, but when celebrating one for one of our publications it often feels ...
Life’s milestones come in all varieties, but when celebrating one for one of our publications it often feels ...
As part of a social experiment, a handful of children were given a dollar and pointed in the ...
“Smart people wouldn’t bring a child into this world we live in today.” That statement was sort of ...
Theft. Broken families. Assault. Severe illness. House fires. Death. Homicide. What do all of these things have in ...
I have been doing lots of work on Leader Publications’ media kit and marketing information this week as ...
It’s difficult these days to avoid “bad news.” For the last several days, front pages, news feeds and ...
“Why do you guys always put so much bad news in the paper?” the voice on the end ...
One of my favorite traditions every year at the paper is graduation day. It’s always fun to see ...
Some stories in life have no true happy endings, only heart-wrenching lessons to be learned. That was certainly ...
If there is anything I’ve learned since joining the workforce, it’s that while the customer is certainly not ...
Even here at just the beginning of the 21st Century, nothing changes faster than technology. Just more than ...
I remember growing up and thinking, “there’s nothing to do in this town.” Today, I laugh at that ...
According to the really smart people who write Merriam-Webster’s Dictionaries, a team is defined as a “group of ...
In an alternate universe, the world has been completely overtaken by technology. The government watches your every move ...
Are you sick of politics yet? Well, make no mistake about it, the fiasco is just heating up. ...
In 2016 alone, the word “meth” has been featured in a Leader Publications headline 13 times. It seems ...
Leader Publications prides itself on publishing hyper-local newspapers, but our goal is always to give more community news ...
Around this time seven years ago, I took my first tour of Western Michigan University, which is now ...
Newspapers have many roles within the community, but fighting for transparency and accountability of public institutions and how ...
Although the local election is still months away, campaign season went into full swing last week.
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t have anything against Earth Day. I think it is great but hope ...
I’ve been doing a lot of traveling the last several weeks. It has been so refreshing to satisfy ...
What would get you to visit downtown Niles? What would make you want to come back? What do ...
Nothing sounds more like spring than the crack of a bat hitting a baseball. Growing up, I spent ...
Earlier this week I had the privilege of visiting my alma mater as an alumni speaker. I met ...