Letters to the Editor
Student success should guide all school improvement decisions
Some thoughts about the school vote.
Editorials
Don’t shoot the messenger
A highly unusual and confusing piece of action taken by the Michigan legislature in 2006 made a law ...
Columns
Michael Bennett: Budgeting goes hand in hand with content plan
I’m back from a fantastic weeklong vacation visiting with my family back east, and have immediately been engulfed ...
Columns
Dear John/Henderson Hill
How did Henderson Hill get its name? — Jan Personette, Niles Your Dear John question last Friday ...
Columns
1880s had sense of witticism
Last week, we took a nostalgic stroll around the uptown area of Edwardsburg during the 1880s. This ...
Letters to the Editor
Library misses Goodman
Last evening, Thursday, Aug. 2, the Dowagiac District Library Board accepted, with regret, the resignation of Jackie Goodman, ...
Columns
Cardinal Charlie: ‘Prospering’ Dowagiac built post office in 1917
It is surprising how things do change.
Letters to the Editor
NCAA piling on Penn State
I am upset about the child abuse committed by Sandusky and the cover-up by Paterno, Curley, Schulz and ...
Editorials
Transparency might have saved failed bond
Election results proved to make some hefty changes in the region, notably the rejection of Dowagiac Union Schools’ ...
Letters to the Editor
Cass Family Clinic breaking ground in spring
In the late 1950s a group of visionary businessmen from the Cassopolis community recognized the need for a ...
Columns
Rev. Dan Puckett: Administer right force to deter mass tragic violence
The world is a violent place; always has been.
Columns
Supt. John Jarpe: A great time and place to grow up
A couple weeks ago, my sister, brother and I went to scatter our mother’s ashes at a favorite ...
Columns
American Heritage: British take heavy punch to the chin
As was seen in our last article, the first charge against the colonists at the Battle of Bunker ...
Columns
William Crandell: Romney Hood
I remember awhile back when presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that he wasn’t worried about the poor because ...
Columns
Sen. John Proos: Berrien County Youth Fair builds community
The 67th annual Berrien County Youth Fair (BCYF) takes place in Berrien Springs next week, Aug. 13-18.
Letters to the Editor
Thankful for the riverfront
I would like to thank the City of Niles for our riverfront. What a good job they have ...
Editorials
No excuses for shooter
Can a man point a gun loaded with hollow-point bullets at the chest of another man and pull ...
Letters to the Editor
Vote Stover for supervisor
Hello. My name is Jim LaPeer, and I am the treasurer of Cannon Township.
Letters to the Editor
Supt. Daniel: Vote ‘yes’ for bond
As superintendent of Dowagiac Union Schools, I proudly praise the recent academic achievements of our schools:
Letters to the Editor
Some Niles Twp. accusations inaccurate
Over the past few months, here have been many statements made about Jim's candidacy for the Niles Township ...
Columns
More farmers in MAEAP
Only 16 months ago, the governor signed the Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) legislation that provides new ...
Columns
What makes this publisher tick
Sixty is just a number. It will also be my age in September and a milestone that has ...
Columns
Take a stroll back in time
In honor of the 100th birthday celebration of Edwardsburg, let’s explore the years before Edwardsburg became an official ...
Letters to the Editor
Remember the Keeler recall
To the editor: Serving one’s country and community to keep it safe and make it a better ...
Letters to the Editor
Keeler Twp. voters have a choice for change
I would like to urge all Keeler Township voters to vote Aug. 7. We actually, for a change, ...
