Dowagiac
‘Massive debris field’ from semi crash closes highway
HARTFORD TWP. — A traffic accident involving two semi-trucks closed a major highway overnight. Van Buren County ...
Community News
Dowagiac summer concerts to return with new location, new music, food vendors
DOWAGIAC — Let there be songs – and smells – to fill the air. Dowagiac’s Music in the ...
Community News
Dowagiac approves grant application for water main replacement
DOWAGIAC — An infrastructure project years in the making is one step closer to reality. The Dowagiac City ...
Education
Edwardsburg students earn SMC math and science awards
DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College’s Math and Science Department paid tribute to two standout students from Edwardsburg, Aimee Lambert ...
Community News
Dowagiac creates absentee vote counting board; hosts voter forum
DOWAGIAC — After the surge of absentee voting in the 2020 elections across the country, Dowagiac is taking ...
News
GALLERY: Hundreds march for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
GRAND RAPIDS — Hundreds of indigenous people and allies from across Michigan gathered Thursday at Ah-Nab-Awen Park in ...
News
Firefighters train on mobile structure; DFD to host BBQ May 14
DOWAGIAC — On International Firefighters Day, local departments took some time to train for how to save more ...
College
SMC Class of 2022 graduates 347
DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College graduated 347 students in the Class of 2022 at its 55th Commencement Saturday, ...
Education
Tri-County Head Start to celebrate 50 years of serving children
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN – In 1972, Orion Flowers started Tri-County Head Start with a vision to change the lives ...
Dowagiac Union Education
Dowagiac Drama nominated for nine Wave Awards; to perform at ceremony
DOWAGIAC — Local high school drama students will get a taste of the Tony Awards this month, thanks ...
Education
Dowagiac grad delivers commencement speech at SMC graduation
DOWAGIAC — Two Latina women spoke on behalf of Southwestern Michigan College’s Class of 2022 April 30 at ...
Lifestyles
Beckwith Theatre presents racy comedy ‘Five Women Wearing the Same Dress’
DOWAGIAC — What happens when five reluctant bridesmaids find themselves together in the same bedroom in an attempt ...
Community News
Pokagon to host March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
DOWAGIAC — Prior to the arrival of European settlers in present-day Grand Rapids, native tribes buried their dead ...
News
Man in Niles arrested, two others charged in 2018 Van Buren Co. murder
VAN BUREN COUNTY — After four years and hundreds of interviews, police have cracked a previously unsolved homicide ...
Education
SMC history students tour Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming
DOWAGIAC — While spring breakers typically seek sun, Southwestern Michigan College students pursued a path less traveled for ...
Uncategorized
Flamingos flock for 4-H
CASSOPOLIS — Cass County residents may have noticed an influx in feathered friends with the return of spring the ...
News
Garden club to host plant sale May 14
DOWAGIAC — Local residents who haven’t “bot-any” spring plants yet will soon get their chance thanks to a ...
Community News
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is April 30
MICHIGAN — The Michigan State Police is again teaming up with the Drug Enforcement Administration and other law ...
News
Mishawaka woman grieving loss of husband, father sentenced for drunk driving
CASSOPOLIS — A Mishawaka woman who is already in prison was sentenced Friday in Cass County Circuit Court ...
Business
New downtown business Euflooria to host open house May 18
DOWAGIAC — After relocating to downtown Dowagiac in late 2021, home improvement and flooring store Euflooria is set ...
Community News
Top 6 designs for Dowagiac city flag announced; public input sought
DOWAGIAC — And then there were six. After carefully looking at 21 entries, the City of Dowagiac ...
Local Government
Dowagiac council approves cemetery wall project, Caruso’s event in Beckwith Park
DOWAGIAC — The city is about to breathe new life into a piece of a local cemetery. At ...
News
PHOTO GALLERY: Dowagiac proclaims Friday as Arbor Day
DOWAGIAC — As branches around town begin budding and blooming, a local city government has recognized the significance ...
Local Government
Cass County receives clean audit report, with a few comments
CASS COUNTY — A local government body has been given a clean bill of health for its financial ...
Education
Miss Buchanan crowned Miss Blossomtime 2022; Miss Niles Top 6
BENTON HARBOR – Earlier in the evening, Miss Buchanan attempted to grab the microphone to answer a question posed ...
