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Construction continues across Niles district
In the nearly two years since the community supported the bond referendum that Niles Community Schools put forth, ...
In the nearly two years since the community supported the bond referendum that Niles Community Schools put forth, ...
For more than 40 years, February has served as an opportunity for our nation to recognize the history ...
PART I In a Denny’s parking lot located on the northern plains of Illinois, a contemporary scribe of ...
Last Sunday, the Dowagiac Youth Wrestling Club hosted a Michigan Youth Wrestling Association wrestling tournament. This was the ...
PHEW. The sigh of relief was audible last Tuesday as our newsroom clicked the send button to ship ...
Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed my legislation, known as “Lauren’s Law,” to help increase the number of registered ...
If you are concerned with the direction the current administration is heading to dismantle environmental protections, I say: ...
I had the pleasure of being taught by Dean Hill. I had him for algebra and law, in ...
It’s about time Sen. Proos awakened to the fact that citizens of Michigan pay an exorbitant amount for ...
Dear Editor, The other day I walked out to the mailbox late in the afternoon when the mail ...
As the children’s song goes, “Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight.” The ...
The third annual Snow Ball Daddy Daughter Dance was a success, with more than 460 people in attendance ...
I have watched and read with interest the political landscape. The 24-hour news cycle and the mainstream media ...
With more than 3,000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, 36,000 miles of rivers and 11,000 inland lakes, Michigan ...
With more than 3,000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, 36,000 miles of rivers and 11,000 inland lakes, Michigan ...
I have watched and read with interest the political landscape. The 24-hour news cycle and the mainstream media have ...
When the museum gets out-of-town visitors, they sometimes ask what else they “need to see” in town. I ...
When I was a boy, my mother loved listening to American crooners on our old wooden stereo console ...
The U.S. constitution specifies that when there is an opening on the Supreme Court, it is the president’s ...
I applaud Leader Publications General Manager Ambrosia Neldon for her very informative column last Wednesday, about a bill that ...
There are powerful people who do not believe our public schools are doing a very good job of ...
A few weeks ago, the word “mindfulness” jumped out at me from a magazine rack by the checkout line. ...
In the pouring rain, standing in front of U.S. Rep. Fred Upton’s office in St. Joseph, I noticed ...
I have never given my wife flowers, candy nor any other gift for Valentine’s Day. To some of ...
I have been a citizen of Dowagiac for more than 50 years. I have always been proud to call ...