Editorials
Celebrate Memorial Day locally
While the upcoming long weekend is sure to be filled with cookouts, trips to the lake or creek ...
Columns
Starfish Story: Sister Lakes lunch aides Madge Merrill and Cindy Checkley
I would like you to meet Mrs. Madge Merrill, and Mrs. Cindy Checkley, lunch aides at Sister Lakes ...
Editorials
Sister Lakes Brewing will be a great asset to Dowagiac area
With warmer temperatures making their way to southwest Michigan this week, it won’t be long before summer vacationers ...
Editorials
Recent fire demonstrates importance of cooperation
A fiery inferno engulfed a Wayne Township house last week, destroying the residence in the process. Thankfully, the ...
Columns
Remembering a newspaper tradition
This week we are off in another direction. A little variety never hurt anyone.
Columns
Time is expiring for America
As I grow older, I find myself increasingly out of step with American society. People who have read ...
Letters to the Editor
Why is Berrien County euthanizing so many animals?
For many months I have been following the meetings and public discussion regarding Berrien County Animal Control. In ...
Letters to the Editor
Vote Nick Shelton for Niles mayor
I am writing to express my support of Nick Shelton for mayor. As a local business owner I ...
Columns
An update on bond construction
The last weeks of school are always an exciting time for students, parents and educators.
Leader Columnists
True definition of ‘team’ goes beyond any dictionary
According to the really smart people who write Merriam-Webster’s Dictionaries, a team is defined as a “group of ...
Leader Columnists
Repairing a digital disconnect
In an alternate universe, the world has been completely overtaken by technology. The government watches your every move ...
Letters to the Editor
LMC board should be commended
Speaking from similar experiences not long ago, the board of Lake Michigan College is in a tough position. ...
Letters to the Editor
Niles woman thanks Lakeland’s nurses
A big thank-you to all of the nurses at Lakeland Hospital of Niles! Six weeks ago I spent ...
Columns
Good fences make good neighbors
Walter Rego is a Master Wall Builder, specializing in international perimeter enhancement technology. Recently, this reporter had the ...
Letters to the Editor
Trump is a very dangerous candidate
Trump has undermined our national security by repeatedly proclaiming that if elected president he would ban all Muslims ...
Editorials
Thanks for another enjoyable Dogwood Fine Arts Festival
Another week of fine arts and culture is in the books. The 25th annual Dogwood Fine Arts Festival ...
Editorials
Support downtown merchants this Third Thursday in Niles
A few months ago, local business owner Daysha Amster revealed that the downtown Niles merchants were going to ...
Letters to the Editor
‘Next to Normal’ is a fantastic show
We had a most incredible experience of theater Sunday afternoon at Twin City Players’ production of the Tony ...
Columns
Bipartisan reforms are focused on smarter justice, safer communities
Half of our prison population is made up of parole and probation violators, and the national average is ...
Columns
A man, a bet and a wheelbarrow
Publicity stunts have been around since at least the days of P.T. Barnum’s carnivals and sideshows — interesting ...
Columns
‘Rock one sock’ to promote child safety
May is National Missing Children’s Month and I would like to raise awareness of this in this week’s ...
Leader Columnists
Surviving election takes focus on future
Are you sick of politics yet? Well, make no mistake about it, the fiasco is just heating up. ...
Leader Columnists
Taking a closer look at the meth problem
In 2016 alone, the word “meth” has been featured in a Leader Publications headline 13 times. It seems ...
Columns
Camping — It doesn’t get any better
OK now, show of hands — how many of you like to go camping? Mr. Espick, please raise ...
Columns
Part 2: Midway draws musicians
MISHAWAKA, Ind. — I ntrigued by the inquiry of a band wanting to practice at the Midway, Albertina ...
