Niles
Back-to-school supply drive
Martin’s Super Market of Niles and Niles Service League conducted a back-to-school supply drive in the month of ...
Niles
Students volunteer to play military taps for Labor Day event
From left, Niles High School students Blayne LeClaire and Ashley Shortman played trumpet along the St. Joseph River ...
Niles
What’s happening at the Niles District Library?
The Niles District Library is building a community of lifelong learners who want to make Niles their lifelong ...
News
Conservation district asking residents to be on the lookout for invasive vines
Chinese Yam, oriental bittersweet, and black or pale swallow-wort, oh my. What do all these plants have in ...
Cass County
County Sheriff urging parents, students follow bus safety tips
With schools starting across Michigan, Cass County Sheriff Richard J. Behnke wants residents to know the laws for ...
Dowagiac
Museum hosting reunion for Orphan Train descendants
Dowagiac’s ongoing Orphan Train Mural project will make its next stop at the local history museum, as organizers ...
Dowagiac
Union High students return to improved building, curriculum
After the noise of drilling, cutting and hammering filled the air around the building the past several months, ...
Education
Renowned chef teaches students art of running a kitchen
Across Berrien County students are packing up their backpacks and returning to class following summer break. This year, ...
Dowagiac
SMC fall classes start Tuesday
A festive, travel-themed freshman orientation set the stage for Southwestern Michigan College’s Class of 2019 to embark on ...
News
Gov. Rick Snyder visits DNR conservation officer recruit school
Gov. Rick Snyder visited the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ eighth conservation officer recruit school in Lansing last ...
Dowagiac
Dowagiac police log — Aug. 31-Sept. 1
Aug. 31 6:12 a.m. — 600 block of Riverside, suspicious situation 10:10 a.m. — Whitney/N. Paul, general noncriminal ...
News
Sen. John Proos announces Pure Michigan Summer Photo Contest
LANSING — Sen. John Proos has announced that he is hosting an online photo contest where southwest Michigan ...
Dowagiac
Dowagiac hosting Orphan Train Descendants Reunion Sept. 23
The Dowagiac Area History Museum will welcome descendants, family and friends of Orphan Train riders for a family-reunion ...
Business
New Dowagiac pottery studio open for business
A small shop located near the intersection of Front and Commercial streets downtown turned out to be quite ...
Dowagiac
Hundreds attend annual Pow Wow
It was a feast for the senses for visitors to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi’s pow wow arena ...
Cass County
Child killed in fatal accident
Mason Township — A 2-year-old child was killed in a fatal accident in Mason Township, according to the ...
News
Niles Community School Board adopts new health curriculum
On Aug. 21, the Niles Community Schools Board of Education adopted a new health curriculum for the district, ...
Niles
Community invited to ‘A Black Tie Affair’
The Niles History Center will host an event called “A Black Tie Affair” from 6 to 8 p.m. ...
News Main
Geospatial information science and technology provides tools across trades for data collection
From applications like Pokémon Go to surveying the most marketable spot for a new business, geospatial information science ...
Dowagiac
GALLERY: Kee-Boon-Mein-Kaa Pow Wow
Hundreds of spectators came out to witness the sights and sounds resonating throughout the grounds of Rodgers Lake ...
News Main
Brandywine students to start service program
By STEPHANIE FORTH stephanie.forth@leaderpub.com Two Brandywine High School seniors have taken the initiative to start a Key Club ...
News
Event celebrates addicts’ ability to get, stay clean
When Doug Doucet was struggling with drug addiction, he found the road to recovery had to start with ...
News
American Legion to play taps Labor Day along St. Joseph River
Next week, residents will have the chance to hear the resounding and solemn echo of taps played along ...
News
Niles police log Aug. 17 to Aug. 20
Aug. 17 12:10 a.m. — 1000 block of S. 11th, public peace/harassment 1:00 a.m. — 10 block of ...
Dowagiac
SMC students preparing for opening day next week
While classes do not officially start until after Labor Day, Southwestern Michigan College’s Dowagiac campus was alive with ...
