Editorials
Guns have no place in school
There are many laws that need to be changed in the state of Michigan. We can’t think of ...
Letters to the Editor
Thank you voters for supporting our students
Thank you Niles voters for your recent support of our teachers, our staff, our administrators and, most of ...
Leader Columnists
Michiana is blossoming
It seems everywhere I look these days, I see growth. Michiana is showing the most literal representation of ...
Leader Columnists
Presidential race needs surprise candidate
All indications are that next year’s presidential primary is going to feature a crowded field, but I’m casting ...
Columns
Arnold fixes the roads
Big John Hudson bounced through the front door of the diner and serpentined his way to the big ...
Columns
Pat Ham lunch aids do a stellar job
Imagine a snowy, blowy day at school. Students are restless from being inside and trying to focus when ...
Columns
Pledge to share the road
With warmer weather approaching, more bicycles have been and will be seen on the roads. The Michigan Vehicle ...
Editorials
Open dialog matters
The leaders of the Dowagiac Police Department recently announced that they will be hitting the streets later this ...
Editorials
Bertrand Twp. citizens deserve safe, efficient equipment
Imagine a loved one has been taken to the hospital, and the doctor has decided that an emergency ...
Editorials
Municipalities can’t wait on state to fix our roads
Until state legislators can come up with a way to fix roads that makes sense, local municipalities will ...
Editorials
County board continues commitment to history
Some of the county’s oldest remaining artifacts aren’t located inside the shelves of the Dowagiac Area History Museum ...
Editorials
Support our local leagues
Although school is still in session, summer baseball has gotten under way throughout southwest Michigan.
Columns
Look at all the history around us
Sometimes we look at things, but we don’t really see them.
Columns
I am not a worker by definition
You may have noticed that at the end of my weekly column it says: “works at the Edwardsburg ...
Editorials
Proposal 1 failure puts focus on lawmakers
Michigan voters sent a clear message to legislators on Tuesday when they overwhelmingly nixed the complicated Proposal 1. ...
Letters to the Editor
Thank you for the help Garry Malich
Sister Lakes Elementary staff would like to thank Mr. Garry Malich.
Editorials
Neighboring election highlights need for community involvement
For Dowagiac residents hitting the polls Tuesday, only a single question awaited them on the ballot – which ...
Letters to the Editor
Search was excessive
Referencing the article printed in the Niles Daily Star on May 1, 2015, about the execution of a ...
Columns
Transparency is the key to providing future accountability
Michigan is facing a looming problem that is already affecting our schools and all levels of state government: ...
Leader Columnists
Voting is a privilege Americans continue to waste
The citizens of Berrien and Cass counties should be disappointed with themselves and their neighbors after Tuesday’s election, ...
Leader Columnists
An ode to moms
If there is one thing every single person on this earth has in common, it is that every ...
Columns
Traveling the Sunset Coast
This is the beginning of my favorite time of year along the Sunset Coast. It is the start ...
Columns
‘A-C-T’ to prevent child heat strokes
In 2013, nationwide, 44 children died from heatstroke after being accidentally left in a parked vehicle, including three ...
Columns
Appreciate your teachers
This is Teacher Appreciation Week. Here at Brandywine, we expand that to Staff Appreciation Week, because everyone contributes ...
