Letters to the Editor
Hometown support helped lead youth Chieftains to victory
Last Sunday, the Dowagiac Youth Wrestling Club hosted a Michigan Youth Wrestling Association wrestling tournament. This was the ...
Leader Columnists
Celebrating the faces of Michiana
PHEW. The sigh of relief was audible last Tuesday as our newsroom clicked the send button to ship ...
Columns
Help save a life by becoming an organ donor
Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed my legislation, known as “Lauren’s Law,” to help increase the number of registered ...
Letters to the Editor
EPA cannot be dismantled by current administration
If you are concerned with the direction the current administration is heading to dismantle environmental protections, I say: ...
Letters to the Editor
A well-deserved retirement
I had the pleasure of being taught by Dean Hill. I had him for algebra and law, in ...
Letters to the Editor
State needs to pump brakes on soaring auto insurance costs
It’s about time Sen. Proos awakened to the fact that citizens of Michigan pay an exorbitant amount for ...
Columns
Whatever happened to writing someone a letter?
Dear Editor, The other day I walked out to the mailbox late in the afternoon when the mail ...
Columns
God created diversity
As the children’s song goes, “Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight.” The ...
Letters to the Editor
Thank you for being our guest
The third annual Snow Ball Daddy Daughter Dance was a success, with more than 460 people in attendance ...
Letters to the Editor
Media should report facts, not share their feelings
I have watched and read with interest the political landscape. The 24-hour news cycle and the mainstream media ...
Columns
Get out and enjoy free fishing this weekend
With more than 3,000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, 36,000 miles of rivers and 11,000 inland lakes, Michigan ...
Columns
Get out and enjoy free fishing this weekend
With more than 3,000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, 36,000 miles of rivers and 11,000 inland lakes, Michigan ...
Letters to the Editor
Media should report facts, not share their feelings
I have watched and read with interest the political landscape. The 24-hour news cycle and the mainstream media have ...
Columns
The rocky birth of the Rockery
When the museum gets out-of-town visitors, they sometimes ask what else they “need to see” in town. I ...
Columns
When there was romance
When I was a boy, my mother loved listening to American crooners on our old wooden stereo console ...
Letters to the Editor
Democrats must insist on a 60-vote threshold for Gorsuch
The U.S. constitution specifies that when there is an opening on the Supreme Court, it is the president’s ...
Letters to the Editor
A refreshing break from ‘fake news’
I applaud Leader Publications General Manager Ambrosia Neldon for her very informative column last Wednesday, about a bill that ...
Columns
The gift of public education
There are powerful people who do not believe our public schools are doing a very good job of ...
Columns
The benefits of mindfulness
A few weeks ago, the word “mindfulness” jumped out at me from a magazine rack by the checkout line. ...
Letters to the Editor
Upton, GOP need to take stand against the president
In the pouring rain, standing in front of U.S. Rep. Fred Upton’s office in St. Joseph, I noticed ...
Columns
No flowers for Valentine’s Day
I have never given my wife flowers, candy nor any other gift for Valentine’s Day. To some of ...
Letters to the Editor
Privatization of city services causing more harm than good
I have been a citizen of Dowagiac for more than 50 years. I have always been proud to call ...
Columns
Proos supports competition with border communities
LANSING — Sen. John Proos on Thursday supported Senate passage of legislation designed to help Michigan border communities ...
Letters to the Editor
‘Alternative facts’ about the Affordable Care Act
Opponents of the Affordable Care Act have recently been putting out a variety of “alternative facts” (falsehoods) about ...
Letters to the Editor
Proposed GOP replacement plans for ACA are deficient
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, has outlined a possible replacement for the Affordable Care Act to be implemented upon ...
