NILES SMCAS, Medic 1 discuss potential merger BERRIEN SPRINGS — People got the chance to learn more about a possible merger between the county’s two main ambulance services at a community meeting ... Read more

NILES Niles murder suspect found competent to stand trial NILES — The case against a Missouri man charged with the 2023 death of a Niles man is back on after the man was found ... Read more

DOWAGIAC Dowagiac Chamber celebrates Brookie’s Cafe with ribbon-tying ceremony DOWAGIAC — A downtown eatery was officially welcomed into the Dowagiac business community on Wednesday. Chamber of Commerce representatives and business owners gathered at Brookie’s ... Read more

DOWAGIAC Dowagiac Drama Club to perform ‘Matilda the Musical’ this weekend DOWAGIAC — Students from Dowagiac Middle School and Union High School are gearing up for their first musical performance of 2025. The schools’ musical group ... Read more

CASSOPOLIS Vandalia man gets prison time for drunk driving, meth possession CASSOPOLIS — A Vandalia man who violated terms of a delayed sentencing agreement was sentenced to prison Friday in Cass County Circuit Court.  Thomas Allen ... Read more

EDWARDSBURG Michigan Gateway Community Foundation awards grants to local organizations BUCHANAN — One area organization recently granted more than $145,000 to organizations in Berrien and Cass counties. The Board of Trustees for Michigan Gateway Community ... Read more

SPORTS Dowagiac’s Melvin hangs up whistle after 50 years DOWAGIAC — After five decades of officiating basketball games, Dowagiac resident Randy Melvin has hung up his whistle for good.  Melvin recently officiated his final ... Read more

OPINION We need to stay informed on where our democracy may be headed Editor,  In 1961, President Kennedy initiated the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement our foreign assistance programs helping countries save millions of ... Read more

OPINION Cains: Gullibility, social media and the Martian Invasion of 1938 To this day, I remember an older sister convincing me that people lived inside the moon. Of course, this was an earlier age of rocketry, ... Read more