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News

Niles city leaders look back, ahead at their hometown

NILES — From major projects to big policy decisions to day-to-day work, the city of Niles’ employees and elected officials work to keep their hometown ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Friday, January 3, 2020 8:03 am

News

LifePlan event to fundraise for free programming

NILES — Burgers, veggie bowls and macaroni and cheese will not be the end of one’s meal at The Rage Saturday, Jan. 18. From 2 ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Friday, January 3, 2020 7:44 am

Business

Niles resident releases chess-inspired card game

NILES — With the release of one card game Dec. 16, the cultural lore behind a Roman nymph, Caïssa, and the potential to introduce chess ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, January 2, 2020 8:40 am

News

Buchanan Area Senior Center seeks to expand medical transportation

BUCHANAN — Behind Buchanan Area Senior Center, 810 Rynearson St., beds for a community garden rest between growing seasons. Off to the side, in the ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, January 2, 2020 8:36 am

News

Michigan State Police launches informational, interactive app

MICHIGAN — Whether it be a crash update, an article on internet scams, a shooting report or an upcoming event, Michigan State Police Trooper Holly ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Tuesday, December 31, 2019 8:41 am

News

Chief Millin decodes police log

NILES — Each day, the Niles Police Department, 1600 Silverbrook Ave., creates a police call log that includes all the call officers responded to the ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Tuesday, December 31, 2019 8:40 am

Dowagiac

SMC grad, Niles native hopes to impact millions with research

NILES — During her sophomore year of high school, Audrey Bakerson, of Niles, began a project meant to help people in developing nations. She researched ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Tuesday, December 31, 2019 8:38 am

News

St. Mary’s Church to celebrate 150 years

NILES — Once, nuns walked down the hallways of St. Mary’s of the Immaculate Conception Church’s parish offices, 219 S. State St., when they were ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Monday, December 30, 2019 8:32 am

News

Niles text messaging list can spread breaking news quickly

NILES — It will not be long before Niles is hit with snow. Snow may make for an ideal Hunter Ice Festival in January, but ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Monday, December 30, 2019 8:30 am

News

Chief Millin shares insights into daily life of officers

NILES — Each day, the Niles Police Department, 1600 Silverbrook Ave., creates a police call log that includes all the call officers responded to. The ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Monday, December 30, 2019 8:29 am

News

Cross country skiers await first big snowfall

NILES — “We are ready.” Derek Tyler is referring to the cross country ski season. As the assistant manager for Madeline Bertrand County Park near ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Friday, December 27, 2019 7:47 am

Berrien County

Landfill board votes down committee addressing contaminants

NILES — With a 5-5 split, Southeast Berrien County Landfill Authority’s board voted down a measure to create a committee addressing contaminants potentially within the ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, December 26, 2019 8:01 am

News

Niles City Council considers electric investments

NILES — After a series of successes, Niles’ municipal utilities department left Monday’s Niles City Council meetings at a low. One of the department’s agenda ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, December 26, 2019 8:00 am

Business

Niles business to offer blend of yoga, massage

NILES — Candles, string lights and lamplight cast a warm glow onto six yoga mats in a dim room. Quiet music floats among pillows, blankets, ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, December 26, 2019 7:52 am

News

Woman sentenced to jail, probation for hammer attack

NILES — A Niles woman who hit her neighbor over the head with a hammer while pregnant and high on cocaine was sentenced by Berrien ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Tuesday, December 24, 2019 8:46 am

Education

Grant to help Niles students develop new-age skills

NILES — Scott Morgan’s Ring Lardner Middle School art class is abuzz with seventh-grade students completing projects, but instead of using paintbrushes and pastels, styluses ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Tuesday, December 24, 2019 8:43 am

Dowagiac

SMC student’s project connects art to easing nerves

NILES — Faith White, 21, of Niles, said her last semester at Southwestern Michigan College was a “disaster.” Not because of her professors or her ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Tuesday, December 24, 2019 8:40 am

News

Communication, gut feelings key to online shopping success

NILES — Niles Police Chief Jim Millin has been a fan of online markets for the past few years. He uses all the popular apps ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Monday, December 23, 2019 8:47 am

Berrien County

Berrien County administrator announces resignation

ST. JOSEPH — William Wolf, Berrien County administrator since 2005, announced he will resign in 2020. The Berrien County Board of Commissioners will have until ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Monday, December 23, 2019 8:46 am

Berrien County

Sen. LaSata’s first law to benefit aggregate industry, celebrated with sweets

NILES — A new bill signed into law could help aggregate companies complete work faster, and Niles High School students played a role in celebrating ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Friday, December 20, 2019 8:58 am

Business

Food basket donations distributed by farm market

NILES — This week, vans and trucks came into the parking lot of Shelton’s Farm Market, 1832 S. 11th St., with empty trunks and beds. ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, December 19, 2019 9:22 am

News

Protest pig rolls through Niles

NILES — Jeff Tillman, of Fremont, Michigan, stands next an 18-foot-long pig statue that reads “DON’T TOUCH OUR TERM LIMITS!” on its sides Wednesday, Dec. ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, December 19, 2019 9:16 am

Dowagiac

Local Christmas trees keep invasive species away, ‘tiny forests’ in

SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — Sam Butler said buying a Christmas tree is more than a transaction. It is an experience. Families at Butler Tree Farm, which ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Thursday, December 19, 2019 9:13 am

News

Activism organization hosts inaugural holiday event

NILES — The buzz of razors mixed with the buzz of holiday event attendees Saturday at In the Cut Barbershop, 507 Sycamore St., Niles. In ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Wednesday, December 18, 2019 8:56 am

News

Niles Township board approves 2020 budget

NILES — Niles Charter Township is better prepared for the new decade’s start thanks to action taken at Monday evening’s board of trustees meeting at ... Read more

by Beau Brockett Jr., Wednesday, December 18, 2019 8:51 am

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