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Brandywine Education

Brandywine board meeting ends after failure to adopt agenda

NILES — Monday’s Brandywine Board of Education meeting ended only minutes after starting but that didn’t stop community members staying on to express their displeasure ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Tuesday, February 28, 2023 12:43 pm

Crime/Court

Niles man gets prison time for resisting, obstructing police

NILES — A Niles man received his second prison sentence in two months Monday in Berrien County Trial Court.         Kyle Lee Sears, 31, of Sycamore ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Monday, February 27, 2023 12:50 pm

Crime/Court

Area man gets probation for meth possession

CASSOPOLIS — A man on parole who was stopped last fall in Dowagiac was sentenced to probation.  Blair Mitchell, 28, pleaded guilty to possession of ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Sunday, February 26, 2023 6:00 am

Crime/Court

Union man gets jail time for meth possession

CASSOPOLIS — A Union, Michigan man caught with drugs in Edwardsburg will spend the next year in jail.   Cheyenne Datema, 27, of Union, pleaded guilty ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Saturday, February 25, 2023 6:00 am

Cass County

Dowagiac woman gets probation for cocaine possession

CASSOPOLIS — A Dowagiac woman with a long criminal history was given the chance to stay out of jail and serve probation after being sentenced ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, February 24, 2023 12:38 pm

Berrien County

Berrien County commissioners discuss broadband service expansion

ST. JOSEPH — Berrien County’s efforts to expand broadband service in the county are continuing, this time on a new front. County Commissioners Thursday approved ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, February 24, 2023 6:00 am

Cass County

White Pigeon woman receives delayed drunk driving sentence

CASSOPOLIS — A White Pigeon woman sentenced on drunk driving charges was given a delayed sentence and the chance to get her charge reduced next ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Sunday, February 19, 2023 6:30 pm

Cass County

Eau Claire man’s drunk driving charge reduced after completing probation

CASSOPOLIS — An Eau Claire man found guilty of drunk driving had his charge reduced after completing probation. Steven Miller, 44, of Brush Lake Road ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Sunday, February 19, 2023 6:00 am

Cass County

Vandalia man gets probation for cocaine possession

CASSOPOLIS — A Vandalia man has the chance to keep a felony charge off his record if he’s successful on probation.   Shane Reid, 36, of ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Saturday, February 18, 2023 6:00 am

Berrien County

Buchanan discusses possible revival of city’s DDA

BUCHANAN – A proposal to establish a Corridor Improvement Authority in the city of Buchanan has revived discussion of bringing back the city’s Downtown Development ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, February 17, 2023 2:27 pm

Berrien County

Berrien County commissioners discuss county facilities, juvenile center

ST. JOSEPH — Design plans for a new county juvenile center are nearing completion and Berrien County Commissioners may soon have to grapple with whether ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Thursday, February 16, 2023 7:55 pm

Berrien County

South Bend man gets jail time for Berrien Township vehicle theft

NILES — A South Bend man received jail time Monday in Berrien County Trial Court for stealing a vehicle from a Berrien Township man last ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Wednesday, February 15, 2023 9:38 am

Buchanan

Buchanan parts ways with City Manager Heather Grace

BUCHANAN — The city of Buchanan has parted ways with City Manager Heather Grace. City Commissioners approved a separation agreement with Grace at their meeting ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Tuesday, February 14, 2023 12:21 pm

Berrien County

Niles man gets prison time for vehicle theft

NILES — A Niles man who unlawfully took another person’s car was sentenced to prison Monday in Berrien County Trial Court in Niles.  Jason Ray ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Monday, February 13, 2023 1:12 pm

Cass County

Dowagiac man gets probation for domestic violence, witness tampering

CASSOPOLIS —A Dowagiac man with a long criminal record was given a chance to change his life on probation.  Peter Starrett, Sr., 42, of West ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Saturday, February 11, 2023 6:00 am

Berrien County

Silver Beach County park receives $850,000 Spark grant for new playground equipment

ST. JOSEPH — Thursday’s Berrien County Board of Commissioners meeting began with good news about a state grant for the Silver Beach County Park.   Berrien ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, February 10, 2023 2:44 pm

Crime/Court

Dowagiac man gets prison time for assaulting pregnant girlfriend

CASSOPOLIS — A Dowagiac man is going to prison after assaulting his pregnant girlfriend and then later absconding from an earlier sentencing date.  Andrew Gibson, ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, February 10, 2023 12:52 pm

Berrien County

Indiana man gets jail time for cocaine possession

NILES — An Indiana resident who also faces human smuggling charges in Uvalde, Texas, was sentenced to jail Monday in Berrien County Trial Court.   Osvaldo ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Tuesday, February 7, 2023 3:50 pm

Berrien County

Niles man gets prison time for BB gun assault

NILES — A Niles man is headed back to prison after being sentenced Monday in Berrien County Trial Court.  Nathan Andrews Phillip, 31, of Niles, ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Monday, February 6, 2023 1:38 pm

Cass County

Convicted murderer sentenced for 2020 Cassopolis armed robbery

CASSOPOLIS — A man in prison in Indiana for murder was sentenced Friday in Cass County Circuit Court for the armed robbery incident that just ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Saturday, February 4, 2023 6:00 am

Berrien County

Berrien County Prosecutor visits commissioners

ST. JOSEPH — Berrien County Prosecutor Steve Pierangeli updated Berrien County Commissioners Thursday on the prosecutor’s office’s activities in 2022 as well as his plans ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, February 3, 2023 6:30 pm

Cass County

Edwardsburg woman living with 29 dogs gets probation

CASSOPOLIS — An Edwardsburg woman will have to pay more than $20,000 in restitution to Cass County Animal Control for the care of 29 dogs ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, February 3, 2023 4:07 pm

Berrien County

Appeal denied for Niles man convicted of killing Dowagiac man in 2009 stabbing

NILES — The Niles man who stabbed and killed a Dowagiac man in 2009 has had his appeal for a new trial denied.  The Michigan ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Wednesday, February 1, 2023 6:00 am

Berrien County

Trial for Buchanan man in fatal OWI crash postponed

BERRIEN COUNTY — The trial date for a Buchanan man who allegedly drove drunk and killed a Berrien County Road Department worker last July has ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Tuesday, January 31, 2023 1:35 pm

Crime/Court

Niles man gets jail time for failing to register as sex offender

NILES — A Niles man who failed to register as a sex offender was sentenced to jail.  Eric Michael Yazell, 36, of Niles, pleaded guilty to ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Tuesday, January 31, 2023 6:00 am

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