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Berrien County

County discusses potential new residential, outpatient treatment facility

ST. JOSEPH – The need for a new residential and outpatient treatment facility in the county was addressed at Thursday’s Berrien County Board of Commissioners’ ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, August 19, 2022 6:00 am

Berrien County

South Bend man pleads guilty to soliciting minor at Niles hotel

NILES — A South Bend man who served as a youth hockey coach in the area has pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor at a ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Wednesday, August 17, 2022 11:33 am

Berrien County

Local men sentenced to prison on forgery, meth charges

NILES – Two area residents were sentenced to prison Monday in Berrien County Trial Court in Niles.  Michael Allen House, 29, of Buchanan, pleaded guilty ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Monday, August 15, 2022 2:32 pm

Cass County

South Bend man sentenced to prison for meth possession

CASSOPOLIS – Several area residents were sentenced Friday in Cass County Circuit Court on drug and other charges.  Mark Tusing, 50, of South Bend, pleaded ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Sunday, August 14, 2022 3:30 pm

Cass County

Niles woman gets probation for drugs, drunk driving

A Niles woman who drove drunk and on drugs and crashed her car into a tree in Howard Township was sentenced to probation.  Kasey Kelley, ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Saturday, August 13, 2022 3:30 pm

Cassopolis

Dowagiac woman sentenced to prison for 2021 murder

CASSOPOLIS – A Dowagiac woman who shot and killed a man in the midst of an argument in early 2021 was sentenced Friday to prison ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, August 12, 2022 2:24 pm

Cass County

Local man sentenced for criminal sexual conduct

CASSOPOLIS — A Grand Junction man already in prison from a Berrien County conviction for criminal sexual conduct and breaking and entering received another prison ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Saturday, August 6, 2022 6:00 am

Cass County

Dowagiac man described as ‘one man crime wave’ gets jail time

CASSOPOLIS — A Dowagiac man who represented a “one man crime wave” was sentenced to a year in the county jail Friday in Cass County ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, August 5, 2022 1:30 pm

Berrien County

Niles man sentenced to probation on gun charge

NILES – Michael Leon Plew, 26, of Niles, pleaded guilty to possession of a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle and was sentenced to two ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Tuesday, August 2, 2022 6:00 am

Cassopolis

Local residents sentenced on drug, assault, insurance fraud charges

CASSOPOLIS — An Edwardsburg man who threatened people with a gun in Dowagiac in 2020 and then stole a golf cart in Edwardsburg in 2021 ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Sunday, July 31, 2022 2:00 pm

Cassopolis

Dowagiac man sentenced to prison for drug distribution

CASSOPOLIS – A Dowagiac man involved in dealing drugs is going to prison after being sentenced Friday in Cass County Circuit Court.  Frank Mitchell, 41, ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, July 29, 2022 6:00 pm

Buchanan

Berrien County purchases American Electric Power building in Buchanan

ST. JOSEPH – Berrien County Commissioners made it official Thursday. The county is buying the American Electric Power headquarters on Circle Drive on the north ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, July 29, 2022 10:37 am

Berrien County

Area residents sentenced to prison on drug, obstruction charges

NILES — Two area residents were sentenced to prison Monday in Berrien County Trial Court in Niles.  Jeremy James Griffin, 36, of South Bend, pleaded ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Tuesday, July 26, 2022 11:19 am

Cassopolis

Marcellus man sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting minor

CASSOPOLIS – A man who molested a young girl numerous times over several years was sentenced to prison Friday in Cass County Circuit Court. The ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, July 22, 2022 2:10 pm

News

Area residents sentenced on drug, weapons charges

NILES — Several area residents were sentenced to probation on meth and other charges in Berrien County Trial Court Monday. Andrew Ray Didion, 23, of ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Wednesday, July 20, 2022 12:23 pm

Berrien County

Buchanan man named director of county road department

ST. JOSEPH — Berrien County Commissioners hired a new department head for the second time in as many weeks. Last week, commissioners hired Buchanan Township ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Monday, July 18, 2022 3:30 pm

Berrien County

Niles man sentenced on drug charges

NILES — A Niles man was sentenced on meth-related charges in Berrien County Trial Court Monday.  Anthony Freeman Davis, 33, of Fourth Street in Niles, ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Monday, July 18, 2022 2:30 pm

Berrien County

Berrien County to purchase American Electric Power building in Buchanan

ST. JOSEPH — Work is progressing on plans for Berrien County to buy the American Electric Power building in Buchanan. Berrien County Commissioner Jim Curran ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Thursday, July 14, 2022 6:00 pm

Berrien County

Local man sentenced to prison on drug charges

NILES — A Berrien Springs Man was sentenced to prison in Berrien County Trial Court in Niles Monday. Nicholas Gene Beckman, 34, of Old U.S. ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Monday, July 11, 2022 4:10 pm

Cass County

Local residents sentenced to probation on drug, other charges

CASSOPOLIS – Several area residents were given the chance to turn their life around on probation rather than go to prison on drug and other ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Sunday, July 10, 2022 6:00 am

Buchanan

Buchanan man sentenced to prison on home invasion, assault charges

CASSOPOLIS – A Buchanan man who broke into his ex-wife’s home last year and assaulted her and her new boyfriend was sentenced to prison Friday ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, July 8, 2022 1:37 pm

Uncategorized

Teen sentenced for painting swastikas in school, threatening administrators

CASSOPOLIS – A Cassopolis teen who painted swastikas inside Marcellus High School and threatened two school administrators will have to write letters of apology and ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Friday, July 1, 2022 12:30 pm

Berrien County

Commission honors life of ‘Sheriff Jewell’

ST. JOSEPH — Forrest “Nick” Jewell was a sheriff’s sheriff and a cop’s cop, Berrien County Trial Judge Dennis Wiley said Thursday. Wiley was one ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Thursday, June 30, 2022 2:29 pm

Berrien County

Local residents sentenced to prison, probation

NILES – Area residents were sentenced to prison and probation in Berrien County Trial Court Monday, including a Buchanan man who shot into a building ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Tuesday, June 28, 2022 3:30 pm

Community News

Niles man sentenced for shooting MSP trooper

NILES — The man who shot and injured Michigan State Trooper Jason DeVries will spend the next several years in prison after being sentenced Monday ... Read more

by Debra Haight, Monday, June 27, 2022 1:40 pm

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