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Presidents' Day

Watervliet man protected president

      Silverbrook Manor turned to resident Norman Hammel’s brother, Ivan, as Presidents’ Day speaker Monday. Ivan’s security work for four years at Fairmont ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, February 19, 2013 3:45 pm

Fair Tax

Fair Tax gaining traction

Fair Tax, a spending alternative to the current federal income tax system, “is starting to get a little traction,” according to 10-year proponent John Gisler. Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, February 19, 2013 3:40 pm

Dowagiac Middle School

Starfish Story: Jeff Winters

Jeff Winters is a student advocate at DMS, and day in and day out, he walks the halls of our school finding ways to move ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, February 19, 2013 2:00 pm

berrien county board of commissioners

Juvenile facility operated at 96% full

ST. JOSEPH — While other such facilities ran so far below full that wings closed, “busy” Berrien County Juvenile Center operated at 96 percent ... Read more

by John Eby, Monday, February 18, 2013 7:00 pm

Berrien County Board of Commissiners

Truancy Academy funding waning

ST. JOSEPH — The award-winning Berrien County Trial Court Truancy Academy’s days could be numbered. Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:57 pm

Justus Gage Elementary School

Justus Gage exposing engineering

Nancy Leonard combines paying it forward with old-fashioned payback introducing Justus Gage Elementary School to engineering. Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:52 pm

Dowagiac Union High School

Bogen wins state award

Union High School junior Nick Bogen was almost late for Dowagiac’s Christmas parade receiving Michigan’s “Teenage Coordinator of the Year” at the two-day Citizen Corps ... Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:46 pm

Dowagiac Rotary Club

Hope’s Door offers second chance, not free ride

“Not every story is a success story”; of 33 women admitted to Hope’s Door since 2010, three relapsed. Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:28 pm

Lewis Cass ISD

LCISD adds Anderson

CASSOPOLIS — Lewis Cass Intermediate School District named Dowagiac City Manager Kevin Anderson to its five-member board Wednesday night. Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, February 14, 2013 4:48 pm

Dowagiac Union High School

DUHS honor roll, first marking period

  DOWAGIAC UNION HIGH SCHOOL FIRST MARKING PERIOD – 2012/13   Freshmen All A’s   Burns, Jessica Kiggins, McKinzie Olson, Heather Villegas, Victoria Yakim, Justin ... Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, February 13, 2013 7:35 pm

Dowagiac Middle School

Starfish Stories No. 8/Kara Cox

    “Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hatred cannot drive out hatred. Only love can do that.” These are the ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:49 pm

cass county board of commissioners

No date yet for forum

CASSOPOLIS — A suggested June 7 date for Cass County’s 22nd annual Intergovernmental Forum was shot down by county commissioners Feb. 7 because it falls ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:46 pm

Dowagiac City Council

Supreme Court heads off local dispensary

Dowagiac dodged a drug dispensary. Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:42 pm

Dowagiac Union Schools

‘Chieftains’ on the chopping block

Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Friday, asking the federal agency ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:38 pm

Dolly Parton Imagination Library

Third grade reading predicts career success

          Reading proficiently by third grade is the most important predictor of high school graduation and career success. Failing to read ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:24 am

Catholic church

Pope’s resignation not surprising to some

  Pope Benedict XVI, 85, said Monday he lacks the strength to fulfill his duties. On Feb. 28, he will become the first pontiff in ... Read more

by John Eby, Monday, February 11, 2013 5:38 pm

Legendary Song

Sixth Generation song winning Legends Hall of Fame vote

With 18 percent of the vote for “This is the Time,” Sixth Generation’s closest competition for “Legendary Song” is another Niles band, Tommy James and ... Read more

by John Eby, Monday, February 11, 2013 2:46 pm

74th Miss Dowagiac

Get to know new Miss Dowagiac

  Amanda Hassle prepared for the “Once Upon a Time” pageant by learning to walk in high heels. “I’m so excited,” she said Sunday morning. ... Read more

by John Eby, Monday, February 11, 2013 11:08 am

News Main

Amanda Hassle crowned Miss Dowagiac

Union High School senior Amanda Hassle was crowned 74th Miss Dowagiac Saturday night at the middle school Performing Arts Center by 2012 queen and Miss ... Read more

by John Eby, Sunday, February 10, 2013 5:28 pm

cass county board of commissioners

Drug courts awarded $50,000

CASSOPOLIS — Fourth District Court received a $50,000 grant for Feb. 1 to Sept. 30 to support Cass County’s three treatment courts, family treatment, adult drug ... Read more

by John Eby, Sunday, February 10, 2013 1:43 pm

Cass County Sheriff's Office

Two facing drug charges in Porter

Cass County Drug Enforcement Team announced Friday that on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 6:30 p.m., detectives conducted a search of a residence in the 13000 ... Read more

by John Eby, Friday, February 8, 2013 4:49 pm

cass county board of commissioners

Cass evaluating equalization

CASSOPOLIS — Cass County is unique in Michigan in having outsourced its entire equalization operation to Manatron in Portage. Read more

by John Eby, Friday, February 8, 2013 2:53 pm

cass county board of commissioners

Three Cass County expansions in works

  CASSOPOLIS — Fourteen companies in Dowagiac, Edwardsburg, Penn Township and Silver Creek Township invested $8 million, creating 327 jobs in Cass County in 2012, ... Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, February 7, 2013 9:32 pm

Dowagiac Board of Education

District looks to reverse enrollment trend

  Sagging enrollments put Dowagiac Union Schools on a fiscal cliff of its own. The school board at a special work session Wednesday evening heard ... Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 9:15 pm

Dowagiac post office

Saturday mail delivery ending

U.S. Postal Service’s announcement Wednesday it plans to end Saturday mail delivery the week of Aug. 5 “shouldn’t be a complete shock to anybody because ... Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 1:03 pm

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