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Edward Lowe Foundation

Lowe open house Dec. 14 for new HQ

CASSOPOLIS — Edward Lowe Foundation hosts a public open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 14 to showcase its new headquarters building. Read more

by John Eby, Monday, November 26, 2012 4:28 pm

News

Sports complex planned at former Tyler Refrigeration

Niles City Council at 6 p.m. Monday considers approving a professional services agreement with Wightman and Associates Inc. of Benton Harbor for $35,930 design and ... Read more

by John Eby, Sunday, November 25, 2012 7:25 pm

Dowagiac

Butler Tree Farm ready for guests

Brenda Butler sounds like she’s having some family and friends over for the holidays. And she is, except her open-ended guest list will pack remote ... Read more

by John Eby, Sunday, November 25, 2012 7:17 pm

SMC

SMC adds criminal justice degree

Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees approved a new degree in criminal justice and accepted the 2011-2012 financial audit during the board’s regular meeting Monday ... Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, November 21, 2012 5:20 pm

Sister Lakes Elementary School

Sister Lakes part of speed stack record

Principal Mike Campbell is still the new guy at Sister Lakes and already his school has taken part in a Guinness World Record. Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, November 21, 2012 3:35 pm

Dear John

Dear John/Remembering Ross Beatty

I knew Ross Beatty before he was a building, but I only knew part of his story. Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, November 21, 2012 3:31 pm

Dowagiac Board of Education

Dowagiac school budget revised

Dowagiac Board of Education made its first revisions to the 2012-13 budget Monday night in the middle school cafeteria. Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, November 21, 2012 2:18 pm

Cass County Family Court

Markman: ‘only winners on Adoption Day’

CASSOPOLIS — Michigan Supreme Court Justice Stephen Markman reliably delivers rule of law opinions. But not usually flowers. Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:53 pm

Cass County Family Court

Cass Adoption Day finalizes four families

CASSOPOLIS — Cass County’s 10th annual Adoption Day Tuesday refashioned four families before Family Court Judge Susan Dobrich, who moved the ceremony to Circuit Court ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:40 pm

Dowagiac

Aging schools springing leaks

Dowagiac Union Schools’ aging infrastructure is earning failing grades. Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:19 pm

Edwardsburg High School

Edwardsburg grads to appear in Macy’s Thanksgiving parade

Megan and Liz Mace celebrate their 20th birthdays Wednesday and appear in the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade in New York on Thursday. Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, November 20, 2012 2:37 pm

Obituaries

Wally Kuriata, 73

Walter “Wally” H. Kuriata, 73 Born: Feb. 2, 1939 Died: Nov. 18, 2012 Wally’s life began on Feb. 2, 1939, in Rudnia, Poland, the son ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:58 am

Dowagiac Board of Education

School board honors seven students

Dowagiac Union Schools recognized seven October and September Students of the Month at Dowagiac Middle School cafeteria Monday night. Read more

by John Eby, Monday, November 19, 2012 9:03 pm

Michigan Adoption Day

High court justice attending four Cass adoptions

CASSOPOLIS — Cass will be one of 33 counties celebrating Michigan’s 10th annual Adoption Day. Read more

by John Eby, Monday, November 19, 2012 4:47 pm

Dowagiac Optimist Club

Optimists help support backpack program

Dowagiac Optimist Club’s first $500 donation to the backpack program should furnish a month’s worth of food. Read more

by John Eby, Monday, November 19, 2012 4:20 pm

Goodyear blimp

Goodyear blimp visits Niles

Niles residents flocked to Jerry Tyler Memorial Airport Friday evening for a close-up gawk at one of the three Goodyear blimps. Read more

by John Eby, Saturday, November 17, 2012 3:18 pm

DUHS

44 DUHS freshmen make strong transition

Dowagiac Union High School recognized 44 top-performing freshmen with academic excellence certificates. These students earned all A’s and B’s in all of their classes. “The ... Read more

by John Eby, Friday, November 16, 2012 3:51 pm

Dowagiac

DMS steps up to Five Star Life

Every 12 seconds of every school day, another student drops out. That’s 7,000 students each school day, or more people than live in Dowagiac. Eighty ... Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, November 15, 2012 8:58 pm

berrien county board of commissioners

Police beefed up for ‘Black Friday’

ST. JOSEPH — With Thanksgiving signaling the “Black Friday” start of holiday shopping, Niles Charter Township contracted Thursday with the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office for additional ... Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, November 15, 2012 6:12 pm

Dowagiac Old-Fashioned Christmas

Old-World Market offers nostalgia

Old-World Market of Antiques, which is coming to downtown Dowagiac this weekend for the Old-Fashioned Christmas Celebration, offers shoppers the opportunity to recreate a nostalgic ... Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:28 pm

Imperial Furniture

Imperial book drive this weekend

Imperial Furniture wanted to give back to the community during this weekend’s three-day Christmas open house while finding its own niche. Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:25 pm

Dowagiac Area History Museum

Museum ready by Dogwood

Dowagiac Area History Museum expects to open in time for the May Dogwood Fine Arts Festival, but the wigwam on the lower level which will ... Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:24 pm

SMC

‘Work’ at SMC through Dec. 14

“The Way We Worked” is a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit at Southwestern Michigan College until Dec. 14. Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:19 pm

Fort St. Joseph

Story of century-old Fort St. Joseph rock

Did you ever look at the seven-ton boulder commemorating Fort St. Joseph and wonder how it got there? Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, November 14, 2012 3:43 pm

fracking

LWVBCC explores fracking with forum

BERRIEN SPRINGS — Hydraulically fracturing shale and injecting sand carried with water and chemicals into hairline cracks keeps them open so oil and natural gas ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:47 pm

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