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band camp

‘Super Jaws’ and water balloons end band camp on high note

“A Night at the Movies” Friday evening followed mornings and afternoons at the football field. Read more

by John Eby, Monday, June 17, 2013 10:44 am

News Main

Residents walk an extra mile

“Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” at APEX, the Athletic and Physical Education CompleX behind Union High School, raised at least $7,000 Saturday for Domestic ... Read more

by John Eby, Sunday, June 16, 2013 5:12 pm

Barn Swallow Theatre

Variety show auditions Saturday

  Auditions for the Barn Swallow Theatre variety show will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.   Acts may include singing, dancing, magic, comedy, ... Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:58 pm

Decatur

Decatur granted $14,000 for police car

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen, Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Thursday announced a Rural Development Grant for the Decatur ... Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:56 pm

Miss Southwest

Harner competing for Miss Michigan

Reigning Miss Southwest Michigan Sydney Harner, of Eau Claire, will vie for the title of Miss Michigan along with 31 other candidates from all over ... Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:53 pm

BLAST

Hospital training babysitters

Potential babysitters and parents considering hiring one can receive babysitter lessons and safety training, courtesy of Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital. Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:49 pm

Greater Dowagiac Chamber of Commerce

Sew Can You fashion school opens

Most schools just paused for summer vacation, but at Karla Arndt’s colorful new Sew Can You fashion design, 111 Pennsylvania Ave., classes started Wednesday for ... Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:26 pm

Dowagiac train station

Leatz your ‘host’ at Dowagiac depot

Ron Leatz has been the red-vested Dowagiac depot host for the past four years, since 2009. Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:17 pm

CASA

CASA an independent voice for kids

Cass County CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates) serves 52 children with 23 volunteers and a $120,000 annual budget, of which the independent organization raises 60 percent ... Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:08 pm

Black Family Celebration

Niles NAACP helps revive Black Family Celebration

Niles Branch 3148 of the NAACP will be partnering with Black Family Celebration and I’m Saving Myself prevention/intervention family program to sponsor the Dowagiac Black ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 5:30 pm

DUHS Class of 1991

Hodshire back from Malaysia

Dowagiac graduate Chris Hodshire is back in Michigan for the rest of June after a year as a visiting lecturer at USM — University Science ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 5:27 pm

Dowagiac City Council

Council calls for DMS road completion

Dowagiac City Council members Monday night expressed a desire to make the 2005 middle school less isolated by extending Riverside Drive to Mathews Street or ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 5:21 pm

Cass County Transit Authority

DART, Cass Transit exploring merger

  Cass County Transit Authority Wednesday considers seeking a countywide millage vote in November.   If that request succeeds, CCTA and Dowagiac Dial-A-Ride Transit (DART) ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 5:19 pm

Opal's Food Mart

Opal Vandenburg turning 90

  Opal Vandenburg with a forest of cards from well-wishers for her 90th birthday.    Santa always came second on Christmas morning.   Opal Vandenburg ... Read more

by John Eby, Monday, June 10, 2013 5:17 pm

cass county board of commissioners

Cass moving into eight-county mental health alliance

CASSOPOLIS — Restructuring the public mental health system means Cass County moving from a four-county affiliation with Allegan, Kalamazoo and St. Joseph to an eight-county ... Read more

by John Eby, Monday, June 10, 2013 5:13 pm

Dowagiac

Timbers residents enjoy canine company

Three o’clock on Sunday, as church lets out, is tail-waggin’ time at The Timbers. Read more

by John Eby, Monday, June 10, 2013 5:10 pm

cass county board of commissioners

Equalization director introduced

CASSOPOLIS — Cass County commissioners Thursday night officially met new Equalization Director Tony Meyaard, Fennville’s mayor pro tem. Read more

by John Eby, Monday, June 10, 2013 9:57 am

Cass County Sheriff's Office

Deputy accused of insurance fraud

A Cass County deputy sheriff has been charged with insurance fraud and evidence tampering for staging a fictitious car-deer accident.   Steven Thomas Keene, 48, ... Read more

by John Eby, Friday, June 7, 2013 11:36 am

Cass County Circuit Court

Pizza robbery ringleader convicted

CASSOPOLIS — In April 2012, four young adults with Chicago-area connections lured a pizza delivery person to an abandoned home in Dowagiac, where they robbed him ... Read more

by John Eby, Friday, June 7, 2013 10:54 am

Sister Lakes Elementary School

Here’s pie in your eye

Mike Campbell’s first year as Sister Lakes Elementary School principal ended Thursday as he fended off a foamy fusillade for a good cause. Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, June 6, 2013 4:32 pm

Pokagon Band

Pokagon Band Indiana office open

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Whether it’s called a partnership (South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg) or a relationship (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Chairman Matt Wesaw), it’s authentic ... Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, June 5, 2013 8:12 pm

Bryan Barr

Catching up with original Round Oak ‘piano man’

Writing about Round Oak Restaurant put me in touch with people I haven’t talked to in many a moon, including Bryan Barr and Marge Dudeck. ... Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, June 5, 2013 7:59 pm

Dear John

Dear John/Rudolphi refuge

Why are the tall pine trees dying in Rudolphi Wildlife Refuge?   — Gary Bailey, Dowagiac     Gary Carlile, who was there when it ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, June 4, 2013 5:48 pm

Dowagiac Planning Commission

Haas ready to start building

Dowagiac Planning Commission gave conditional approval Monday night to a site plan submitted by Barr Design Group of Goshen, Ind., for Haas Sytems’ 3,520-square-foot, wood-frame ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, June 4, 2013 5:28 pm

Dowagiac Chieftains

Dowagiac can stay Chieftains

The U.S. Department of Education has dismissed Michigan Department of Civil Rights’ 34-page Feb. 8 complaint against 35 school districts, including Dowagiac, asking it to ... Read more

by John Eby, Monday, June 3, 2013 6:08 pm

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