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Dowagiac Middle School

Teen-ager takes his own life

Police confirmed that Darren James Price, the 13-year-old former student who shot himself in the woods east of Dowagiac Middle School, has died. Read more

by John Eby, Monday, June 3, 2013 1:13 pm

Cass County Prosecutor’s Office

Shooting closes schools

A 14-year-old former student apparently shot himself early this morning as police closed in in the woods east of Dowagiac Middle School. Read more

by John Eby, Monday, June 3, 2013 10:22 am

148th Commencement

Dowagiac graduates 121 at cool ceremony

From five co-valedictorians and a 1943 diploma to windy weather in the 50s, Dowagiac’s 148th Commencement Sunday afternoon on Chris Taylor-Alumni Field was uncommon. Read more

by John Eby, Sunday, June 2, 2013 6:27 pm

Alliance for Smiles

Rotarians match challenge

Dowagiac Rotary Club contributions to Alliance for Smiles will enable two children to receive free reconstructive surgery for cleft lips or palates. Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:39 pm

Dowagiac Rotary Club

Gun sales on record pace

Gun business is booming. Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:36 pm

City of Dowagiac

Volunteer muscle moved museum

Chuck Timmons of Sister Lakes belongs to three Masonic lodges — Dowagiac, Marcellus and Lawrence — and promotes blood drives before committing months of his ... Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:11 pm

Dowagiac City Council

Fiber network growing

A five-year agreement Dowagiac City Council made Tuesday night with ACD.net will provide fiber network improvements and services. Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:02 pm

Marge and Paul

Dowagiac loses first dining destination

Round Oak Restaurant would have turned 32 years old in June.   Whether you went there as a New Year’s Eve tradition, to dance to ... Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:00 pm

CAUA

Dowagiac managing Cassopolis sewer

Dowagiac will make $30,000 in each of the next two years managing the Cassopolis Area Utilities Authority (CAUA). Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, May 29, 2013 8:56 pm

Dowagiac City Council

Festival bringing back beer garden, rides

Dowagiac City Council Tuesday night approved a proposal to resurrect a beer garden and amusement rides for the July 25-27 Summer in the City Festival. Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, May 28, 2013 9:56 pm

Kincheloe Elementary School

Starfish Stories/Sharese Franklin

Kincheloe Elementary students and staff would like to recognize Sharese Franklin for her years of volunteering at the school.  Sharese has been a member of ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, May 28, 2013 9:40 pm

Cass County Council on Aging

Sequestration cuts not felt yet by meal programs

Sequestration’s “impact on us has been fairly small,” Cass County Council on Aging Executive Director Bob Cochrane said Tuesday. Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, May 28, 2013 9:37 pm

Dowagiac Memorial Day

Hains recalls Gettysburg Address

Awash in “liquid sunshine,” Masons of Peninsular Lodge 10 braced themselves against 53-degree temperatures and pressed on with Memorial Day. Read more

by John Eby, Monday, May 27, 2013 5:07 pm

fourth annual Oshke-Kno-Kewewen pow wow

Healing eagle staff visits pow wow

Every feather tells a story. Read more

by John Eby, Monday, May 27, 2013 5:03 pm

Dowagiac Memorial Day

Lt. Col. Hains Dowagiac Memorial Day speaker

Dowagiac’s Memorial Day observance organized by the Masonic Peninsular Lodge 10 starts at 10:30 a.m. Monday in front of City Hall, with the parade stepping ... Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:04 pm

Alliance for Smiles

Every child deserves a smile

After 15 trips to China, Africa, Bangladesh and the Philippines, Dowagiac Rotarian Wilber Breseman heads to Portugal next month to man the Alliance for Smiles ... Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:57 pm

cass county board of commissioners

Commissioner Bickel dies

    Former Cass County commissioner Gordon Lamar Bickel Sr., 83, was found dead outside Tuesday afternoon near a trailer on which he was working. ... Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:53 pm

cass county board of commissioners

County paying $130,000 for reappraisal

CASSOPOLIS — Cass County commissioners voted 5-1 at a special meeting Thursday evening to authorize $130,000 for reappraisal of all commercial and industrial parcels for ... Read more

by John Eby, Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:52 pm

Class of 2013

Class of 2013 offered $736,615

Dowagiac Union High School’s Class of 2013 received $736.615 in scholarship offers Wednesday night at the 55th annual honors program in the DUHS cafeteria. Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 9:32 pm

Dowagiac

87-year-old to get high school diploma

Undoubtedly, William S. Myrkle will be the oldest graduate in a cap and gown at Dowagiac’s June 2 Commencement. Myrkle, who turns 88 June 4, ... Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:19 pm

Cassopolis

Robert Vinson retires from Camp Baber

CASSOPOLIS — Robert Vinson is winding down after devoting half his life to Camp Baber. Vinson, 66, is retiring after 33 years managing and maintaining the ... Read more

by John Eby, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:10 pm

Cass County drug courts

Latest treatment graduates

CASSOPOLIS — Jaclyn Blatson, 29, of Dowagiac, was sentenced last October to seven months in jail for her Feb. 22, 2012, offense in Jones of ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 7:10 pm

All Rise America! epic road trip

‘All Rise’ lauds Cass courts as models

CASSOPOLIS — Part pep rally, part sobering reflection on Cass County’s 11-year journey with drug courts, the All Rise America! motor home rolled up to ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:58 pm

Dowagiac Union High School

Dear John/The Wahoo

When was the high school yearbook Wahoo first published? Where did the name come from?   — Dave Thomas   It has been The Wahoo ... Read more

by John Eby, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:27 pm

Dowagiac

Nursing home celebration carries funky themes

A woman in night clothes, her hair in curlers, greeted visitors to The Timbers of Cass County on Wednesday as part of a week-long celebration ... Read more

by John Eby, Sunday, May 19, 2013 6:38 pm

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