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Horizons

Unsung Hero: Barb Schuck, of Buchanan

First, Barb is a cancer survivor. Second, she and her husband, Larry, had a medically fragile son, who died of cancer before Thanksgiving in 2016. ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Thursday, February 23, 2017 10:41 am

Horizons

Unsung Hero: Dan Perry, of Niles

Dan Perry is a volunteer football and wrestling coach at Brandywine Middle School and High School. He can always be seen cheering on the sidelines ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Thursday, February 23, 2017 10:40 am

Horizons

Unsung Hero: Chuck Timmons, of Dowagiac

I am writing you to nominate Chuck Timmons of Dowagiac, Michigan, as one of your “Unsung Heroes.” I wholeheartedly support Mr. Timmons for any award ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Thursday, February 23, 2017 10:38 am

Horizons

Unsung Hero: Valerie Wurn, of Osceola

Four years ago, Valerie lost her dad and she became a caregiver for her mom. Three years ago, her brother was in an accident and ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Thursday, February 23, 2017 10:37 am

Horizions

Unsung Hero: Pat and Gerry Tavernier, of Niles

Pat and Gerry are always helping others and working to improve the community. They are active members of the Lions Club. They are active members ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Thursday, February 23, 2017 10:35 am

Horizons

Unsung Hero: Shirley Grooms, of Niles

Shirley is now in her 70s and still continues to care for her wheelchair-bound daughter, Tania. Shirley deals with Tania’s various medical problems, equipment breakdowns, ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Thursday, February 23, 2017 10:34 am

Horizons

Unsung Hero: Gerry and Tammy Long, Niles

  They are willing to do anything for our church. Once a month, the Longs and others organize a meal for our seniors. Afterwards, they ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Thursday, February 23, 2017 10:31 am

Cassopolis

Volunteer of the Week: Joe Calme, of Cassopolis

Joe Calme, of Cassopolis, is a retired information technology specialist who now raises bees with his wife, Nancy. Joe is an honorary member of Cass ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Wednesday, February 22, 2017 10:45 am

Dowagiac

Pheasants Forever, SMC introducing beehives on college’s campus

After helping to spruce up the campus with wildflowers and grasses last year, students with Southwestern Michigan College’s Ag Club are preparing to roll up ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Wednesday, February 22, 2017 10:27 am

Dowagiac

SMC debuts production of ‘Chicago’ Thursday

Murder, greed, corruption and other sins near and dear to the heart will be on full display this weekend, as Southwestern Michigan College debuts its ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Wednesday, February 22, 2017 10:22 am

Dowagiac

Spanish exchange student sharing love of art with peers

Like many other students her age, 15-year-old Andrea Alcázar has a very active imagination. All one has to do is flip through the pages of ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Tuesday, February 21, 2017 10:27 am

Dowagiac

Man gets prison time for assault

A Dowagiac man will spend the next few years behind bars at a Michigan penitentiary for beating another man with a brick while strung out ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Tuesday, February 21, 2017 10:16 am

Brandywine Education

Dowagiac spellers dominate county spelling bee

The last time Dowagiac Middle School student Martha Schaller went head-to-head against a competitor from Edwardsburg in the final rounds of the Cass County Spelling ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Tuesday, February 21, 2017 10:14 am

Dowagiac

Local nonprofit hosting BHM event

While figures such as Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. are synonymous with black history, a flip through the pages of Cass ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Friday, February 17, 2017 10:57 am

Dowagiac

Union High instructor retires after 45 years

For nearly half a century, Dowagiac Union High School art instructor Dean Hill has used his classroom as a canvas, and used it to work ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Friday, February 17, 2017 10:57 am

Dowagiac

Registration open for DASAS’ second annual Survivor Stomp

The legion of runners and walkers who will be winding their ways along the worn trails of Russ Forest in April will not be hitting ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Thursday, February 16, 2017 8:00 am

Dowagiac

City, union work out plant staffing deal

The turbulent tides that followed the city’s recent decision to privatize the operations of its wastewater treatment plant appear to have receded. The Dowagiac City ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Thursday, February 16, 2017 8:00 am

Dowagiac

Dowagiac Union Schools Students Of The Month

The Dowagiac Union Schools Board of Education honored the district’s January Students of the Month during its meeting Monday night at Dowagiac Middle School. Students ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Wednesday, February 15, 2017 7:02 pm

Dowagiac

Dowagiac police log — Feb. 14-15

Tuesday, Feb. 14 7:40 a.m. — N. Lowe/Adams, traffic policing 7:45 a.m. — N. Lowe/Adams, traffic stop 9:40 a.m. — 300 block Orchard, fraud 12:05 ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Wednesday, February 15, 2017 6:19 pm

Dowagiac

District moving ahead with plans for seven-period days

After spending more than a year studying and working on their homework, administrators with Dowagiac Union Schools are nearly ready for their big test later ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Wednesday, February 15, 2017 8:00 am

Obituaries

Sandra Brown, of Niles

July 23, 1948 — Feb. 9, 2017 Sandra Brown, 68, of Niles, passed away at home Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Sandra was born July 23, ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Wednesday, February 15, 2017 8:00 am

Dowagiac

Board approves contractor for high school asbestos work

While the district has yet to select the companies that will handle most of the dirty work for its upcoming high school renovation project, the ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Wednesday, February 15, 2017 8:00 am

Dowagiac

One Story returns Saturday

If the expression “a picture is worth a 1,000 words,” is true, then the Dowagiac Area History Museum’s collection of more than 6,000 photos depicting ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Tuesday, February 14, 2017 10:35 am

Brandywine Education

Midwest Energy partners with local businesses for educational program

Throughout their time in the classroom, students’ minds are filled with knowledge about arithmetic, science, language, history and a plethora of other subjects. In between ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Monday, February 13, 2017 8:42 am

Dowagiac

Local artist hosting Black History Month exhibit

The wooden canvases of the pieces hanging on the walls of Dowagiac artist O’Larry Collins’ studio contain more than intricately etched depictions of famous figures ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Monday, February 13, 2017 8:37 am

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