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Dowagiac

Dowagiac choir students help children with Christmas shopping

While used to singing in unison with each other, students with the Dowagiac Union High School choir got on the same sheet of music with ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Wednesday, December 7, 2016 11:19 am

Dowagiac

Dowagiac children participate in free throw contest

More than a dozen children took to the hardwood at Dowagiac Middle CSchool Saturday morning, as part of the Elks’ Hoop Shoot free throw contest. ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Tuesday, December 6, 2016 10:21 am

Dowagiac

Sisters with Beta Sigma Phi donate to Fitch Camp, Cass County Cancer Service

After the community came through to support members of the Beta Sigma Phi in October, the sorority held up its end of the bargain last ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Tuesday, December 6, 2016 10:18 am

Dowagiac

Dowagiac hosting annual ‘Breakfast with Santa’

A special visitor will be coming down the chimney at the Dowagiac Elks Lodge Saturday. The local service organization hosts its annual “Breakfast with Santa” ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Tuesday, December 6, 2016 10:16 am

Business

Light up the town

Chilly but clear weather greeted the illuminated vehicles, floats and marchers making their way down Front Street Friday night, as the annual Candlelight Christmas Parade ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Monday, December 5, 2016 9:48 am

Cass County

Cass man sentenced for assault

Before getting his drinking problem straightened out, a Cassopolis man will have to spend time in a county jail cell after battering his girlfriend during ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Monday, December 5, 2016 9:37 am

Cass County

Serial home invader sentenced to prison

The person described by the county prosecutor as a “one-man crime spree” will spend the next several years in prison after breaking into three Dowagiac ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Monday, December 5, 2016 9:32 am

Dowagiac

Tree of Love campaign hosts lighting ceremony

Like so many other Americans, Dowagiac’s Maxine Ownby knows all too well the damage and turmoil created by cancer. Herself a breast cancer survivor, Ownby ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Friday, December 2, 2016 12:08 pm

Dowagiac

City hosts ribbon cutting for Commercial Street project

Nearly 30 years ago, Dowagiac’s Fred Mathews and other local business owners set out to reinvent the city’s downtown, with the goal of restoring the ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Friday, December 2, 2016 12:04 pm

Cass County

Cass County Animal Shelter hosts open house

Residents will have a chance to meet the four-legged inhabitants of the Cass County Animal Shelter Saturday, as the agency hosts its annual Christmas open ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Thursday, December 1, 2016 10:51 am

Dowagiac

More than 100 units participating in Friday’s Christmas parade

Downtown Dowagiac will be lit from Front Street to Depot Drive Friday night, as a massive procession of illuminated floats, vehicles and walkers take to ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Thursday, December 1, 2016 10:48 am

Dowagiac

Dowagiac nonprofit gets grant for new soup kitchen project

Thanks to a helping hand from the Pokagon Fund, leaders with Dowagiac nonprofit group The Stepping Stone will soon have all the pieces in place ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Wednesday, November 30, 2016 9:43 am

Business

Area realtors open new Dowagiac office

After spending years closing deals on local residences and commercial properties, the mother-daughter duo of Dorothy Mottl and Ale Forburger, with D. MottL Reality Group, ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Wednesday, November 30, 2016 9:42 am

Dowagiac

Dowagiac residents set up donation drive for Standing Rock

As the ongoing protests by members of North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux continue to make headlines across the country, a group of volunteers from Dowagiac ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Tuesday, November 29, 2016 10:27 am

Business

Local game store collecting games, toys for needy families

As co-owner Rob Davidson describes it, the staff of Dowagiac’s Radiant Rogue Games is not in the business of selling games — it is in ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Tuesday, November 29, 2016 10:26 am

Cassopolis

Feed the Hungry campaign raises money for food pantries

While it may not seem like a lot — especially in midst of another crazy holiday shopping season — a single dollar can make a ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Monday, November 28, 2016 9:16 am

Business

Knitting, crocheting shop opens in downtown Dowagiac

Over the last two years, Sister Lakes’ June Nemeth has worked to spin her longtime passion for knitting and crocheting into something the entire community ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Monday, November 28, 2016 9:15 am

Cass County

Edwardsburg woman selected as new road commissioner

Another fresh face — with 30 years of experience in road management — will soon join the ranks of the Cass County Road Commission. Last ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Friday, November 25, 2016 9:41 am

Cass County

9 Cass County children adopted during annual event

By adopting children into their homes, foster parents do more than just provide wayward boys and girls with a roof over their heads. They give ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Friday, November 25, 2016 9:40 am

Education

Volunteer of the Week: Brooke Garcia, Eastside Connections School

Brooke Garcia, of Niles, is a stay-at-home mom who volunteers with Eastside Connections School. How did you get involved with volunteering at the schools? There are ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Wednesday, November 23, 2016 9:38 am

Dowagiac

October Students of the Month

The Dowagiac Union Schools Board of Education recognized the district’s students of the month for October during its meeting Monday night at Dowagiac Middle School. ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Wednesday, November 23, 2016 9:31 am

Dowagiac

Returning school board members sworn into office

Meet the new board, same as the old board. The community had a chance to meet the “new” Dowagiac Union Schools Board of Education during ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Wednesday, November 23, 2016 9:27 am

Cass County

County investigating series of car break-ins

Cass County authorities are on the hunt for a pair of men suspected of breaking into multiple vehicles in the Jefferson Township area over the ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Tuesday, November 22, 2016 9:48 am

Dowagiac

Commercial Street expected to reopen to traffic next week

The orange construction barrels that have greeted visitors to Dowagiac’s downtown the last several months will soon be a thing of the past, as the ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Tuesday, November 22, 2016 9:47 am

Cass County

Man destroys police vehicle, gets prison

A Cassopolis man who has served more than 20 stints in jail will spend even more time behind bars. Judge Michael Dodge sentenced 27-year-old Keith ... Read more

by Ted Yoakum, Monday, November 21, 2016 9:33 am

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