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Middle school recognizes paraprofessionals

Just like it takes a village to raise a child, it takes an entire school to educate a ...

Dowagiac

School board leaders retain officer positions

Following their tremendous success last year with the passage of the pair of school bonds, the Dowagiac Union ...

Dowagiac

Local business owner donates to Dowagiac middle school

A Dowagiac man’s random act of generosity Friday has helped relieve some of the financial stress of more ...

Business

Eagle Graphics, Shopko give back to schools

Shopko and Eagle Graphics recently announced that together they have donated $47,670 to local high schools during 2015. ...

Dowagiac

New business partners with student achievement program

Some achievements in the classroom simply can’t be graded through letters of the alphabet. Whether its through their ...

Dowagiac Union Education

December Starfish Story: Kincheloe Elementary volunteers

The students at Kincheloe Elementary are blessed all through the school year by the giving of our community ...

Dowagiac

Greenhouse club still growing

Update: A previous version of this story stated that Polly Judd wrote the grant proposal submitted to Midwest Energy; the ...

Dowagiac

Sister Lakes book giveaway larger than ever

Last Christmas, a generous donation to allow the students of Rachel Kyncl’s classroom at Sister Lakes Elementary School ...

Brandywine Education

DAR honors students from five Cass County high schools

The Captain Samuel Felt Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution honored its Good Citizens from Marcellus, ...

Dowagiac Union Education

AV Club draws attention to athletes

By BRITTANY MALIN The club in the spotlight this issue is the Audio Visual Club, whose goal is ...

Dowagiac Union Education

Students using new technology

By LAUREN SMITH Teens are always interested in the latest technology, but during the school day they aren’t ...

Dowagiac Union Education

Dowagiac students collect food for those in need

By JESSICA BURNS Every year, the Dowagiac Union Schools’ choir program gives back to the community in various ...

Dowagiac

Midwest Energy donates to middle school computer class

It’s the heartbeat of the devices that people around the world rely on everyday, be it the computers ...

Dowagiac

Positively Dance to perform at Dowagiac Middle School

The dancers with MKSOD’s Positively Dance troupe will be showing audiences the true meaning of the holidays, as ...

Dowagiac

District begins laying groundwork for facility improvements

A little over a month after the passage of the district’s $37 million school bonds, plans for how ...

Dowagiac

Dowagiac Union Schools host migrant parent resource fair

Sister Lakes Elementary School recently hosted one of two parent resource fairs scheduled to be held this school ...

Dowagiac

Detective demonstrates lie detector test to high school class

For the first time in her life, Dowagiac Union High School junior Taylor Hulett was asked by her ...

Columns

November Starfish Story: A true ‘HERO’

At Dowagiac Middle School we speak often with our students about being Chieftain HEROes. HERO is an acronym ...

Cass County

New program finding success at Dowagiac school

When Dowagiac Union High School senior Anthony Neubauer first enrolled in the high school’s new Job for Michigan’s ...

Cass County

Dowagiac honors largest group of freshmen for achievement

Judging by the number of freshmen occupying the tables and lounge chairs inside the media center at Dowagiac ...

Business

Students find fun with finances

While cranking out calculations and crafting precise budgets doesn’t sound like most entertaining sorts of activities on paper, ...

Dowagiac

Interact club members recount recent trip to Rotary leadership camp

A few weeks before they returned to class near the beginning of September, Dowagiac’s Ellen Cox and Teddy ...

Dowagiac

Leaders, students react to passage of Dowagiac school bonds

Spirits remained high Wednesday morning as Dowagiac Union Schools leaders and students returned to their usual routines following ...

Dowagiac

District voters approve pair of school bonds

After months of campaigning, leaders with the Dowagiac Union Schools district received the two simple answers they were ...

Cass County

Honor Credit Union helps students with service project

Students with Jennifer Wilson’s fifth-grade classroom at Kincheloe Elementary received a special visit Thursday morning when Honor Credit ...

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