Dowagiac

Seventh grader starts non-profit

    A former Patrick Hamilton student who started a non-profit to help families in need of clothing ...

Dowagiac

Hunter’s ‘Art from the Start’ Thursday

“Art from the Start,” an exhibit honoring retired Dowagiac educator Margaret E. Hunter, proves “we’ve got wonderful artists ...

Dowagiac

Prom crash response immediate

  Union High School marshaled an immediate response prom night on Saturday that included counselors to console distraught ...

Dowagiac

Starfish Stories No. 12/Carrie Muessig

    In my office is a poster that reads:  “Priorities: A hundred years from now it will ...

Dowagiac Union Education

18-mill levy retooled for savings

Dowagiac Union Schools’ annual 18-mill, non-homestead millage, which the district relies on for $4.1 million, is being shifted ...

Cass County

Dance pancake benefit Saturday at Pat Ham

Positively Dance is holding a pancake and sausage breakfast this Saturday, April 27, in honor of Miss MacKenzie ...

Cass County

Voters asked to restore millage

Lewis Cass Intermediate School District will ask Cass County voters Nov. 5 to restore .4709 of a mill ...

Dowagiac Union Education

Voters asked to restore millage

Lewis Cass Intermediate School District will ask Cass County voters Nov. 5 to restore .4709 of a mill ...

Dowagiac

Six students honored for March

Dowagiac Board of Education Monday night in the middle school cafeteria recognized the six March Students of the ...

Dowagiac

Five share valedictorian in Class of 2013

An unprecedented five co-valedictorians will lead Dowagiac Union High School’s 121-member Class of 2013 at graduation June 2.

Cass County

Schinske’s job combines two passions

Kristin Schinske’s position in Portage as program assistant with the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SWMLC) combines her passions ...

Dowagiac

Justus Gage alarm investigated

Dowagiac Public Safety Director Tom Atkinson reports that officers of the Dowagiac Police Department responded to a panic ...

Dowagiac Union Education

Looking Inside Dowagiac Schools: Five Star Life

    According to Seth Maust, COO of Five Star; “Five Star is the best hotel, restaurant and ...

Dowagiac Union Education

DUHS honor roll

Dowagiac Union High School honor roll for third marking period, 2012-13     Seniors   All A’s   ...

Berrien County

Four new laws revamp medical marihuana

Effective April 1, Michigan enacted new and amended medical marihuana laws addressing requirements to obtain a card, defining ...

Cass County

Dogwood gallery exhibiting Margaret Hunter paintings

At 91, there’s still much to learn about retired art teacher Margaret Hunter.

Dowagiac

Celebration Graduation recycling

Dowagiac Celebration Graduation 2013 will take all scrap metal, including old appliances, bikes, stainless steel sinks and broken ...

Dowagiac

Celebration Graduation 2014 organizing

Attention Dowagiac Class of 2014 parents: There will be a Celebration Graduation meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, ...

Cass County

Lions studying youth movement

Dowagiac Lions Club is exploring forming a student Leo club, as Edwardsburg did with great success, or an ...

Dowagiac

Teachers offered buy-outs

Dowagiac Board of Education March 18 approved an early retirement incentive. “The incentive is $10,00 per teacher. If ...

Dowagiac

Intervention boosts literacy

Reading Recovery is a short-term intervention of one-to-one tutoring for low-achieving first-graders.

Cass County

Dental clinic reaches out to schools

For five years, Van Buren and Cass County District Health Department has been putting together a state-of-the-art dental ...

Dowagiac

Five February students saluted

  Dowagiac Board of Education recognized five February Students of the Month, including two future firefighters, Monday night ...

Dowagiac

Starfish Story #11/Tribute to secretaries

  There are many groups responsible for the operation of the Dowagiac Union Schools. Teachers, para-pros, administrators, bus ...

Dowagiac

Spring musical celebrates disco era

Dowagiac’s spring musical, “Disco Inferno,” brings parents closer to their children, who need advice on how to replicate ...

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