Cass County

Cass introducing students to manufacturing careers

Cass County is teaming up with Lewis Cass Intermediate School District, Michigan Works!, Southwestern Michigan College and area ...

Dowagiac

Parapro Sally Bridges wears many hats

Our para-professional Sally Bridges is a woman of many talents to say the least. Her daily routine consists ...

Brandywine Education

How school chiefs make closing call

Cass and Berrien counties were of two minds when it came to closing school Tuesday.

Dowagiac

Pat Ham volunteer survived Nazi Germany

Schools should be safe places, but Ursula Gustav was wary way before the “heartbreaking” massacre Dec. 14 at ...

Dowagiac

School breakfast business grows

Dowagiac lines up with state and national statistics that half the kids who are eligible for the federal ...

Cass County

Mathews fifth member of casino board

Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees Chairman Dr. Fred L. Mathews will be the fifth member of Pokagon ...

Dowagiac

Taylor Myers honored again in Indy

  Taylor Myers, a Dowagiac Union High School freshman, was among 12 female racers honored at the annual ...

Dowagiac

Justus Gage students make lots of cents

Justus Gage Elementary School proved pennies pile up.

Cassopolis

Lighthouse child care opening in Cass

CASSOPOLIS — It seems odd running into the president of the Dowagiac Board of Education in a Cassopolis ...

Dowagiac

School payroll down, but benefit cost up

Dowagiac Union Schools District spends less on salary and wages than in 2009, but a larger share of ...

Dowagiac

November students recognized

    Dowagiac Union Schools recognized six November Students of the Month in the middle school cafeteria Monday ...

Dowagiac

Starfish Stories/Dennis Bacon

  What does a school custodian do? Our custodian is the person who cleans our school, keeps everything ...

Dowagiac

Dowagiac schools tighten security

  A massacre of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday ...

Dowagiac

Starfish Stories/Bill Grabemeyer

By KELLY MILLIN DUHS Assistant Principal   “Do all the good you can … for every one you ...

Berrien County

Berrien judge speaks at DUHS

Berrien County Judge Scott Schofield is so passionate about accepting responsibility, the Niles resident blogs on the topic.

Cass County

Dowagiac student takes plea deal in gun case

A Dowagiac teenager pleaded guilty this week to two charges stemming from a September incident where police found ...

Columns

‘Starfish Stories’ debuts

Dowagiac Union Schools’ 2012-13 mission is “Making a Difference One Student at a Time.” The Daily News will ...

Dowagiac

Sister Lakes part of speed stack record

Principal Mike Campbell is still the new guy at Sister Lakes and already his school has taken part ...

Dowagiac

Dowagiac school budget revised

Dowagiac Board of Education made its first revisions to the 2012-13 budget Monday night in the middle school ...

Dowagiac

Aging schools springing leaks

Dowagiac Union Schools’ aging infrastructure is earning failing grades.

Dowagiac Union Education

School board honors seven students

Dowagiac Union Schools recognized seven October and September Students of the Month at Dowagiac Middle School cafeteria Monday ...

Dowagiac Union Education

Optimists help support backpack program

Dowagiac Optimist Club’s first $500 donation to the backpack program should furnish a month’s worth of food.

Dowagiac Union Education

44 DUHS freshmen make strong transition

Dowagiac Union High School recognized 44 top-performing freshmen with academic excellence certificates. These students earned all A’s and ...

Dowagiac

Students take ‘Rachel’s Challenge’

Rachel Joy Scott, 17, was the first of 12 students and a teacher gunned down by classmates Eric ...

Dowagiac Union Education

Justus Gage puts on a show

Justus Gage Elementary School teachers got Friday’s talent show off to a strong start.

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