Dowagiac

Volunteer of the Week: Matt Severin, Dowagiac Optimist Club

Matt Severin, of Eau Claire, is the principal of Dowagiac Middle School and a member of the Dowagiac ...

Giving

Martin’s cashiers recognized for efforts

Three Niles Martin’s cashiers  were recently recognized for their efforts to raise money for clothing, hats, mittens, boots ...

Giving

Lighthouse Chorus to host food bank fundraiser next month

NILES — The Michiana Metro Lighthouse Chorus is bringing back its annual food bank fundraiser event Saturday, Nov. ...

Education

Volunteer of the Week — Nancy Friedman, Northside Development Center

Nancy Friedman is a volunteer at Northside Development Center. What do you do at Northside? I trim papers, ...

Giving

Chemical Bank employees show they care

Chemical Bank employees took advantage of the government holiday Monday to leave the office and do some work ...

Giving

Volunteer of the Week — Madalyn Crocker, of Niles

Madalyn Crocker, of Niles, has been a volunteer at the Greater Niles Senior Center for the past six ...

Giving

Rakes hit the ground next month for United Way’s Day Of Action

United Way of Southwest Michigan is looking for volunteers to go into the community and help local senior ...

Dowagiac

Dowagiac business owner donates fruit to community

When it comes to giving back to the people of his hometown, very few can rise to the ...

Cassopolis

Volunteer of the Week: Karen Wright, of Cassopolis

Karen Wright, of Cassopolis, is a volunteer at the Niles Scream Park, a haunted events attraction in Niles. ...

Berrien County

Foundation announces new endowment

Thanks to an endowment gift to the Berrien Community Foundation from Steve and Elizabeth Upton, Berrien County non-profit ...

Cass County

Local church parishioners, organizations walking to fight hunger

Cass County area churches, in conjunction with Church World Services, is hosting the annual CROP Walk at the ...

Buchanan

Rob McPherson, Buchanan First United Methodist Church

Rob McPherson is the pastor at Buchanan First United Methodist Church. He volunteers with Church World Service, which ...

Berrien County

Sign-ups open for upcoming United Way volunteer event

Later this fall, local volunteers will once again to asked to take up arms — or rather, rakes ...

Giving

Realtors association collecting donations for foster children

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — The Southwestern Michigan Association of Realtors is inviting community support for the 10th annual ...

Buchanan

Volunteer of the Week: Cynthia Young, of Buchanan

Cynthia Young, of Buchanan, is a retired homemaker and a volunteer with Buchanan’s Redbud Area Ministries, which offers ...

Dowagiac

Volunteer of the Week: Nancy True, of Dowagiac

Nancy True, of Dowagiac, works as an administrative assistant at Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital and serves as president of ...

Giving

Niles businesses, organizations rally to fill food pantry shelves

Every Tuesday and Thursday, an older gentleman from Niles visits the Salvation Army towing treats: homemade fruit pies, ...

Berrien County

Niles Scream Park announces scholarship recipients

The Niles Scream Park has handed out a frightening amount of money in the form of scholarships over ...

Berrien County

Volunteer of the week: Jackie Landeck, of Niles

Jackie Landeck, of Niles, volunteers at the Niles Salvation Army, which is located at 424 N. 15th St., ...

Dowagiac

Wine and beer event raises $29,000

The fifth annual Lee Memorial Foundation Wine and Beer event took place on Saturday, Aug. 6 at the ...

Dowagiac

Stone’s Throw Soup Kitchen hosting back-to-school carnival

The community of Dowagiac is invited to celebrate the grand opening of the Stones Throw Soup Kitchen with ...

Giving

Meals on Wheels welcomes new member

At the Niles-Buchanan Meals on Wheels monthly meeting, the board welcomed new member Diane Haslett to the board. ...

Giving

Island Park gets a makeover

Several employees from the Lowe’s home improvement store in Niles volunteered to improve the appearance of Island Park ...

Edwardsburg

Volunteer of the Week: Mackenzie Morgan

Mackenzie Morgan, of Edwardsburg, is a 2016 graduate of Edwardsburg High School. She will be attending Southwestern Michigan ...

Cassopolis

United Way program gives backpacks to Cass County students

The United Way of Southwest Michigan has been hard at work preparing area children to head back to ...

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