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Bob Schuur, Dowagiac’s longest-serving council member, dies at 84

DOWAGIAC — Dowagiac City Council member Bob Schuur, the longest continually-serving councilmember in the city’s history, has passed ...

Community News

Dowagiac’s newest mural completed

DOWAGIAC — A vibrant new mural in downtown Dowagiac was created to greet community members and visitors alike ...

Community News

Pokagon Band seeks consultation with Dowagiac Union Schools regarding mascot, logo

DOWAGIAC — A push to change the Dowagiac Union Schools mascot has resurfaced. Tribal Council of the Pokagon ...

Community News

Governor Whitmer signs bipartisan bill to fill teacher shortage

LANSING — Yesterday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bipartisan legislation to allow retired teachers and public school employees to ...

Education

SMC hosts 202 for Automotive Day

DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College’s Dowagiac campus hosted 202 Michiana high school students Oct. 6 for Automotive Day. ...

Community News

Hidden Acres to host annual Artisan Market, Trunk or Treat

SILVER CREEK TOWNSHIP — As the temperatures drop and the colors of the leaves begin to change, Hidden ...

Education

Pokagon Band asks Dowagiac Union Schools to end use of Native American imagery

DOWAGIAC — The Tribal Council of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan and Indiana announced today ...

Crime/Court

Dowagiac man gets jail time for meth possession

CASSOPOLIS — A Dowagiac man was sentenced to jail and ordered to pay restitution Friday in Cass County ...

News

Vandals damage Elks Golf Course

The Dowagiac Elks Club has become the second area golf course to be vandalized in the past two ...

News

Sanitary sewer overflow reported in Dowagiac

DOWAGIAC — A sanitary sewer overflow occurred from 10:40 a.m. to noon Friday, Oct. 6 in Dowagiac. A ...

Community News

AmeriCorps members volunteer more than $15,000 in labor at Cass County Parks

CASS COUNTY — Growing up in Las Vegas, Ciara Jones equated nighttime with bright lights in the big ...

Community News

Soup Luncheon Drive-Thru benefits Fitch Camp

DOWAGIAC — Xi Delta Mu Sorority, along with Kappa Beta, will be holding their annual soup luncheon from ...

Buchanan

The Leaderboard: Area offensive stat leaders after week 6

NILES — Some of the top offensive football players in the Leaderpub area continued their impressive play last ...

Community News

Under the Harvest Moon Festival returns to Dowagiac Oct. 14

DOWAGIAC — Michigan’s autumn season will be celebrated once again in Dowagiac at the 12th annual Under the ...

Community News

Dowagiac officials address lead concerns, outline plans to replace lead service lines

DOWAGIAC — The City of Dowagiac is taking proactive measures to ensure the community’s safety after lead was ...

Community News

City of Dowagiac issues advisory after elevated lead levels found in tested homes

DOWAGIAC — The City of Dowagiac is alerting residents about elevated lead levels in the water supply. The ...

Community News

PHOTO GALLERY: Niles Apple Festival’s annual Grande Parade

NILES — Sunny skies and warm temperatures greeted the thousands of spectators who lined the streets of Downtown ...

Community News

‘A pretty desperate situation’: CCTA pursuing millage to keep doors open

CASSOPOLIS — The Cass County Transit Authority is requesting a countywide millage for the February 2024 election due ...

Community News

Dowagiac airport to receive runway lighting improvements

DOWAGIAC — Improvements to the Dowagiac Municipal Airport are on the way. The Dowagiac City Council approved approved ...

News Main

PHOTO STORY: Dowagiac celebrates 2023 homecoming

Homecoming 2023 will be one to remember for Dowagiac Union High School students as after holding the annual ...

Community News

Dowagiac Area History Museum fundraiser raises $30,000

CASSOPOLIS — More than 100 guests from Dowagiac and beyond attended the Dowagiac Area History Museum’s  sixth annual ...

Community News

‘Dowagiac United’: Fire department, youth associations team up to purchase AED for Russom Park

DOWAGIAC — A group of local organizations teamed up in an effort to keep Russom Park athletes and ...

Community News

SMC fishing team cleans up St. Joseph River

DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College’s bass fishing team hit Lake Michigan’s Silver Beach’s Friday, Sept. 15, cleaning up ...

Education

A picture’s worth 1,000 memories

AMARILLO, TX — Photographs of Feb. 9’s President’s Ball transported Margaret Heyde back from Amarillo, Texas, to another ...

Education

SMC enrollment increases 8 percent

DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees reviewed fall enrollment numbers at its Sept. 13 meeting. The ...

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