Education
Local students named to SMC spring honor roll
DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College named 42 students to the President’s List for the Spring 2022 semester. ...
Community News
Imperial Furniture reflects on 60 family-owned years in Dowagiac
DOWAGIAC — Sixty years ago, Russ and Eleanor Klapchuk opened Imperial Bedding in a small space that would ...
Dowagiac
‘Massive debris field’ from semi crash closes highway
HARTFORD TWP. — A traffic accident involving two semi-trucks closed a major highway overnight. Van Buren County ...
Community News
Dowagiac summer concerts to return with new location, new music, food vendors
DOWAGIAC — Let there be songs – and smells – to fill the air. Dowagiac’s Music in the ...
Community News
Dowagiac approves grant application for water main replacement
DOWAGIAC — An infrastructure project years in the making is one step closer to reality. The Dowagiac City ...
Education
Edwardsburg students earn SMC math and science awards
DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College’s Math and Science Department paid tribute to two standout students from Edwardsburg, Aimee Lambert ...
Community News
Dowagiac creates absentee vote counting board; hosts voter forum
DOWAGIAC — After the surge of absentee voting in the 2020 elections across the country, Dowagiac is taking ...
News
GALLERY: Hundreds march for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
GRAND RAPIDS — Hundreds of indigenous people and allies from across Michigan gathered Thursday at Ah-Nab-Awen Park in ...
News
Firefighters train on mobile structure; DFD to host BBQ May 14
DOWAGIAC — On International Firefighters Day, local departments took some time to train for how to save more ...
College
SMC Class of 2022 graduates 347
DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College graduated 347 students in the Class of 2022 at its 55th Commencement Saturday, ...
Education
Tri-County Head Start to celebrate 50 years of serving children
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN – In 1972, Orion Flowers started Tri-County Head Start with a vision to change the lives ...
Dowagiac Union Education
Dowagiac Drama nominated for nine Wave Awards; to perform at ceremony
DOWAGIAC — Local high school drama students will get a taste of the Tony Awards this month, thanks ...
Education
Dowagiac grad delivers commencement speech at SMC graduation
DOWAGIAC — Two Latina women spoke on behalf of Southwestern Michigan College’s Class of 2022 April 30 at ...
Lifestyles
Beckwith Theatre presents racy comedy ‘Five Women Wearing the Same Dress’
DOWAGIAC — What happens when five reluctant bridesmaids find themselves together in the same bedroom in an attempt ...
Community News
Pokagon to host March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
DOWAGIAC — Prior to the arrival of European settlers in present-day Grand Rapids, native tribes buried their dead ...
News
Man in Niles arrested, two others charged in 2018 Van Buren Co. murder
VAN BUREN COUNTY — After four years and hundreds of interviews, police have cracked a previously unsolved homicide ...
Education
SMC history students tour Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming
DOWAGIAC — While spring breakers typically seek sun, Southwestern Michigan College students pursued a path less traveled for ...
Uncategorized
Flamingos flock for 4-H
CASSOPOLIS — Cass County residents may have noticed an influx in feathered friends with the return of spring the ...
News
Garden club to host plant sale May 14
DOWAGIAC — Local residents who haven’t “bot-any” spring plants yet will soon get their chance thanks to a ...
Community News
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is April 30
MICHIGAN — The Michigan State Police is again teaming up with the Drug Enforcement Administration and other law ...
News
Mishawaka woman grieving loss of husband, father sentenced for drunk driving
CASSOPOLIS — A Mishawaka woman who is already in prison was sentenced Friday in Cass County Circuit Court ...
Business
New downtown business Euflooria to host open house May 18
DOWAGIAC — After relocating to downtown Dowagiac in late 2021, home improvement and flooring store Euflooria is set ...
Community News
Top 6 designs for Dowagiac city flag announced; public input sought
DOWAGIAC — And then there were six. After carefully looking at 21 entries, the City of Dowagiac ...
Local Government
Dowagiac council approves cemetery wall project, Caruso’s event in Beckwith Park
DOWAGIAC — The city is about to breathe new life into a piece of a local cemetery. At ...
News
PHOTO GALLERY: Dowagiac proclaims Friday as Arbor Day
DOWAGIAC — As branches around town begin budding and blooming, a local city government has recognized the significance ...
SportsPlus
Top 25 College Hoops Picks Against the Spread – Tuesday, November 26
There are five games featuring a ranked team on Tuesday’s college basketball schedule. Below, we provide against-the-spread picks…
How to Watch the NBA Today, November 26
Today’s NBA slate features five games, including the Houston Rockets against the Minnesota Timberwolves. There is live coverage…
NBA Spread and Total Picks for Today, November 26
The Milwaukee Bucks and the Miami Heat hit the court in one of many compelling matchups on the…
Best Bets for NCAA Basketball Picks Against the Spread for Tuesday, November 26
The college basketball lineup on Tuesday, which includes the San Diego State Aztecs squaring off against the Creighton…
How to Watch ACC Women’s College Basketball Games – Tuesday, November 26
The Michigan State Spartans versus the California Golden Bears is one of two games on the Tuesday college…
