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Professional chili cook-off to warm up Ice Time this Saturday

DOWAGIAC – One of the hottest battles to be fought across the country, with origins traced to a ...

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Heavy snow, dangerous roads on the way to southwest Michigan

SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — Residents should take precautions and stay off the roads Wednesday and Thursday due to a ...

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Dowagiac deputy fire chief, lieutenant retire

DOWAGIAC — When Robert ‘Smitty’ Smith was just getting started with the Dowagiac Fire Department in 1990, he ...

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Specialty shops host snowflake scavenger hunt, out of hibernation promo at Saturday’s Ice Time Festival

DOWAGIAC – As a winter storm arrives mid-week, prices on fall and winter merchandise will plummet this Saturday ...

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Schools across southwest Michigan awarded MEC grants

CASSOPOLIS — Midwest Energy and Communications surprised 28 teachers in January with grant awards from the 2022 Strengthening ...

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New building amplifies SMC Nursing program

DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College’s $9.6 million Nursing and Health Education Building ushered in a new era for ...

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Ice cream eating contest to return to Ice Time

DOWAGIAC — Always a popular event at the Dowagiac Ice Time Festival is the Ice Cream Eating Contest, ...

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Benton Harbor man gets jail for bringing gun to Dowagiac party

CASSOPOLIS — A Benton Harbor man who was found to be in possession of a weapon at a ...

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Elkhart man gets probation for assaulting a woman near Niles

CASSOPOLIS — In Cass County Court Friday, an Elkhart man was sentenced to probation for assaulting a woman ...

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Man who repeatedly broke into ex-girlfriend’s apartment sentenced to prison

CASSOPOLIS – A South Haven man who broke repeatedly into his ex-girlfriend’s Dowagiac apartment is headed to prison ...

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Dowagiac Police Logs: Jan. 17-23

Jan. 17 6:51 a.m. — 700 Block N. Orchard, alarm 10:33 a.m. — 200 Block Lester, 911 hang-up ...

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Dowagiac fifth grader raises $760 for youth girls basketball program

DOWAGIAC — When fifth-grader Kennedy Dwyer learned that one of her friends could not afford the $20 to ...

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State police pledges action after finding racial disparities in traffic stops

NILES — A law enforcement agency is taking the necessary steps to ensure its practices are fair to ...

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Silver Creek Planning Commission considers change to zoning ordinance

SILVER CREEK TOWNSHIP — After several recent hearings, one local government commission is ready to make a change ...

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Ice Time to host Frozen Fish Toss Competition

DOWAGIAC — Everyone loves a good fish story, and participants of this year’s Frozen Fish Toss Competition will ...

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Town and Country Garden Club donates $500 each to Dowagiac nonprofits

DOWAGIAC — After years of receiving financial support from the community for projects, one local organization decided to ...

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Dowagiac City Council purchases 511 S. Front St., approves Ice Time for Feb. 5

DOWAGIAC — A development project near downtown Dowagiac is one step closer to reality thanks to a property ...

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Human foosball to make its way to Ice Time

DOWAGIAC – Everything is better when it is life-size, from the ice sculptures lining Front Street during the ...

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Lighthouse Chorus to offer singing valentines

NILES — One area group is giving Michiana residents the chance to make Valentine’s Day unforgettable this year ...

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Dowagiac Union High School students create art for police department

DOWAGIAC — Several Dowagiac Union High School student artists have helped to freshen up the walls of the ...

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First responder narrowly avoids being hit during call

SISTER LAKES — A first responder had to react quickly to avoid being hit while doing traffic control ...

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South Bend man sentenced for drunk driving; Dowagiac man sentenced for assault

CASSOPOLIS — In Cass County Court Friday, a South Bend man was sentenced for third-offense drunk driving, while ...

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Dowagiac man pleads guilty to possession of meth, domestic violence

CASSOPOLIS – A Dowagiac man who punched his wife and shot off a gun was sentenced to a ...

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SWMPC presents award to Dowagiac River Restoration Project

SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — The Southwest Michigan Planning Commission presented the 2021 Graham Woodhouse Intergovernmental Effort award at its ...

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Lawsuit accuses Cass County of gerrymandering

CASSOPOLIS — The latest map of commissioner districts drawn by Cass County leaders has come under fire. A ...

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