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Oct 30, 2024 1 min read

2025 Miss Cassopolis Pageant set for Nov. 9

CASSOPOLIS — Next week, Cassopolis youth will take the stage to participate in the Miss Cassopolis court. The 2025 Miss Cassopolis pageant will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov....

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Oct 30, 2024 2 min read

Brandywine to host annual Veterans Day breakfast

NILES — Brandywine Community Schools will be holding its annual Veterans Day breakfast on Monday, November 11 at the Brandywine Athletic Community Center, 1700 Bell Rd., beginning at 9:30 a.m....

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Oct 30, 2024 3 min read

Area men get prison time

NILES — Two area men were sentenced to prison Monday in Berrien County Trial Court at the Niles courthouse.      Jimmie Lee Brown, Jr., 64, homeless, pleaded guilty to larceny...

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Oct 30, 2024 2 min read

Fernwood Botanical Garden announces new Executive Director

NILES — Fernwood has announced the hiring of Mary Krinock as its new executive director, who will join the staff on November 11, 2024.  Originally from Michigan, Krinock comes to...

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Oct 30, 2024 4 min read

Beckwith Theatre prepares for ‘Miracle on South Division Street’ production

DOWAGIAC — The Beckwith Theatre Company is gearing up for its final production of the season. The company will be presenting “Miracle on South Division Street,” a play by Tom...

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Oct 27, 2024 3 min read

Niles volleyball dampens Paw Paw’s Senior Night celebration with sweep

PAW PAW — Visiting Niles put a damper on host Paw Paw’s Senior Night by sweeping the Red Wolves 25-22, 25-20, 25-10 Thursday in a Wolverine Conference volleyball matchup.  The...

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Oct 27, 2024 3 min read

Buchanan District Library begins expansion project

BUCHANAN — The Buchanan District Library is gaining new space, even though you’d never know it from the outside. “This building has always been full of potential,” said Meg Paulette...

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Oct 27, 2024 3 min read

Leon Anderson to receive Lifetime Achievement Award

DOWAGIAC — Trustees of the Greater Dowagiac Chamber of Commerce invite the public to join them on Wednesday, Oct. 30, as they present the Lifetime Achievement Award to Leon “Andy”...

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Oct 27, 2024 2 min read

Edwardsburg earns 62-0 Senior Night win over Sturgis

EDWARDSBURG — The Edwardsburg football team ended the regular season in winning fashion Friday night. The Eddies ran over and around visiting Sturgis to win 62-0 on Senior Night. Edwardsburg...

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Oct 27, 2024 4 min read

Harden: Scott Novak, a local hero

To say Scott Novak was an inspiration to me would be an understatement. Over the course of five decades, Scott had his pulse on the local sports scene in a...

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Oct 27, 2024 4 min read

Eby: Scott Novak, my other better half

In my mind, my relationship with Scott Novak spanned 60 years. One of the Paul Bunyan-like tall tales he enjoyed spinning was his role in bringing A Hard Day’s Night...

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Oct 24, 2024 5 min read

Vancouver Persian community reacts to death of president of Iran

Ebrahim Raisi, the president of Iran, died in a helicopter crash along with seven other people on Sunday, May 19, near the border of Azerbaijan. While a funeral service was...

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Oct 24, 2024 4 min read

Cains: Scott Novak remembered for community impact

With the passing of our longtime columnist and sports editor, Scott Novak, there is an emptiness in locker rooms, media booths and along the sidelines in southwest Michigan this week....

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Oct 24, 2024 4 min read

Cassopolis school board discusses facilities project

CASSOPOLIS — At the regular monthly meeting of the Cassopolis Public School Board on Monday, Business Manager James English presented a report on the Long Term Facilities Visioning project that...

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Oct 24, 2024 3 min read

Arnie’s Drive In celebrates grand opening with ribbon-tying ceremony

DOWAGIAC — Jake Arnold loves to cook food and serve customers. As the owner of Happy Jake’s in Dowagiac and Wakey Jakes in Marcellus, Arnold and his wife Brooke enjoy...

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Oct 24, 2024 3 min read

Annual walk-a-thon raises $4,600 for college scholarships

DOWAGIAC — Community members took to the track at Dowagiac Union High School Saturday morning to honor the life and legacy of Ronda Lucas-Sullivan.  The Ronda Lucas-Sullivan Legacy Foundation hosted...

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Oct 24, 2024 3 min read

Edwardsburg celebrates new iron filtration plant

EDWARDSBURG — The Edwardsburg Village Council received a long-awaited announcement at their regular monthly meeting on Monday, informing them that the new iron filtration plant was online as of 10am...

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Oct 24, 2024 1 min read

Hidden Acres hosts annual Trunk or Treat, Fall Market

SILVER CREEK TOWNSHIP — Hidden Acres Safe Haven, 50582 Pleasant St., Dowagiac, hosted its annual Trunk or Treat and Fall Market Saturday. Guests were able to participate in wagon rides,...

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Oct 24, 2024 3 min read

Area men sentenced to prison

NILES — Two area men were sentenced to prison Monday in Berrien County Trial Court at the Niles courthouse.      Richard Romeo Hill, Jr., 32, of Benton Harbor, pleaded guilty...

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Oct 24, 2024 2 min read

Downtown Niles to host annual Fall Festival Saturday

NILES — Downtown Niles will soon play host to an event filled with fall festivities. Niles Main Street DDA is gearing up to host its annual Niles Fall Festival Saturday,...

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