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Nov 25, 2025 2 min read

Niles MSP to host annual ‘Stuff a Blue Goose’ event

NILES — A local law enforcement agency is doing its part to make sure area families have a happy and healthy holiday season. The Michigan State Police Niles Post will...

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Nov 25, 2025 2 min read

Dowagiac man gets jail, probation for The Twirl robbery

CASSOPOLIS — A Dowagiac man who robbed the Cassopolis Tastee Twirl shop last February was sentenced to jail and probation Friday in Cass County Circuit Court.       Mathew Aaron Crider,...

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Nov 25, 2025 3 min read

Cassopolis hosts Master Plan Open House

CASSOPOLIS — The Village of Cassopolis is looking ahead after hosting an open house for their upcoming Master Plan on Thursday. Billed as “The Voices of Cassopolis,” the effort by...

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Nov 25, 2025 2 min read

Santa to return for Dowagiac’s Candlelight Christmas Parade

DOWAGIAC — Santa Claus is returning to the Grand Old City.  The beloved Candlelight Christmas Parade, proudly presented by the Dowagiac Chamber of Commerce and the City of Dowagiac, will...

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Nov 25, 2025 3 min read

Cass County employees give back to community with food drive

CASS COUNTY — As families across the country prepare to gather around their Thanksgiving tables, Cass County employees are turning their gratitude into action by helping restock shelves at local...

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Nov 25, 2025 2 min read

Southwestern Michigan College continues presidential search

DOWAGIAC — The Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees will interview an additional finalist for the institution’s next president.  The board will interview Dr. Klint Pleasant, of Rochester Hills, on...

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Nov 25, 2025 5 min read

SMC professor to write textbook on serial killers

DOWAGIAC — Southwestern Michigan College Criminal Justice Professor Dr. Don Ricker is writing a book on serial killers. A textbook, no less. He signed a contract with Kendall-Hunt Publishing of...

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Nov 25, 2025 3 min read

Niles native leads new Navy training that informs, inspires submariners

MAGNA, Utah — A Niles native played a key role in a naval training event that gave sailors a rare opportunity to peek behind the curtain of the development of...

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Apr 7, 2025 1 min read

Hidalgo named Wooden Award finalist

LOS ANGELES — For the second time in as many years, Hannah Hidalgo is a finalist for the top award in women’s college basketball. On Tuesday, the Irish sophomore was...

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Apr 7, 2025 3 min read

Dowagiac man gets prison time for criminal sexual conduct

CASSOPOLIS — A Dowagiac man is going to prison after being sentenced for sexually molesting an underage girl over several months in 2023. James Joseph Tovey, 26, of Dowagiac, pleaded...

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Apr 7, 2025 3 min read

Dowagiac woman gets probation, jail for embezzling thousands

CASSOPOLIS — An employee of a Dowagiac organization that provides guardianship related services was sentenced to probation, jail and over $36,000 in restitution for stealing from the organization’s clients. Runyon...

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Apr 7, 2025 2 min read

Beacon Health System to acquire Ascension Healthcare System

SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — Beacon Health System, a locally-owned and governed nonprofit healthcare provider in northern Indiana and southern Michigan, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Ascension healthcare system...

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Apr 7, 2025 1 min read

Breaking and entering arrest made in Cass County

CASS COUNTY — A 39-year-old male was arrested Thursday on suspicion of breaking and entering, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Clint Roach reports that at approximately 2:17...

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Apr 7, 2025 2 min read

Prime Table celebrates milestone

NILES — A popular family-owned restaurant celebrated more than three decades of serving the community Wednesday. Prime Table, 1915 S. 11th St., Niles, celebrates its 32nd year of serving up...

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Apr 7, 2025 3 min read

Crews work to restore power following Sunday storms

SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — Power companies are still working diligently to restore power to thousands of homes across southwest Michigan after a severe line of storms battered the area Sunday. A...

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Apr 7, 2025 2 min read

Power restored for 95 percent of storm-impacted customers

SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — More than 95 percent of all I&M customers had power restored as of 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night following severe weather last Sunday that included a confirmed tornado...

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Apr 7, 2025 7 min read

Fun, affordable family activities in Michiana

SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — With Spring Break in full swing – March 31 to April 4 for many southwest Michigan schools and April 7 to April 11 for South Bend-area schools...

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Apr 7, 2025 2 min read

EF-1 tornado confirmed in Edwardsburg after Sunday storm

EDWARDSBURG — The storms that ripped through Michiana Sunday spawned a brief EF-1 tornado in Edwardsburg, the National Weather Service has confirmed. (NWS) The tornado started in a field west...

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Mar 19, 2025 3 min read

Buchanan Drama Club to perform ‘The Addams Family’ this weekend

BUCHANAN — Buchanan Community Schools students are preparing for their first musical performance of 2025. The Buchanan High School Drama Club will be performing “The Addams Family Musical” in the...

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Mar 19, 2025 1 min read

Investigation leads to drug arrest in Dowagiac

DOWAGIAC — A narcotics investigation led to the arrest of one man Tuesday in Dowagiac, according to the Cass County Drug Enforcement Team. The Cass County Drug Enforcement Team announces...

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