‘Field of Honor’ to recognize veterans at KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship
Coming to the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship this May will be a Field of Honor to pay respect to those who have served their country.. ...Read Full Story
Coming to the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship this May will be a Field of Honor to pay respect to those who have served their country.. ...Read Full Story
The water shutoff moratorium put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic in Benton Harbor is coming to an end.. ...Read Full Story
A school bus driver who transports disabled children to and from classes has been honored with this year’s Berrien RESA Special Education Parent Advisory Committee Excellence in Education Award.. ...Read Full Story
Coloma Community Schools is asking voters to approve two bonds in the May election.. ...Read Full Story
State Representative Pauline Wendzel’s 2024 Southwest Michigan School Spirit Tournament is down to the final four.. ...Read Full Story
Indiana Michigan Power is planning a major transmission line project in the Benton Harbor area.. ...Read Full Story
Ground will be broken Tuesday on the new location for the Salvation Army in Niles.. ...Read Full Story
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The parents of four students killed at a Michigan school called on Monday for a state investigation of all aspects of the 2021 mass shooting, saying the convictions of a teenager and his parents are not enough to close the book.. ...Read Full Story
Niles Community Schools was once again on lockdown Monday after more threats were made against its buildings.. ...Read Full Story
(WASHINGTON) — Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan now says that he will not join No Labels’ potential third-party “unity” ticket in the 2024 presidential race.. ...Read Full Story
On Monday, Sony Pictures announced it is bringing every single live-action Spider-Man movie back to theaters, beginning with 2002’s Spider-Man, starting April 15.. ...Read Full Story
A new poll of nearly 1,500 likely Michigan voters find President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in a virtual dead heat if the two met on the ballot today.. ...Read Full Story
Michigan is planning ahead to make sure kids from lower income families have enough to eat this summer.. ...Read Full Story
It has now been four years since the COVID pandemic began, and it had quite the impact on education as teachers had to pivot to teaching students online.. ...Read Full Story
Now installed at the Berrien County Jail is a full body scanner, a machine that can detect if someone is hiding an object on their person, no matter where it is.. ...Read Full Story
The Lincoln Township Board of Trustees has approved grant applications to restore Lincoln Township Beach.. ...Read Full Story
Leaders at St. Joseph Public Schools are spreading the word about a $98.5 million bond proposal set to appear on the ballot in May.. ...Read Full Story
The Michigan Gateway Community Foundation has announced more than $100,000 in grants to organizations around southwest Michigan.. ...Read Full Story
Returning to southwest Michigan this summer will be the United Way’s Rock The Boat Cardboard Boat Races.. ...Read Full Story
Whirlpool and Habitat for Humanity are marking the 25th anniversary of their partnership worldwide.. ...Read Full Story
The city of St. Joseph says the Lake Boulevard and Broad Street Resurfacing Project is scheduled to begin as early as April 1.. ...Read Full Story
The village of Stevensville could soon get a downtown social district.. ...Read Full Story
Congressman Tim Walberg is seeking submissions from high school students in the Fifth District for the 2024 Congressional Art Competition.. ...Read Full Story
The Michigan Department of Transportation will resume work to replace the I-196 culvert over Rogers Creek near Covert in Van Buren County on Monday.. ...Read Full Story
The Berrien County Health Department has completed its strategic plan for 2024 through 2026.. ...Read Full Story
The Berrien County Board of Commissioners has accepted a $90,000 donation for Berrien County Animal Control.. ...Read Full Story
(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Lauren Boebert is walking the narrowest of tightropes as she campaigns to remain in Congress. But operatives warn against writing her off just yet.. ...Read Full Story
A new program is about to get started at Watervliet Public Schools to have all 700 kindergarten through fifth grade students read the same book.. ...Read Full Story
Niles Community Schools Superintendent Daniel Applegate says there will be “counselors, members of our critical support team and safety personnel” on hand M0nday at Ballard Elementary School following a bomb threat that evacuated the building Friday.. ...Read Full Story
Progress on this year’s Farm Bill has been slow as division in Washington prevents action on most matters and lawmakers have shifted their attention to elections.. ...Read Full Story
Set for Wednesday is a statewide tornado drill as Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared March 17 through March 23 Michigan Severe Weather Awareness Week.. ...Read Full Story
An effort to recall Buchanan City Commissioner Dan Vigansky has failed after backers were unable to collect enough petition signatures to force an election.. ...Read Full Story
The State of Michigan’s Health and Human Services office at 401 Eighth Street in Benton Harbor is currently closed to the public and employees – reportedly due to an issue of black mold.. ...Read Full Story
(NEW YORK) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are seeking to delay the start of his New York hush money trial in order to allow them to review tens of thousands of pages of potential evidence recently disclosed by the Justice Department.. ...Read Full Story
“ATTENTION NILES FAMILIES: Due to an anonymous threat, Ballard Elementary students are being evacuated to Niles High School. All students are safe and accounted for. No other threats have been made at other schools. Once all students are at Niles High School, a reunification plan will be issued. We will share more details as soon as they are available.”
“Michigan State Police recently received a call of a bomb threat directed at Ballard Elementary. All schools have been locked down out of an abundance of caution. All students were safely evacuated from Ballard. We will update you with information as it becomes available to us.”
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — Hurley Coleman Jr.’s parents were drawn to Michigan from the South by the promise of middle-class jobs in the booming automotive industry, an origin story shared by many African American families in Saginaw.. ...Read Full Story
In an effort to get people to move to and do business in Michigan, some state officials are attending the South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas.. ...Read Full Story
St. Patrick’s Day is Sunday, and the festivities falling on a weekend makes things extra complicated for police.. ...Read Full Story
People in Gen Z who have been vaping for years are finding it more difficult than ever to quit. Young people, hooked on vaping since high school, have now been doing it for six or seven years.. ...Read Full Story
(NEW YORK) — Attorneys for Alec Baldwin asked a New Mexico judge on Thursday to dismiss the charges against him stemming from the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust,” accusing prosecutors of “unethical disparagement of Alec Baldwin.”. ...Read Full Story
Updating a story we first reported Thursday morning, the Van Buren County Sheriff’s office has recovered the portable sawmill that was stolen from a residence in Waverly township.. ...Read Full Story
The Michigan Department of Transportation is expanding its Paint the Plow program statewide.. ...Read Full Story
Starting Monday will be Buchanan Restaurant Week.. ...Read Full Story
A program that has placed 20 cameras along strategic roads around Berrien County will be continued for another five years following action Thursday by the Berrien County Board of Commissioners.. ...Read Full Story
AAA of Michigan is activating its Tow to Go program for this St. Patrick’s Day weekend.. ...Read Full Story
Part of Red Arrow Highway in New Buffalo Township will close on Monday for a Berrien County Road Department project.. ...Read Full Story
The Berrien County Board of Commissioners is looking at ways to ensure the St. Joseph River can be dredged when necessary as arrangements are made to do fast tracked, emergency dredging this year.. ...Read Full Story
St. Joe Today has named a new director. It says Paul Knapp of St. Joseph will take the reins next week.. ...Read Full Story
State Representative Joey Andrews will hold a meet and greet event Friday, March 14.. ...Read Full Story
Children in Michigan aren’t required to enroll in kindergarten, but a new bill would change that.. ...Read Full Story
Bottle and can returns are down in Michigan, and some lawmakers say it’s because of the stores.. ...Read Full Story
The state is cracking down on stores that sell nitrous oxide, huffed by people when they do whippets.. ...Read Full Story
The Van Buren County Sheriff’s department says be on the lookout for a stolen sawmill.. ...Read Full Story
DETROIT (AP) — Author and Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom and nine others have been rescued by helicopter from Haiti after becoming stranded in the poverty-stricken and violence-torn Caribbean nation while visiting an orphanage.. ...Read Full Story
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor urged jurors to convict the father of a Michigan school shooter on Wednesday, saying he ignored the “easiest, most glaring opportunities” to prevent the killing of four students, especially when confronted with his son’s violent classroom drawing.. ...Read Full Story
A committee is being formed in Lincoln Township to study whether the structure of local government should be changed.. ...Read Full Story
Lakeshore Public Schools is seeking a renewal of its sinking fund millage in the May election.. ...Read Full Story
Legislation that could lead to a ban of TikTok has been approved by the U.S. House with broad support.. ...Read Full Story
A groundbreaking for the Marquette Greenway will be held next month.. ...Read Full Story
Now installed at the Berrien County Jail is a full body scanner, a machine that can detect if someone is hiding an object on their person, no matter where it is.. ...Read Full Story