St. Joseph-Benton Harbor Rotary Names Scholarship Essay Contest Winners for 2019
The businessmen and women who comprise the Rotary Club of St. Joseph-Benton Harbor have been sharing their largesse with the community of Michigan’s Great Southwest for decades, but none of the myriad programs of support they bring
Sturgis Rail Crossing for Michigan Southern Railroad Faces Two Month Detour
Travelers through the community of Sturgis will face a detour beginning next Monday, April 22nd, 2019 thanks to a major reconstruction of the railroad crossing on US-12 in that town. It’s a nearly $600,000 project that will
Bridgman Student Abduction Report Determined to be False
Turns out that alleged abduction of a student last week was not real after all. Here’s what the Bridgman Police have released this morning: After an extensive investigation into an alleged abduction attempt of a student last
Major Fire Drill in Downtown South Haven Preps Firefighters for Disaster
To the casual passerby unaware of the city’s plans yesterday, it might have looked like much of downtown South Haven was afire. Reality is it was just a drill. It was only a drill. Seven fire departments
Quartet of SMC Academic Stars Present to American Chemical Society in Orlando
While many friends and colleagues were romping in the southern sunshine over Spring Break, four Southwestern Michigan College students were busy advancing their academic careers by presenting research at the American Chemical Society’s National Meeting & Expo
Niles Podcaster Crafts New Mambo Sauce Showcase of American Roots Music
Justin Flagel has lived in Michigan’s Great Southwest for most of his life, growing up in Bridgman and living now in Niles, but his cosmopolitan nature has taken him well beyond the boundaries of the region both
Tax Day is At Hand With a Midnight Deadline Tonight
Just in case you woke up this morning so disgusted to find snow on your car, or filled with euphoria over the Masters tournament and you failed to check the calendar, today is Tax Day. The tax