Conybeare Law Will Evaluate Local Biz Insurance Claims Around COVID-19
With every day they are held at bay by the pandemic, and disallowed to return their business to active operations, the increasing risks are mounting. However, a leading St. Joseph Attorney is encouraging those businesses to review
SWM Legislators Say Executive Order Expansion Unwarranted
Two members of Southwest Michigan’s legislative delegation have lashed out at the latest extension, and perhaps moreso expansion, of her Stay Home, Stay Safe shelter-in-place executive order. State Rep. Pauline Wendzel minced few words in accusing Gov.
Berrien Adds 8 Positive COVID-19 Cases for 2nd Straight Day
For the second straight day, Berrien County has added 8 new positive results for coronavirus cases across the county, bringing the total count to 80, up 8 from yesterday’s count of 72, and 44 are now labeled
Renewed Call for Volunteers & Donations by Berrien Organizations
While a number of individual drives have gotten underway in recent weeks during the pandemic, a unified call for help has been issued today by several Berrien County organizations seeking to marshal the people and resources necessary
Gov. Whitmer Extends & Expands Stay Home Executive Order
As had been widely expected today, Michigan’s Governor has extended and expanded her Stay Home, Stay Safe executive order…now running through the balance of April. Today, Governor Whitmer signed executive order 2020-42, extending her prior “Stay Home,
Michigan City Impact Survey Shows Restaurant & Retail Hardest Hit
The debilitating impact of the coronavirus pandemic is hitting both sides of the Michigan border equally hard. That much is confirmed in survey results released today by the Michigan City Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development
New Art & Wellness Pop-Up Will Address Behaviorial Health Needs
When we collectively emerge on the other side of this pandemic challenge, a uniquely positioned roving pop-up kiosk meshing art with behavioral wellness will burst onto the scene to help us all thanks to a partnership between
MI Chamber Applauds 28-Day Extension vs. 70-Days
When the Michigan Legislature opted this week to extend the state’s current shelter-in-place order by 28-days instead of the Governor’s requested plan to extend it by 70-days one of the most ardent advocates was the Michigan Chamber
Generous Donors Ask BH Bob Evans to Donate 170 Easter Dinners
Tomorrow is Good Friday. In the true spirit of the season, yet another story of true human kindness is about to play out in Michigan’s Great Southwest. Annika Alpers is General Manager of the Bob Evans Restaurant on
Pokagon Band Gets Pandemic Relief Grant From HUD
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, anchored in Dowagiac, will get a share of the $200-million in pandemic relief funding made available by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development for Native American communities nationwide. HUD
Wendzel Draws Small Business Task Force Appointment
Arguing that in Michigan’s Great Southwest “there is no such thing as a non-essential business,” Watervliet State Rep. Pauline Wendzel has drawn a key appointment aboard a new task force created by the Michigan House Republican Caucus.