Do you know the three branches of government? Not everyone does and that’s why the Michigan Chamber of Commerce is going to have a competition for middle schoolers. Group President Jim Holcomb spoke to Michigan News Network
St. Joseph High School announced this week they will be inducting four new member into the Athletic Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place at halftime of their boys basketball game against Portage Northern, (which
People were busy looking up things on Google before and during the Super Bowl Sunday night. Good Trends expert Marta Martinez says a lot of searches involved the rules of the game and Usher, the half-time performer.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Professor Marco Díaz-Muñoz spent the past year trying to suppress the images, seared into his memory, of the gunman who entered his classroom at Michigan State University, killed two of his students and
NFL – Super Bowl was the most-watched program ever, averaging 123.4 million viewers The longest Super Bowl game will also go down as the most-watched program in television history. According to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, Kansas City’s
Indianapolis Zoo (INDIANAPOLIS) — Most of America’s eyes on Sunday might have been on Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas but about halfway across the country 1,600 miles away in Indiana, the Indianapolis Zoo celebrated a different
WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. (AP) — Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society
St. Joseph City Commissioners have approved the special event permit for the 2024 Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff. At a Monday meeting, they heard from the Krasl Art Center’s Tami Fauver, who said the fair last
The Michigan Reconnect program is making its three-year anniversary. Michigan Reconnect pays the community college tuition of anyone age 21 and up who has never earned a degree and wants to do so. It can be used
Congressman Bill Huizenga has joined colleagues from around the region to introduce a reauthorization of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Huizenga tells us the program, which is set to expire next year, has led to major cleanup
Repairs are finished at the Van Buren County Historical Society’s museum in Hartford, and volunteers are preparing to move everything back in. The museum was damaged in a storm in June of 2022. The wind tore off
18 police officers around Michigan have graduated from the latest Michigan State Police Teaching, Educating, and Mentoring School Liaison Program, or TEAM. The program held a five-day training course in Lansing ending on Friday to prepare police
This Valentines Day, no one wants to receive the gift of an STD. Berrien County Health Department community health services supervisor Dionne Rigozzi tells us that’s why those who are sexually active and not in a monogamous
Police have identified a person of interest in two shootings at Briarwood Apartments in Benton Township on Sunday. However, they’re not releasing any additional information on that person. The Benton Township Police Department says the two victims
Two Benton Harbor men are facing charges after a couple of drug raids in Benton Harbor and Benton Township Thursday. The Southwest Enforcement Team says officers found 180 grams of fentanyl, 92 grams of crystal meth, seven
NFL – National Football League – Super Bowl Sunday Super Bowl LVIII, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Kansas City Chiefs 25, San Francisco 49ers 22 – OT Chiefs 25, 49ers 22 – OT – Mahomes rallies Chiefs
Cass County Sheriff Richard J. Behnke reports that on Sunday morning, February 11, at approximately 7:40 am, his deputies responded to a fatal crash on Dutch settlement near Nubour Street in Wayne township. The sheriff’s office says
The Jobs for Michigan’s Graduates program in southwest Michigan has expanded by inducting middle school students from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southwest Michigan. An event was held this week at the club in Benton Harbor
A giveback dinner is planned at Bentwood Tavern in New Buffalo for Fernwood Botanical Garden in Niles. On Thursday, February 22, 50% of the evening’s food and drink sales will benefit Fernwood’s Mighty Acorns program. Mighty Acorns
The Benton Township Police Department is investigating after two people were shot at Briarwood Apartments on Sunday. The department says officers were called to the complex at 1985 Union on a report of a disturbance. While at
Could lifeguards be coming back to the city of South Haven’s beaches? The South Haven City Council is talking about it as the public asks for more protections for swimmers. At a meeting this past week, council
The Speakers Series of South Haven has announced its upcoming programs commemorating a decade of lectures. The series says the spring series will kick off on April 18 with “The Impact of Climate Change on Lake Michigan,”
River Valley Public Schools will have a couple of questions for voters on February 27. Superintendent Dave Campbell tells us they’re seeking the renewal of both the operating millage and the sinking fund millage. He notes the
The Benton Township Police Department is working with Michigan State Police to bring new technology to the area that could help prevent gun crimes. MSP Captain Michael Brown told the Benton Township Board of Trustees this past
Benton Harbor City Commissioners have approved the design for the Unified Civic Monuments Project, the monument to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that’s planned for Dwight P. Mitchell City Center Park. At a meeting this past week,
Christopher Morris/ Getty Images (Sacramento, CA) — Sweeping advances in artificial intelligence have elicited warnings from industry leaders about the potential for grave risks, including weapon systems going rogue and massive cyberattacks. A state legislator in California, home to many
The Benton Township Fire Department is raising funds to launch a public education program. Chief Robert Harper tells us they’re working with a firm called United States Fire Safety Services to get materials to help spread the
ALPENA, Mich. (AP) — A jury convicted a man of murder in the deaths of a teenage girl and a woman in northern Michigan, including one victim whose body was buried in a backyard. Prosecutors alleged that
More young Michiganders than ever are facing dating violence. State Representative Jamie Thompson of Brownstown says 19% of teens experience sexual or physical dating violence, while 65% report being psychologically abused. She says social media and the
The Clark Equipment Company Complex in Buchanan has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, one of 19 Michigan locations added to the list in 2023. Buchanan Assistant Director of Community Development Ashley Regal tells
