The Silver Beach Carousel is bringing back its annual Founders celebration this weekend after a hiatus since 2019 due to the COVID pandemic. The weekend honors Logan Drake and Louis Wallace, who helped bring fun to generations
The Berrien County Trial Court is working to ensure those who have certain criminal convictions on their records get those cleared after a state law took effect in April to give those individuals a clean slate. Speaking
Berrien County Commissioners are hailing the latest broadband news to come to the county. Speaking to colleagues Thursday, Commissioner Teri Freehling said the first bit of news is the initial approval of a Midwest Energy and Communications
The ongoing effort to raise funds for monuments to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in both Benton Harbor and St. Joseph got a boost Thursday with an open house in Benton Harbor. A steady stream of people
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans on Thursday released transcripts of their interviews with two IRS whistleblowers who in April accused the Justice Department of granting Hunter Biden “preferential treatment” during its yearslong probe of his
Supporting the censure of Congressman Adam Schiff this week was Congressman Bill Huizenga. The U.S. House voted mostly along party lines Wednesday to formally reprimand Schiff for his actions leading up to the first impeachment of former
Berrien County Administrator Brian Dissette will remain in his role at least for a few more years. The Berrien County Board of Commissioners on Thursday approved a three-year contract with him. Dissette was appointed administrator in July
An autopsy has been conducted on the body of David Lee Mabry, the suspect in a Baroda murder who was found dead in his cell at the Berrien County Jail this week. Michigan State Police say preliminary
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is set to start rolling out policy proposals, pivoting from touting his record as Florida’s governor to a more forward-looking vision taking aim at President Joe Biden.
Indiana Michigan Power has launched a new Spanish language website. I&M says nearly 40 million people in the U.S. speak Spanish at home, and the company provides power to tens of thousands of Hispanic customers. It receives
Two juveniles have been arrested on gun charges for an incident at Silver Beach on Wednesday. The Berrien County Sheriff’s Department says a deputy was on patrol at the beach around 7:15 p.m. when he received a
NASA astronauts will be heading back to the moon by 2025 and professors and students from Albion College in southern Michigan are helping with research. Albion Physics Department chair, professor Nicolle Zellner, will study lunar crust samples
Van Buren County’s Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a 50-year-old man for an armed robbery at the Shell Gas Station in 61828 Cr 687 Hartford Shell Gas Station, Hartford, MI. The incident happened just before 3
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — The National Transportation Safety Board will start taking sworn testimony Thursday as part of its probe into the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The agency is
The Benton Township Board of Trustees is seeking a $1 million grant to make improvements at Benton Township Park. The board voted this week to seek the Spark Grant after hearing a presentation from Wightman. Township Supervisor
The Michigan Department of Transportation is planning to update the way traffic flows on part of M-139 in Benton Harbor. City commissioners signed off on the plan this week to change the one-way sections of the road
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking classified documents online, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. The
Van Buren County stands to get expanded broadband internet as part of a state grant that could be coming to Midwest Energy and Communications. The company’s Amy Pales told us this week the Michigan High-Speed Internet Office
Miss Michigan 2023 is Maya Schuhknecht of Buchanan. She won the title at the Miss Michigan competition in Muskegon this past weekend. She tells us she got her start competing in Miss Blossomtime. She was named Miss
Benton Harbor City Commissioners have approved a resolution expressing their appreciation to Whirlpool for all of its efforts to invest in the community. At Tuesday’s meeting, the commission hailed several of the company’s recent efforts in the
The Dowagiac Police Department is investigating a liquor store robbery on Tuesday. It says police were sent to Northside Food and Liquor on North Front Street around 11:40 p.m. on a report of an armed robbery. They
The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s help identifying three women who stole hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise from a Dollar General store. It’s released some surveillance photos of two of the suspects.
In our continuing summer series about ways to keep your kids active and engaged this summer, there is a plethora of programs available at the Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library in St. Joseph. For those who love
The South Haven City Council is looking at possibly changing the ordinance on the height of a home to measure it in only feet and eliminate stories. At last night’s meeting, Assistant City Manager Griffin Graham presented
Benton Harbor City Commissioners have approved a budget ordinance for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. At a Tuesday meeting, they heard from Plante Moran’s Rhonda Hildebrand the spending plan that starts July 1 anticipates General Fund revenues of
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As the search for the missing Titanic tour submersible and its five passengers continues, the dangers of venturing 13,000 feet down to the ocean floor to see the wreckage of the infamous sunken
An open house for the Unified Civic Monuments Project will be held this Thursday. The project is seeking to build monuments to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in both Benton Harbor and St. Joseph. Backers have been
Joe McBride/Getty Images (CALIFORNIA) — The largest representative study on homelessness since the mid-90s found the state’s income inequality and high housing costs left people vulnerable to homelessness – particularly older residents and residents of color. California
Could the dry spring we’ve had this year be trouble for southwest Michigan crops? MSU Extension viticulture specialist Mike Reinke tells us it has been a very dry spring with only about two inches of rain recorded
Berrien RESA has teamed up with Michigan State Police to help troopers better respond to situations involving individuals with developmental disabilities. RESA Special Education Director Tina Lawson tells us the agency operates several buildings with students who
