The St. Joseph City Commission is still on the fence about a Black Lives Matter mural. On Monday, they took public comment during their meeting for over an hour. City commissioner Peggy Getty said it needs to
The village of Lawton is looking at ways to make itself a destination. Village Manager Lisa Imus tells WSJM News as part of the downtown development process, they’re planning a meeting to ask residents how the area
The Berrien County Sheriff’s Department is preparing for a Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign for Labor Day. Chief Deputy Robert Boyce tells WSJM News the enforcement period will be from August 14 to September 7.
Work will begin in about two weeks on a project to connect US-31 to I-94. The Michigan Department of Transportation held a meeting on Monday to fill the public in on how the multi-year project will proceed.
UPDATE: The missing teens referenced in this story have been found safe. Previous story: The Covert Township Police Department is looking for two missing teenagers who may be in Kalamazoo. It says Myangel Jeffries and Tonjonae Davis
Michigan is reporting 557 additional cases of COVID-19 for Monday. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says there have been a total of 87,960 cases of the illness in the state since the start of
A 29-year-old Benton Township woman is facing three charges for a crash on July 22 that killed a man. Nyesha Campbell was arraigned Monday in the Niles courthouse on operating while intoxicated causing death and two weapons
An Elkhart, Indiana man is safe after he was pulled from a burning vehicle by police in Cass County on Monday. The Cass County Sheriff’s Department says deputies responded to the scene of the one-vehicle crash on
The Mid-American Conference has made it official: no fall sports due to COVID-19. That means no football. Western Michigan University athletic director Kathy Beauregard admits this will be expensive, with the loss of the Notre Dame football
The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating a pickup truck vs. motorcycle crash on Saturday. It happened as 21-year-old Christopher Hoeppner of Three Rivers pulled out of a driveway on Marcellus Highway in Marcellus Township, right
State Representative Jon Hoadley and former Democratic rival Jen Richardson are out with a video “setting the record straight” on misinformation about their primary campaign against each other. Richardson started out with a “New York Post” article.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced a grant of more than $753,000 for the city of Niles as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, or CARES, Act. The money will be used to
Now working with Kinexus and Market Van Buren is Cass County. Market Van Buren Director Zachary Morris tells WSJM News it’s forming a partnership with Cass County to help raise the area’s economic development profile. The process
The COVID-19 death toll in Michigan’s long-term care facilities has reached 2,000. Following an the governor’s executive order to ensure safety within them, Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office is ramping up enforcement efforts. “Working in coordination with
About 10,000 votes mailed in for the Tuesday primary in Michigan didn’t count, even though they were postmarked before the election. That’s according to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. She’s calling for changes to the state’s election
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has announced expanded food benefits made available to eligible Michigan residents when the pandemic started will continue through all of August. Spokesperson Bob Wheaton tells WSJM News the agency
Public comment is still being taken by the city of South Haven on its plans to improve the Kids Corner Playground and the restrooms at South Beach. The city this week held a public visioning session to
Now in front of Benton Harbor High School on Colfax Avenue is a Black Lives Matter street mural. Volunteers painted it on Saturday morning with organizer and citizen activist Trenton Bowens telling WSJM News it was great
The Van Buren County Road Commission will be spraying herbicides along roads this fall. It says it’s hired The Daltons out of North Webster, Indiana to perform custom chemical vegetation control services along the road right-of-way on
The fast food chain Steak n Shake has announced it will auction off 15 of its locations in August, including the Steak n Shake in Benton Harbor. In all, three locations in Michigan will be up for
The United Way of Southwest Michigan is closing its office in Paw Paw. Spokesperson Jennifer Tomshack tells us the group has kept the Paw Paw office open since it merged with the United Way of Van Buren
The National Blueberry Festival in South Haven is set for this weekend, although it will be different due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Festival organizers say there will not be live music or pie eating contests. There will
The Krasl Art Center is planning a meeting to discuss social justice policies. The St. Joseph City Commission has been holding meetings to talk about what it could do to improve racial equity and to fight racism
The city of Benton Harbor will close Colfax Avenue this weekend to allow volunteers to paint a Black Lives Matter mural near Benton Harbor High School. The volunteers will be out on the street Saturday and Sunday.
The Allegan County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a Thursday fatal shooting in Lee Township. It says deputies responded to the scene near the 500 block of 55th Street around 6:15 p.m. and found a 50-year-old man dead.
Michigan is reporting 762 additional cases of COVID-19 for Friday. The state also says it’s had zero new deaths for the day. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services puts the total number of COVID cases
From the Associated Press — Governor Gretchen Whitmer has extended Michigan’s coronavirus emergency through September 4, enabling her to keep in place restrictions designed to curb COVID-19. The Democratic governor on Friday pointed to an uptick in
From the Associated Press — Two successful graduates are committing $6 million to help the University of Michigan expand opportunities for students in real estate and investing. Stephen Ross and Jeff Blau say they want to help
From the Associated Press — A Democratic senator says he is launching an investigation into changes at the U.S. Postal Service that are causing delays in deliveries across the country. Democrats say the delays will be especially
The Michigan National Guard will do free community testing for COVID-19 in Allegan this weekend. The State Emergency Operations Center has released the following statement: The Michigan National Guard will continue its partnership with the Michigan Department
