The Michigan Strategic Fund Board has approved an initiative to support an expansion project with Hydro Aluminum Metals USA, LLC in the village of Cassopolis. The company recycles aluminum into a variety of finished products, and its
Pfizer is asking the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of a COVID-19 booster shot for kids between five and eleven-years-old. The booster gave a “strong immune response” in children in clinical trials. Pfizer has
After making $2.9 billon in the first quarter, General Motors CEO Mary Barra predicting a strong year ahead. She sees demand for vehicles remaining good, the chip situation improving, and GM able to make about 25% more
The Powerball jackpot keeps climbing with now winner since October. Tonight’s jackpot is $454 million. The Michigan Lottery’s Jake Harris says interest is growing. “We still haven’t reached what we would say have that record territory where
A prospective ballot initiative in Michigan would allow people in prison to earn time off their sentences through work training, earning a college degree or participating in anger-management or drug-treatment programs. The Good Time Initiative would mean
The Napier Avenue bridge over the St. Joseph River in the Benton Harbor and St. Joseph area is closed to all traffic. The Berrien County Road Department put out word Tuesday evening Napier is closed between Langley
Community leaders who were around at the time of Berrien County’s purchase of Silver Beach are remembering how it came together. Following the death this week of longtime LECO President Robert Warren, he’s being remembered as the
More than $100,000 has been raised for Emergency Shelter Services with its annual Love Your Shelter capital campaign, just as the organization welcomes a new director. ESS says the Love Your Shelter campaign aimed to raise $50,000
KitchenAid has unveiled the full schedule of celebrity chefs that will take the stage in the KitchenAid Fairway Club, the centerpiece of the fan experience at Harbor Shores during the 2022 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship. Kitchenaid’s Deb
The Napier Avenue bridge over the St. Joseph River is closed to all traffic. The Berrien County Road Department put out word Tuesday evening the bridge is closed and that drivers should seek alternate routes. It says
St. Joseph City Commissioners have granted their approval to a California firm to rent out electric scooters in the community. Bird Rides, Incorporated will soon start renting out the motorized vehicles in Benton Harbor, and with approval
Donovan Frazier of Benton Harbor has been named Michigan Youth of the Year by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Boys and Girls Club of Benton Harbor Teen Center Director John Sams tells WSJM News Donovan
The Southwest Michigan Planning Commission has launched a survey to learn about the public’s concerns as the closure of the Palisades nuclear power plant draws near. Director John Egelhaaf tells WSJM News the commission is preparing for
Betty’s life began December 2, 1943, in Hayti, Missouri. She spent her childhood in Missouri eventually moving to Michigan. Betty worked for several years as a security guard at Cook Nuclear Plant. She also worked as a
Recall petition language for three Niles school board members was approved this week by the Berrien County Election Commission. The Berrien County Clerk’s office tells us the petitions against Niles school board President Mark Wortham, Trustee Kyle
The 9th Annual Freep Film Fest kicks off Wednesday night. Executive director and festival co-founder Stevey Byrne told Michigan News Network this week one of the featured films is “Bad Axe,” which premiered at the South by
Grand Rapids police have identified Christopher Schurr as the officer who killed Patrick Lyoya three weeks ago. Lyoya was a Black man and native of Congo who was fatally shot in the back of the head after
Benton Township police are trying to figure out who shot and killed 20-year-old Antoine Fox at Blossom Acres Housing Complex Monday night. Fox went to a relative’s home in the complex just after 10 p.m. saying he
Despite the cold spring weather, Blossomtime was celebrated with the crowning of Miss Blossomtime 2022 last night at the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center. Lillian Waggoner was the winner last night. She is the current Miss Buchanan
The 2022 Kitchenaid Senior PGA championship is less than a month away and St. Joseph City Commissioners got a preview Monday night. Championship Director Brandon Haney told them the event will attract what he believes is the
The Rotary Club of St. Joseph-Benton Harbor has announced the winners of its student essay contest. It says students who participated in the annual Rotary Scholarship Essay Contest were honored at its latest weekely meeting. The winners
From the Associated Press — Two candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump have won Michigan Republicans’ backing for attorney general and secretary of state at a convention, clearing their path to face Democratic incumbents in the
The Berrien County Election Commission has approved the language included on four recall petitions filed against members of the Lakeshore Public Schools Board of Education while rejecting two others. The petitions were filed against Board President Jason
The 14th annual Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Day Rally will be held at the Michigan Capitol Tuesday. Emily Schuster-Wachsberger, who organizes the event for the Children’s Trust Fund, tells WSJM News there will be presentations and the
Robert Warren is being remembered as a benefactor for all of Berrien County. News of his death came Monday. The former LECO president was 89. Berrien County Board of Commissioners Chair Mac Elliott tells us Warren’s sale
The South Bend man charged in a cold case murder in Niles this year has been sentenced to a minimum of 23 years in prison. 67-year-old Patrick Wayne Gilham was sentenced in the 1987 murder of 30-year-old
The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department says a man is unhurt after he rolled a van into Lake Brownwood in Antwerp Township on Sunday. Sheriff’s deputies were called to a property in the 48,000 block of Fairbanks
Free bottled water continues to be provided by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) for City of Benton Harbor residents for cooking, drinking, brushing teeth, rinsing foods and mixing powdered infant formula. To arrange
We’ve learned that Robert J. Warren, the President Emeritus of LECO Corporation, has died at the age of 89. Warren helped build LECO — a pioneer in the development of carbon determination instrumentation for use in the
Matt DePerno is the choice of the Michigan Republican Party to be their Attorney General nominee for the November election. Delegates at the GOP convention also picked Kristina Karamo as their Secretary of State nominee. Both have
