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In this week’s WSJM Week in Review, for October 14, 2016, a change on the Benton Harbor School Board, St. Joseph city officials are going after run down homes in town, and more.

Construction will get underway in the spring on a massive expansion of Lakeland Medical Center in St. Joseph. The new Lakeland Medical Center Pavilion will include the Hanson Heart Center, named for donors Merlin and Carolyn Hanson

Hillary Clinton has released a new national campaign ad featuring a Flint mother and her son. “When Hillary came to Flint, asked me to tell her my story, and when she saw my son, she fell in

(Detroit, MI – AP) Fiat Chrysler says an employee at its Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit has been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. The automaker says in a statement Friday that it hasn’t been determined where the

(South Bend, IN – AP) The mayor of South Bend says the city’s police department will begin releasing information about its use of force, citizen complaints and training. Mayor Peter Buttigieg said Thursday that the releases will be

States adjacent to Lake Michigan have agreed to cut back on stocking the lake with chinook salmon and lake trout over the next two years. The Lake Michigan Committee says chinook stocking rates will drop by 27%

We won’t have any statewide ballot proposals before us on November 8, but Lake Michigan College is urging people to go all the way through the ballot and vote on its millage request. Security upgrades will be

State Representative Al Pscholka is capping off his six years in the House by being named the Legislator of the Year by the Michigan Sheriff’s Association. The Stevensville Republican called the recognition from law enforcement something that

In this week’s WSJM Week in Review, for October 14, 2016, a change on the Benton Harbor School Board, St. Joseph city officials are going after run down homes in town, and more.

The Berrien County Health Department and Michigan State Police are holding a prescription drug take-back event at Lakeshore High School on Saturday. Kerri Teachout is the health department’s prevention services supervisor. “The medication disposal is meant for

Michigan State Police investigators have found no evidence to back up allegations included in a document from Benton Harbor Area Schools Superintendent Dr. Shelly Walker that a suspended principal had child pornography. Detective Mike Spring tells WSJM

Suspended Benton Harbor High School Principal Rodger Tripplett is firing back against accusations included in a 17-page document from Superintendent Dr. Shelly Walker that he allowed dozens of students to graduate without meeting state requirements and that

The fate of suspended Benton Harbor High School Principal Rodger Tripplett remains in limbo. The school board had been scheduled to meet in closed session Friday morning at 11 to discuss where to go after putting him

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed two influenza cases during the first official week of the flu season. Spokeswoman Angela Minicuci says both adults are in southeast Michigan and are the A-H-3 strain.

A wide variety of personal care items are being collected at Village Market in South Haven to help the needy in Van Buren County. Southwest Michigan Community Action Agency and SuperHits 103.7 COSY FM are once again

Two Grand Junction boys are being treated with preventative rabies shots after one of them was bitten by a rabid bat in his sleep. MLive reports Brian Cripps was bitten on his finger around 5 a.m. on

Police are working to find a Vandalia woman who hasn’t been seen since Tuesday night. The Cass County Sheriff’s Department tells WSJM News 48-year-old Ramona Huffman left home to walk to a nearby gas station just after

A motorcyclist has reportedly been struck and killed in a hit and run crash on I-94 near the Paw Paw exit. 9-1-1 dispatch got calls from several motorists that they stopped to help a man found lying

A kindergartner from Dowagiac is in critical condition at Bronson Methodist after was run over by a lawnmower yesterday (Wednesday). Five year old Lucas Doyle was reportedly running behind a riding mower being operated by a female

A pair of southwest Michigan state senators say they’re growing tired of the mudslinging they’re seeing in the race for president. Senator Tonya Schuitmaker of Lawton says issues are being ignored. “We need to address big problems,

Michigan’s Good Samaritan law protecting people 21 and younger from being prosecuted if they report an overdose now applies to everyone, regardless of age. Representative Al Pscholka of Stevensville sponsored both the original law and the expansion,

A big appliance sale is being held by Whirlpool this weekend at its Center for Partner Development building at 1800 Paw Paw Avenue in Benton Harbor, with the United Way of Southwest Michigan getting the proceeds. Whirlpool

Police are looking for a man who held up the Chemical Bank branch in the 18-hundred block of South 11th Street in Niles. He gave a note to the teller around 1 p.m., and made off with

There is a vacancy on the Benton Harbor school board. President Sharon James this week resigned on Monday via email after not having attended any meetings since mid-June. During her last meeting, James stormed out and created

(East Lansing, MI – AP) – A graduate of Michigan State University who relied on a scholarship in the 1960s to help complete his college education is giving $5.3 million gift to the school’s College of Engineering.

(Ludington, MI – AP) – A judge has acquitted a northern Michigan man of first-degree murder in connection with the disappearance of his 4-month-old daughter. Mason County Judge Peter Wadel issued a directed verdict Tuesday on the

Kohl’s is hiring this weekend at its Benton Township store in the Fairplain Plaza for seasonal help for the holidays. The chain normally stays open around the clock in the last few days before Christmas, and extra

There are a lot of people calling for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to exit the race over comments he made to entertainment reporter Billy Bush in 2005 and several interviews over the years with Howard Stern,

  The Michigan Deer Crash Coalition is urging drivers to be on the lookout for deer after a particularly deadly 2015. From now until the end of the year, deer are on the run, making it dangerous