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SMC Hosts 202 students for Automotive Day

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Southwestern Michigan College’s Dowagiac campus hosted 202 Michiana high school students Oct. 6 for Automotive Day. Participants included Dowagiac, Cassopolis, Lakeshore, Niles, Coloma, Covert, Elkhart Area Career Center and A.K. Smith Career Center, Michigan City. The event

New round of student loan forgiveness coming

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The Biden administration has announced another round of student loan forgiveness. This one focuses on public sector employees. It affects 125,000 Americans. SoFi’s Brian Walsh says that’s a much smaller group than the original student loan forgiveness

Kalamazoo house fire kills two children

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From the Associated Press — A house fire in southwestern Michigan killed two children early Monday while two other people escaped from the burning structure, authorities said. Firefighters and emergency personnel were dispatched to the home in