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Loretta Louise Misich

Loretta Louise Misich, 97, peacefully passed away on Monday, September 11, 2023 surrounded by her loving family. Loretta was born on April 6, 1926, in Dowagiac, MI to the late Lloyd Keesler and Leta (Playford) Keesler. Along

Orchards Mall Post Office closed

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The Post Office at the Orchards Mall has closed. The U.S. Postal Service says, “To ensure the safety of both postal customers and employees,” the office shut down temporarily on Wednesday. The Postal Services cited “safety conditions,”

Red Cross makes urgent call for blood

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The American Red Cross is sounding the alarm due to a nationwide blood shortage. Mary Lynn Foster, the CEO of the Red Cross Michigan Region, credits the shortage to late summer travel, kids going back to school,

Meth lab busted in Constantine by SWET

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The Southwest Enforcement Team (SWET) – South Office detectives, along with Michigan State Police (MSP) Marshall Post troopers, executed a search warrant yesterday, September 12, in the 66000 block of Klett Road in Constantine, MI. During the

Huizenga visits NATO allies overseas

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Congressman Bill Huizenga just got back from a trip to Europe to meet with NATO allies, and one potential NATO ally. He tells us the bipartisan House Foreign Affairs trip took him to Sweden, Finland, and the

Search continues for missing plane, pilot

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The Michigan Wing Civil Air Patrol and emergency response agencies continue the search for a plane and pilot that went missing on Sunday in southwest Michigan. 83-year-old Richard Martin left the Dowagiac Municipal Airport Sunday morning in

More information released on missing pilot

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Authorities are looking for an 82-year-old man who went missing with his plane after taking off from the Dowagiac Municipal Airport Sunday. The Dowagiac Department of Public Safety says police were called to the airport around 8:15