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The Blossomtime Festival has announced the annual Youth Parade is coming up. The Parade take place on Saturday, May 4th at 12:00 noon. The event is for kids from preschool through middle school, and will run along State Street in downtown St. Joseph. The Parade will feature Grand Marshalls, the 2024 Bud Princess along with Kings and Queens in attendance. Check-in will begin at 11:00am at Bear Park behind the St. Joseph Library and pre-registration is required.... [Read Full Story]

The Cass County Prosecutor’s Office is marking Crime Victims’ Rights Week this week.... [Read Full Story]

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FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Their childhood memories are still vivid: warnings against drinking or cooking with tap water, enduring long lines for cases of water, washing from buckets filled with heated, bottled water. And for some, stomach aches, skin rashes and hair loss.... [Read Full Story]

Michigan Works is taking applications for the next round of Going Pro Talent Fund grants.... [Read Full Story]

The Blossomtime Festival has announced its Volunteer of the Year.... [Read Full Story]

The city of St. Joseph is now officially a Bee City, USA.... [Read Full Story]

Legislation from Congressman Bill Huizenga to crack down on Iran following its attack on Israel is now headed to the U.S. Senate.... [Read Full Story]

A Cass County man has won $1 million in the Powerball lottery game.... [Read Full Story]

The winners of this year’s Rotary Club of St. Joseph-Benton Harbor Scholarship Essay Contest have been announced.... [Read Full Story]

Days after Lionsgate announced it will be rebooting The Blair Witch Project, the three people who starred in the micro-budgeted film — only to see it become a blockbuster — are speaking out.... [Read Full Story]

Legislation that would allow speed cameras to be used in road construction zones around Michigan is moving forward in the state Legislature.... [Read Full Story]

Berrien County’s Prosecuting Attorney is resigning and stepping down effective June 3. Prosecutor Steve Pierangeli’s term was supposed to end in December and he had been expected to seek reelection, but news that he is stepping down began trickling through the political and law enforcement communities late last week.... [Read Full Story]

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Legislation from state Representative Joey Andrews to regulate short-term rentals has gotten its first committee hearing in Lansing.... [Read Full Story]

Another section of the Niles-Buchanan Trail Connection Project will be completed starting next year thanks to the United Way of Southwest Michigan and Be Healthy Berrien.... [Read Full Story]

A new waterfront park space is being developed in Benton Harbor.... [Read Full Story]

April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and the Berrien County Health Department is spreading awareness about the dangers of underage drinking.... [Read Full Story]

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel will speak about election security at Lake Michigan College this month.... [Read Full Story]

The Whirlpool Foundation is teaming up with the Washing Machine Project on a new project to distribute manual washing machines in areas of the world where access to electricity and indoor plumbing is limited. The plan is to build 10,000 manual washers in the next five years.... [Read Full Story]

The Greater Niles Chamber of Commerce is spreading the word about business development grant opportunities available in the area.... [Read Full Story]

The transition from high school to college can be a challenge for many students, and that’s why Lake Michigan College is offering a free summer program to first time enrollees.... [Read Full Story]

Fernwood Botanical Garden Director Carol Line is retiring after 17 years at the helm.... [Read Full Story]

The Berrien County Board of Commissioners has approved a pay increase for trial court clerks.... [Read Full Story]

Congressman Tim Walberg has introduced legislation that would create a special postage stamp designed to raise money to support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.... [Read Full Story]

New Buffalo Area Schools is planning to support a housing development in New Buffalo Township as a way of increasing attainable housing in the area.... [Read Full Story]

The Rotary Club of St. Joseph-Benton Harbor will be celebrating Earth Day this Saturday by sprucing up a three-mile stretch of Lakeshore Drive in St. Joseph.... [Read Full Story]