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Local Leaders And Public Talk Future Of SW Michigan Rail
After departing New Buffalo a couple weeks ago, the Michigan By Rail Forum arrived in the twin cities Wednesday night at Silver Beach Center ...Read More

Pay Freeze In Hartford Helps School District Prevent Cuts
Hartford Public School teachers have given the district the help it needs to reduce cutting jobs ...Read More

Labor Day Weekend: Less Death On MI Roads
Less death on Michigan roadways during the past holiday weekend ...Read More

MI Works Offers Training Scholarships To Laid Off Workers
Michigan Works is reminding everyone that there is still time to apply for a number of its education and training services ...Read More

BH Commissioners Discuss Trash Contract
Benton Harbor City Commissioners on Tuesday talked trash ...Read More

Van Buren Police Review Results Of Labor Day Crackdown
An end of summer drunk driving crackdown in Van Buren County resulted in a total of 37 arrests over the past two weeks ...Read More

Stabenow Honored By Berrien Health Department
Senator Debbie Stabenow was in Berrien County on Wednesday to be honored by the health department for supporting programs for young mothers ...Read More

State Lawmakers Making Progress On Budget
State lawmakers returned to Lansing this week, and already, a budget agreement has been reached ...Read More

Body Found Near Cook Presumed To Be Chicago Man
Lincoln Township Police report the presumed body of 26 year old Timothy Horvath of Chicago was found around 8 a ...Read More

New Buchanan Superintendent Excited About Fed Grant
Buchanan Community School's new Superintendent Dr ...Read More

New Technology For I-94 Near Kalamazoo
It's not coming to St. Joe/Benton Harbor yet, but may help your drive to Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, or Detroit ...Read More

Rail Forum In St. Joe Tonight
Tonight will a be two hour forum in St. Joseph on the future of high speed rail travel in southwest Michigan ...Read More

Upton Visits SWM Aerospace Company
Congressman Fred Upton was in Kalamazoo on Tuesday touring a company that makes components for airplanes ...Read More

Cook Plant Conducting Extra Siren Tests
The Cook nuclear power plant in Bridgman will be conducting extra tests of its emergency sirens in the coming weeks ...Read More

BH Leaders Consider Community Benefits Package With Whirlpool
Whirlpool will donate 200-thousand dollars a year to the city of Benton Harbor between 2011 and 2014, and 300-thousand dollars a year for ten years after that as part of a community benefits package that the city commission approved on Tuesday ...Read More

Benton Twp Pizza Hut Closes
The Pizza Hut on Mall Drive in Benton Township has closed ...Read More

September Is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
September is the first ever Childhood Obesity Awareness Month ...Read More

Talks May Help Get Hilltop Sidewalk Project Going Again
Saint Joseph Charter Township officials are trying to schedule a meeting this week with a representative from the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on Hilltop Road ...Read More

New Charge To Show Up On Some Sewer Bills
City of Saint Joseph sewer customers should notice an extra charge on their sewer bill starting in February, 2011 ...Read More

Two OK After Crash Landing In Berrien Springs
Two men practicing a crash landing walked away from the real thing yesterday at Andrews Airpark in Berrien Springs ...Read More

Healthcare Conference Planned At WMU
An upcoming conference at Western Michigan University will be focused on solutions to the rising cost of healthcare in the United States ...Read More

Foreclosed Homeowner Gets A Break In Court
The owner of a lakefront home in Saint Joseph that was almost auctioned off by the Berrien County Treasurer's office won a break in court last week ...Read More

Economic Club Announces Next Speaker Series
The Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan has announced its next lineup of speakers ...Read More

Holiday Boating: Avoid Risk Of Electricity Leak
If you plan on swimming near your boat this holiday weekend, you may want to check to make sure it is properly grounded when plugged in at dock or running on a battery on board ...Read More

Harbor Authority Concerned About BH Master Plan
The St. Joseph River Harbor Authority voted Thursday to send a letter to the Benton Harbor community and economic planning director advising against building anything at Benton Harbor's only commercial dock: the Central Dock ...Read More

26 Year Old Chicago Man Lost In Lake
A 26 year old man from Chicago went missing in Lake Michigan yesterday night ...Read More

No Chicago To St. Joe In Tri-State Race
Sailors could not race the Chicago to St. Joseph leg of the 2010 Tri-State Regatta ...Read More