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A 37-year-old man is hospitalized at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo after rolling his 1994 GMC Yukon Thursday afternoon in Keeler Township. The Decatur-area man lost control when he was on 62nd Street near 79th Avenue and

Clearbrook Golf Course in Saugatuck is now owned by Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins and his wife, Julie. They write in a letter to the community they purchased the course from friends Jim and Candy Jeltema, who

Senator Aric Nesbitt has been elected the Minority Leader of the Michigan Senate for the term starting in January. The Lawton Republican won reelection this week for his second and final term in the Legislature. Democrat Winnie

– Submitted by Allegan County The Allegan County Board of Commissioners awarded a $17.7 million contract to 123.net of Southfield to provide wired broadband infrastructure and service to approximately 12,000 unserved addresses. The addresses do not have

Berrien County is going to need a new chief public defender. That’s after Paul Jancha was elected as a judge this week. Berrien County Administrator Brian Dissette told county commissioners this week a search will have to

Set for Saturday is the first ever John Lewis Banquet in Benton Harbor. Neighbors Organizing Against Racism’s Trenton Bowens told us this summer the celebration is being held to honor those who have worked to make a

By Ryan Yuenger ryany@wsjm.com A local municipality is embracing a rapidly expanding industry as a way to fund improvement projects. After a special public hearing Monday, the Village of Stevensville voted 4-1 to approve ordinances allowing up

A Berrien County Road Department program to reimburse the training costs for an employee to earn a CDL has been yielding results. Speaking to the Berrien County Board of Commissioners Thursday, County Administrator Brian Dissette said there

Now installed and open to everyone is a new story book trail at Britain Youth Park in Benton Harbor. The Great Start Collaborative’s Kristen Chism tells us families can take a walk through the book, D.J.’s Busy

The St. Joseph City Commission has hired Emily Hackworth of New York to be the new assistant city manager. The commission at a special meeting this week selected Hackworth for the post to help City Manager John

Southwest Michigan is getting one new Michigan State Police trooper now that a trooper recruit academy has graduated another class. Graduation for the 142nd Trooper Recruit School was Thursday in Lansing with Governor Gretchen Whitmer as the

A local nuclear reactor is back offline, just a day after coming back online. Cook Nuclear Plant announced that at 7:44 a.m. Thursday, the plant’s Unit 2 was automatically shut down due to high water in the

In a potentially historic midterm election, more than 4 million Michiganders turned out to the polls, and 1.8 million sent in their absentee ballots. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said this election is on track to surpass

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says the state has added 9,992 cases of COVID-19 in the past week. That takes the total cases to over two-point-nine million since March 2020. There were 168 deaths

Forecasters are predicting extreme cold and wet weather for Michigan and the upper Midwest this winter, and experts warn that high energy bills could come with it. The National Weather Service is calling for extreme temperatures and

Michigan’s statewide elections have been making national headlines and turning heads of Twitter pundits Wednesday. For the first time since the 1980’s, Democrats will control the Governor’s office, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State House and State

The small Van Buren County village of Breedsville lives on after voters on Tuesday shot down a proposal to dissolve it. Both Breedsville voters and Columbia Township voters rejected the dissolution question. Had the village been dissolved,

US-31 north of Napier Avenue in the Benton Harbor area is now open to traffic. Michigan Department of Transportation spokesperson Nick Schirripa tells us the $121 million project that connected US-31 to I-94 is complete. “Everything we’ve

The Cook nuclear power plant’s Unit 2 reactor is back online after a refueling outage that started in October. Plant spokesperson Bill Downey tells us around 1,100 contractors supplemented the plant’s usual 950 employees to get a

By Ambrosia Neldon ambrosian@cassco.org As Cass County residents make their lists and check them twice, Cass County Animal Control is asking them to keep furry friends lacking forever homes in mind. On Saturday, Dec. 3, Christmas with

The Berrien Community Foundation awarded Lory’s Place, a program of Caring Circle at Corewell Health South, a $10,000 project grant to support one year of continued grief work aiding the Community Grief Alliance program, and Community Grief

With all of the votes tallied, Van Buren County voters have spoken on a number of proposals. In Bangor Township, a senior services millage proposal has passed by just two votes, according to electionreporting.com. The proposal will

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says Tuesday’s elections saw few problems across Michigan, and now the results go into the certification process. The Secretary of State’s office has released the following: Following record-setting voting in the

Voters in two southwest Michigan townships have gone in opposite directions when it comes to pot. A ballot proposal to allow recreational cannabis facilities has been approved by South Haven Charter Township voters by a margin of