Local News Archives

South Haven Street Could Close

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A well-used privately owned road in South Haven may be closed if repairs are not made. The road runs off of Blue Star Highway just south of Phoenix and along the south side Walgreens. The road serves

Van Buren County Water Testing

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The Van Buren Conservation District will be doing free water testing for residents next week. The district’s A.J. Brucks tells WSJM News anyone can bring by a sample of their well water to have it checked for

Live Mannequins Moving To Spring

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The Live Mannequins event held in downtown St. Joseph each December is being rebranded and moved to the spring. St. Joe Today’s Amy Zapal tells WSJM News Live Mannequins, which featured displays of people dressed as mannequins

Snyder Declines To Endorse Schuette

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One key Republican in Michigan is not getting behind the party’s nominee for governor quite yet. That man is Rick Snyder, the term-limited current governor who had backed Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley’s bid for the party’s nomination.

Upton Seeing Progress On House Rules

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Congressman Fred Upton and the other members of his House Problem Solvers group continue to push for new House rules when the next House Speaker is chosen. The group recently announced it wants rules in place to

Kalamazoo River Tested For PFAS

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From the Associated Press — Michigan Department of Environmental Quality officials are looking for chemicals in the Kalamazoo River near a city where residents are being provided bottled water after contamination was found in their drinking water

New Program To Find Vulnerable Adults

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The Michigan State Police post in Niles and the Niles Police Department are the first law enforcement agencies in Berrien County to be picked for a statewide program to help identify vulnerable adults or impaired children. MSP

New Site For Ox Creek Improvement Plan

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The Southwest Michigan Planning Commission is hoping to attract public interest in its efforts to improve the Ox Creek Watershed. It tells us a new website has been launched specifically for the Ox Creek Watershed Improvement Plan,

New Principals At Niles Schools

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A couple of new principals have been hired at Niles Community Schools. Superintendent Dan Applegate tells us the district has hired Jeron Blood as the new Ballard Elementary principal and Jennifer Shabazz as the principal of Northside

Ford Celebrates 10 Millionth Mustang

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From the Associated Press — Ford Motor Co. marked the production of the 10 millionth Mustang with celebrations at the automaker’s headquarters and at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant where the iconic sports car is made. A parade

Upton Praises PFAS Response

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The local response to the PFAS contamination in Parchment and Cooper Township in Kalamazoo County is getting high marks from Congressman Fred Upton. He tells WSJM News when the harmful chemical was detected at high levels in

Van Buren County Voters Consider Proposals

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In addition to political races going on Tuesday, Van Buren County voters in several communities were asked to approve ballot proposals. Biggest among them was a countywide road proposal. The Van Buren County Road Commission asked voters

Longjohn To Face Upton In November

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We now know who will face Congressman Fred Upton in November. Coming out on top of the Democratic primary on Tuesday was Kalamazoo County doctor Matt Longjohn. He told WSJM News when launching his campaign that he

Schuette, Whitmer Win Gubernatorial Primaries

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FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – Former state Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer and Republican state Attorney General Bill Schuette won the nominations to run for Michigan governor on Tuesday, advancing to a November showdown to succeed term-limited

Andrews Wins Dem Primary In 79th

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We now know who will be the Democratic candidates to appear on the November ballot in southwest Michigan’s state legislative districts. Coming out on top in Tuesday’s primaries to run for Michigan House in the 79th District

South Haven City Council

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The Boys and Girls Club of Benton Harbor may be be expanding to South Haven in the near future. At a meeting Monday, the South Haven City Council approved a resolution for the exploration of youth program

School Board Meets With CEO

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The Benton Harbor Area Schools Board of Education has held its first meeting with new CEO Robert Herrera at the helm. About three weeks after he took the position with the Michigan Departments of Education and Treasury