How’s the business climate in Michigan to attract businesses from out of state? The Detroit Regional Partnership and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation met with national site selectors in Detroit this week to learn more about that.
Wayne State University is mandating students, professors, and other workers get the COVID-19 vaccine in order to go to class. All vaccination cards will have to be submitted by August 30. Senior Gladys Beatrah doesn’t have a
One of Metro Detroit’s athletes who just competed in the Tokyo Olympics, swimmer Allison Schmitt of Canton won a silver and a bronze medal. She won a bronze in the 4 by 100 meter freestyle relay and
Congressman Fred Upton says a bipartisan infrastructure package is finally on the verge of being approved in Washington. He tells WSJM News the Senate worked through the weekend, and the full chamber could approve the package this
A donation of six automated external defibrillators, or AEDS, has been made to the Michigan State Police post in Paw Paw. MSP Public Information Officer DuWayne Robinson tells WSJM News the AEDs were donated through the Kalamazoo
It’s only been a couple of months since the new City Center Lofts apartments in downtown Benton Harbor became available, and they’re now already filled up. Cornerstone Alliance President Rob Cleveland tells WSJM News all 16 units
It looks like the new, more targeted federal eviction moratorium will not prevent Berrien County residents from losing their homes, at least for now. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week released a new moratorium
Spectrum Health Lakeland and the Berrien County Health Department held a Facebook Live discussion on Wednesday to urge the vaccination of adolescents age 12 years and older for COVID-19. Dr. Anne Dudley with Lakeland Health Network said
The city of St. Joseph is reaching out to local businesses to learn how well it’s serving them as things reopen in the COVID-19 pandemic. Business owners have been sent surveys, and they’re invited to a series
More winners of the MI Shot to Win vaccine sweepstakes were announced on Wednesday. Protect Michigan Commission Director Kerry Ebersole Singh said nearly 64% of the state has gotten at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot while the
From the Associated Press — A Michigan man charged in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Karl Dresch of Calumet in the Upper Peninsula was released Wednesday after more
From the Associated Press — Michigan’s weekly number of people getting an initial COVID-19 shot has risen for the third straight week after having consistently dropped for two months. The increase coincided with the spread of the
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says there were no major problems with elections held around the state on Tuesday. The Secretary of State has released the following: The nearly 400 jurisdictions with elections Aug. 3 reported
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has updated its COVID-19 guidance for schools as the start of a new academic year approaches. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has released the following: Today,
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has held a roundtable with law enforcement from around Michigan to discuss how the state could better be served. The governor’s office has released the following: Governor Whitmer today led a roundtable discussion in Flint with local and state law enforcement
From the Associated Press — Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency for three suburban Detroit cities after they requested state aide for damage caused by severe thunderstorms and high winds on July 7.
The field of candidates for St. Joseph City Commission in November’s election is now down to six. After Tuesday’s primary, moving on to the final race are Michele Binkley, Thomas Jennings, Ben Rimes, Michael Sarola, Brook Thomas,
Voters in Van Buren County had several issues to decide on Tuesday. At the top of the list was the big $53.6 million bond proposal for Paw Paw Public Schools. It was rejected by the voters. Meanwhile,
Berrien County residents are being urged to donate blood as the supply is low. Spectrum Health Lakeland has released the following: Blood supplies across the state remain low, with some blood types in critical need. Spectrum Health
More than $75,000 in grants and scholarships have been announced by the Spectrum Health Lakeland Foundation. Interim President Melinda Gruber tells WSJM News $26,000 is in the form of 26 scholarships to team members and students for
The public is being asked for its thoughts as the Southwest Michigan Local Food Council develops a food branding campaign for the area. The council’s Dawn Marie Smith tells WSJM News a USDA grant is paying for
From the Associated Press — A memorial Mass has been held in northern Michigan for the last remaining survivor of a Lake Michigan shipwreck that killed 33 people in 1958. Frank Mays was one of two people
From the Associated Press — The quickly approaching fall semester has America’s colleges under pressure to decide how far they should go to guard their campuses against the coronavirus while navigating legal and political questions and rising
A longtime fixture of the Benton Harbor Community has died. Former Mayor Wilce Cooke passed away at the age of 83 on Monday. Cooke served as the mayor of Benton Harbor from 1981 to 1987, and then
Whirlpool has broken ground on a new $20-million affordable apartment project across from its Riverview Campus in Benton Harbor. CEO Marc Bitzer, Congressman Fred Upton, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Mayor Marcus Muhammad spoke at the event Tuesday,
Rivefest is this weekend in Benton Harbor. Riverfest is a new event inspired by events of the past. To be held at Charles Yarborough Park on Riverview Drive Friday and Saturday, the event will bring together residents
From the Associated Press — Federal prosecutors have dropped charges, at least for now, against a Canadian trucker who was arrested at the U.S. border early last month with more than a ton of marijuana in his
From the Associated Press — Nearly half of Michigan residents live in counties where the federal government is urging the fully vaccinated to wear masks in public indoor settings because transmission of the coronavirus is “high” or
The annual Breastfeeding on the Bluff event is set for this Saturday in downtown St. Joseph. The Berrien County Health Department’s Samantha Beyerlein tells WSJM News the event held with the Berrien County Breastfeeding Coalition will be
The Berrien Springs-Oronoko Township Fire Department will receive a grant of more than $531,000 from the federal government. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow on Monday announced the grant from the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to
