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Fresh from receiving the Medal of Honor at the White House, James McCloughan was greeted by dozens of well-wishers at Gerald R. Ford International in Grand Rapids late Wednesday night. His flight was four hours late, but

From the Associated Press — President Donald Trump has made a disaster declaration for four Michigan counties that sustained widespread damage amid severe storms and flash flooding in June. The announcement Wednesday makes federal funding available to residents

It’ll be a busy weekend in downtown St. Joseph. They’re holding the annual Chalk the Block event, featuring artists from all over drawing right on the sidewalks. St. Joe Today’s Daniele Crevier tells WSJM News they’ll be

The Southwest Michigan Association of Realtors is once again holding a Suitcases for Kids campaign. The annual drive collects items for kids in the foster care system. Chair Angela Nutto tells us they look for common things

State Representative Beth Griffin has held her first local officials meeting. She tells WSJM News it’s a tradition started by her predecessors to gather representatives of agencies that affect the lives of residents all over southwest Michigan.

Mattawan State Representative Beth Griffin has held her first local officials meeting. She tells us it’s a tradition started by her predecessors to gather representatives of agencies that affect the lives of residents all over southwest Michigan.

Lakeshore High School has already cleaned up most of the graffiti spraypainted on parts of Al Stockman Stadium this week. Lakeshore Schools Superintendent Phil Freeman tells WSJM News it happend on the track, the football field, and

Michigan lawmakers have set aside $1 million in the state’s next budget for the study of chronic wasting disease in the deer population. State Representative Sue Allor is from the U.P. town of Wolverine. She told WKZO News

Gray wolves in the western Great Lakes will remain on the endangered species list. That word from the US Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, which overturned a previous ruling from US Fish and Wildlife Services. Noah

New voting machines could be coming to a polling place near you just in time for next week’s August 8 elections. All of Michigan’s 1,500-plus precincts will see the new machines by next fall as part of a

It’s almost time for the 14th annual World’s Longest Garage Sale. The event is held each year along the length of US-12 across Michigan. It features sales run by businesses and individuals in communities from New Buffalo

You can count some Michigan craft breweries as among the voices calling for the closure of Enbridge’s Line 5 through the Straits of Mackinac. Rich Bergmann, owner of Lake Charlevoix Brewing Company, tells WSJM News there are safer

It’s almost time for the Coloma Glad Peach Festival. The 50th annual event will be held this Friday through Sunday, says secretary Maureen Saltzman. She tells WSJM News Friday will feature the youth parade, the opening of the main

Hundreds of southwest Michigan residents have had a chance to meet their local police thanks to the latest National Night Out event. Police departments all over Berrien County gathered in local parks Tuesday night, showing off equipment,

Set for this Wednesday is the 33rd annual Elks Club Fishing Derby in southwest Michigan. More than 100 Michigan veterans are expected to turn out for the event which will have them traveling from the Battle Creek

The United Way of Southwest Michigan has announced its next yearly fundraising goal. The organization is going to try to collect $4.4 million in the coming year. It’s the 75th anniversary of the United Way of Southwest

Mattawan state Representative Beth Griffin is spending her summer meeting with residents of her district and getting their thoughts. There’s one thing she hears the most, and she tells WSJM News it’s the roads. “The questions that

The Bangor Public Schools Board of Education is weighing the hire of a new superintendent. At a meeting this week, the board tied on a vote to hire former Bangor Superintendent Dennis Paquette or Karen Bitzer, who

From the Associated Press — Michigan will wait another month before posting rate increases proposed by health insurers that sell coverage on a government marketplace, due to uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s threat to stop billions of

A Friday drug bust in Benton Harbor has charges being pursued against several people. Officers from the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department and the Southwest Enforcement Team seized crack cocaine, marijuana, and drug dealing-related items during a raid

Set for this Friday is a jazz party at Lemon Creek Winery in Berrien Springs. It’s raising money for Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children, a group that provides advocates for kids in the foster care system.

This is the time of year when the danger of heatstroke is at its highest, and AAA of Michigan is reminding parents not to leave their kids in a hot car. Spokesperson Susan Hiltz tells WSJM News such

Coming up this Saturday at Lake Bluff Park in St. Joseph will be an event encouraging all mothers of young children to breastfeed. Gillian Conrad, with the Berrien County Health Department tells WSJM News Breastfeeding on the

Congressman Fred Upton tells us it’s time to move on when it comes to healthcare reform. That’s following the U.S. Senate’s failure last week to approve legislation repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. Upton doesn’t think the chamber

$130,000 in scholarships have been announced for next year by the Berrien Community Foundation for next year. The organization’s Susan Matheny tells WSJM News the foundation can maintain and establish endowments created by groups and individuals from

South Haven’s James McCloughan is now a Medal of Honor recipient. President Donald Trump pinned the honor to McCloughan on Monday at the White House. The president said McCloughan saved the lives of ten men over two

A South Bend official says a wastewater treatment plant worker’s mistake resulted in at least 10,000 gallons of partially treated sludge into the St. Joseph River earlier this month. City Utilities Director Al Greek says the error

(Otsego, MI – AP) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning to remove a dam and create a channel along 2 miles of Michigan’s Kalamazoo River in an attempt to clean the river and make its

Governor Snyder begins his week in China. The Governor plans to meet with government leaders, business executives and educational leaders on the nine-day mission that includes stops in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Hangzhou. At the same time,