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The St. Joseph-Benton Harbor Rotary Club Foundation has announced its grant recipients for 2019. Secretary Bill Healy tells WSJM News the Rotary is ...Read Full Story

There will be a formal inauguration for Benton Harbor Mayor Marcus Muhammad this month. Muhammad was re-elected in November, and now the city says ...Read Full Story

A website has been launched for the Benton Harbor Area Schools Community Engagement and Advisory Committee. Michigan Deputy State Treasurer Joyce ...Read Full Story

Some major recreation grants have been approved for communities around the state by the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board. The board says ...Read Full Story

After years of work, the Cherry Beach Project in Chikaming Township has ended in success. The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board this week ...Read Full Story

Congressman Fred Upton welcomed a team from Western Michigan University to Washington, D.C. this week for the Energy and Environment Innovation ...Read Full Story

From the Associated Press — The U.S. Coast Guard says it has launched ice-breaking operations in the western Great Lakes. Officials announced ...Read Full Story

Reducing the stigma that can be associated with drug addiction is a goal of the Berrien County Health Department as it works to fight drug overdose ...Read Full Story

There will soon be a new chief judge of the Berrien County Trial Court. At this week’s meeting of the Berrien County Board of Commissioners, ...Read Full Story

Congressman Fred Upton has made it official. He’s against the impeachment of President Trump. Upton spoke with us this week and expressed ...Read Full Story

Set for Saturday is an open house at the historic Chapin Mansion and Fort St. Joseph Museum in Niles. Niles History Center Assistant Director Molly ...Read Full Story

If the holidays will be taking you over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house, you’re going to have plenty of company. ...Read Full Story

The Berrien County Board of Commissioners has received a report from special counsel John Dewane on an investigation into potential conflicts of ...Read Full Story

The Lincoln Township Board has voted to formally abandon an old, unused section of road near the Grand Mere area. Lincoln Township Supervisor Dick ...Read Full Story

As Michigan lawmakers and county commissioners try to get an emergency declared over Great Lakes coastal erosion, Congressman Fred Upton has been ...Read Full Story

A FIRST Robotics Team representing Benton Harbor Area Schools will be in West Bloomfield this weekend taking part in a statewide championship. At a ...Read Full Story

Some changes are being made at the Box Factory for the Arts in St. Joseph as it struggles to overcome funding challenges. Box Factory Board ...Read Full Story

The Bissell Pet Foundation wants to get forever homes for as many pets as possible this week with their latest “Empty The Shelters” ...Read Full Story

The suspect in the murder of 29-year-old Quintina Jeffries in Benton Harbor on Sunday is dead. Samuel Brown shot himself Tuesday night in St. ...Read Full Story

From the Associated Press — Recreational marijuana sales totaled about $1.6 million in the inaugural week of business at the first retail ...Read Full Story

While the state budget impasse is about half-resolved with lawmakers passing supplemental budget bills restoring $573 million dollars cut from the ...Read Full Story

Two people from South Haven and one from Bloomingdale will serve two-year terms on the Michigan Blueberry Commission. Governor Whitmer reappointed ...Read Full Story

Despite a legal victory against a major corporation, some environmental and community groups are not letting their guard down when it comes to ...Read Full Story

As the Benton Harbor Area Schools Board of Education prepares to hold its final interviews with the two remaining candidates for superintendent ...Read Full Story

A warning about rental scams has been put out by the Better Business Bureau of Western Michigan. It says an in depth investigation it’s done ...Read Full Story

Berrien County Commissioner Ezra Scott is back home after spending some time in Washington, D.C. last week talking with federal officials about ...Read Full Story

The House Judiciary Committee is expected to debate and vote on two articles of impeachment of President Trump later this week. That could lead to ...Read Full Story

Members of the Michigan Senate have sent a letter to Governor Gretchen Whitmer asking her to declare a state of emergency for the entire Lake ...Read Full Story

The city of Benton Harbor will honor a former mayor next week by naming the municipal building after him. A dedication ceremony for the Wilce L. ...Read Full Story