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The health departments in Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren counties are teaming up with the United Way of Southwest Michigan to increase the COVID-19 ...Read Full Story

One 18-year-old has been killed and another wounded in a drive-by shooting over the weekend in Benton Township. Police reviewed surveillance video ...Read Full Story

The city of Benton Harbor is getting a $300,000 grant to improve its water system. Michigan Treasurer Rachael Eubanks on Monday announced a total ...Read Full Story

A video has been released by the Michigan Department of Transportation explaining its I-94 project. The $153 million project is expected to ...Read Full Story

Market Van Buren is applauding three Van Buren County based businesses for receiving honors this past week at the 17th annual Michigan Celebrates ...Read Full Story

One problem that has come up repeatedly over the years in St. Joseph is parking downtown. It can be a problem in the summer, and during ...Read Full Story

Governor Gretchen Whitmer will be in Benton Harbor next month to help Whirlpool celebrate the groundbreaking for its new housing development on ...Read Full Story

From the Associated Press — The University of Michigan announced Friday that all faculty, staff and students, including remote students, must ...Read Full Story

From the Associated Press — Michigan is carving out some exceptions to a new policy that would bar people from swimming at state beaches when ...Read Full Story

Registrations are now being taken for the next Lory’s Place Run, Walk, and Rock, which is set for September 11. The 18th annual event will ...Read Full Story

The Baroda-Lake Township Police Department will hold a National Night Out celebration this coming week. Police National Night Out is an event held ...Read Full Story

The Van Buren-Cass District Health Department will be out at the Cass County Fair this coming week providing COVID-19 vaccines and giving out gift ...Read Full Story

Governor Whitmer will use $10-million to help flooding recovery efforts in Wayne and Washtenaw counties and the city of Detroit. “All of our ...Read Full Story

President Joe Biden is remembering longtime Michigan U.S. Senator Carl Levin as the most honorable and decent man he’s ever known. In a ...Read Full Story

High utility costs are a major burden for Michigan’s low-income residents, and a new study says they have an impact on their health, too. For ...Read Full Story

From the Associated Press — The White House and Canada have issued a joint statement of support for a commuter bridge that when completed ...Read Full Story

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has issued a statement on the death of former U.S. Senator Carl Levin. The governor’s office has released the ...Read Full Story

From the Associated Press — The state of Michigan will disburse $10 million in emergency relief funding to help Detroit-area and other ...Read Full Story

From the Associated Press — Former Senator Carl Levin, a powerful voice for the military during his career as Michigan’s ...Read Full Story

191 House Republicans have signed on to a resolution condemning socialism. Congressman Fred Upton tells us the resolution calls socialism ...Read Full Story

There could be three new St. Joseph City Commissioners following November’s elections, and that could mean the way the body oversees city ...Read Full Story

There’s a new leadership team in place at the Humane Society of Southwestern Michigan, months after controversy erupted due to the ...Read Full Story

The Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce is being disolved and the Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber will move in to serve as a representative for ...Read Full Story

The Berrien County Health Department and Spectrum Health Lakeland are urging the vaccination of adolescents 12 years and older against COVID-19. ...Read Full Story

From the Associated Press — U.S. prosecutors are asking a judge to order the Federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer all money in Larry ...Read Full Story

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed several bills, one of which will extend the amount of time that driver’s licenses are valid. The ...Read Full Story

Are you looking for some property in Michigan? The state is auctioning off nearly 100 parcels of state managed land in August and early ...Read Full Story

From the Associated Press — The Michigan Supreme Court is restricting the use of handcuffs and other restraints on juveniles when they appear ...Read Full Story

From the Associated Press — Two of Michigan’s largest health systems are requiring all employees and doctors at their hospitals to get ...Read Full Story

Advocates for home- and community-based services in Michigan urged Congress to build off state efforts and invest in what’s become known as ...Read Full Story