Bridgman News

A Stevensville woman on a bicycle was seriously injured Tuesday when she was struck by a car in the 5700 block of Echo Ridge Road.

Electric crews from Fort Wayne and Muncie are now helping local I&M crews working to restore service to customers in southern lower Michigan and northwest Indiana.

One Southwest Michigan community will welcome people from all over for wine, food and live music this weekend.

Make a toast to the coast during the Lake Michigan Shore Wine Festival in Bridgman.

Two men were arrested Thursday after they led police on a high speed chase through three counties in Southwest Michigan.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week held a presentation on its latest safety assessment of Cook Nuclear Plant in Bridgman.

Chrysler will cut 789 dealers nationwide and 40 right here in Michigan. Among the eliminated Michigan dealerships are Elhart Dodge and DBA Elhart Jeep in Holland; M&M Dodge, Orrin B. Hayes Jeep-Eagle and Maple Hill Chrysler in Kalamazoo; and Siemens Jeep in Saint Joseph.

Mike Leep Sr., president of the Gurley-Leep Automotive Family, was stunned when he got the news Thursday.

LANSING . At a special ceremony today in Lansing, Michigan State Police Director Colonel Peter C. Munoz presented Trooper Timothy Gean of the Bridgman Post with the MSP Lifesaving Award.

Mike Leep Sr., president of the Gurley Leep Automotive Family, was stunned when he got the news Thursday.

The Michigan State Police have identified 48 posts across the state that will be affected by 100 trooper layoffs announced earlier this week.

Scout troop offers spaghetti dinner Girl Scout Troop 30701 will have a spaghetti dinner at the American Legion Post from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday.

I have another session of the Planning Interactive Curriculum Connections class starting this week.

High school plans for senior lunch Dowagiac Union High School will have its annual senior citizen luncheon April 16 in the school library.

Blackjack paid off for Amber Wiese. The dog, not the card game. A Niles resident, Wiese was home alone shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday when Blackjack, the family's 9-year-old Rottweiler, began barking and whining.

The Lincoln Charter Township Fire Department is now investigating arson after a factor fire in Stevensville Saturday morning.

Some residents of a senior assisted living facility in Bridgman were evacuated Sunday morning after a fire broke out in one of the residential homes.

Lincoln Township firefighters got the call at about Midnight last night. A warehouse on fire on Kimmel Street in downtown Stevensville.

Teachers for the Bridgman school district protested their lack of a contract outside of a school board meeting this week.

Two major projects are in the planning stages at Bridgman's Cook Nuclear Power Plant.