Dowagiac News

Tony Krizinski of Dowagiac stood 10 feet from President Barack Obama at the White House May 16 as the nation's leader awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor to the widow of Army Spc.

Michigan's community colleges will get a raise of at least 3 percent in the next academic year, but each college's funding will depend on meeting certain standards.

Easter is the largest Sunday for Christian worshippers, followed by Mother's Day, but Father's Day is well back in the pack at 17, the Right Rev.

The streets of downtown Dowagiac were lined with residents Monday for the annual Memorial Day Parade and ceremonies, celebrating and remembering past and present veterans, along with active service men and women.

Paw Paw is the host of the Division 3 District Soccer Tournament, but Dowagiac will open play at home Tuesday against Wolverine Conference foe Comstock.

A set of hip-hop classics marked the close of Movement's second day as Public Enemy kicked up an... If you plan to let your patriotic colors fly today in honor of Memorial Day, do right by Old Glory... A file photo of a U.S. flag flying at half-mast, in 2005 at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly Twp.

After giving up two runs in the first inning to visiting Dowagiac Wednesday, the Edwardsburg softball team went on a tear and swept the Chieftains.

A 12-year-old Battle Creek boy was taken to the Calhoun County Juvenile Home after using cocaine and kicking his mother .

CASSOPOLIS _ When Joshua Wyatt entered the courtroom at Cass County Circuit Court Friday, he was starring down the barrel of a minimum 51-month prison sentence.

That's why the Buchanan woman made sure she was present for the opening day of the French Market in downtown Niles Thursday morning.

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, which owns Four Winds Casinos in New Buffalo and Hartford, pitched its project to Pokagon Township board Thursday night at its Community Center off Dailey Road.

A National Guardsman from Niles is in stable condition and recovering from multiple injuries sustained in a roadside bombing Sunday in Afghanistan.

In honor of Memorial Day, Monday, southwest Michigan villages and cities will hold celebrations of remembrance throughout the holiday.

The group, which has six board members, has secured a location for the garden and needs the ground tilled for community planting.

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Otsego was able to hold off Vicksburg to claim the 2012 league championship. The Bulldogs, who finished second in the conference tournament, edged Vicksburg 26-25 to take the title.

Bob Schuur, who started at Lee Memorial Hospital in 1957 during his senior year of high school, retired April 30 after a record 55 years.

The 2012 graduating class of Dowagiac Union High School accrued more than $643,000 in scholarships Wednesday during the 54th annual Honors Program.

Sgt. Jason M. Hale of Rochester Hills from the C Troop 1-126th Cavalry Unit of Michigan National Guard in Afghanistan / Family photo In the worst attack in years on a Michigan National Guard unit, 10 soldiers from the Dowagiac-based 1-126th Cavalry were wounded by two roadside bombs that hit their convoy in Northern Afghanistan.

The robbery happened last month in Dowagiac. 18-year-old Martell Jones and 17-year-old Dylin Essien are facing a list of charges including armed robbery.