Dowagiac News

Van Buren Tech students at the recent Business Professionals of America National Conference in Orlando, Fla.

As graduates of drug treatment programs sponsored by Cass County District and Circuit courts pointed out Tuesday, those words -- all rise -- are spoken when a judge enters and leaves a courtroom.

A Niles man whose obsession with a Cass County woman led to her unlawful imprisonment, sexual assault and an eventual 14-hour standoff with police will pay a heavy price for his crime.

Mike Brosnan, of Dowagiac, looks at a display focused on the replacement of a cooling tower at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant at an open house on May 14.

Arlo Guthrie played to a packed audience at Dowagiac's Dogwood Fine Arts Festival in 2008.

The South Bend Common Council approved a bill Monday night that they believe will give the public more transparency related to the demolishing of vacant homes.The bill, which was spearheaded by councilman The South Bend Common Council approved a bill Monday night that they believe will give the public more transparency related to the demolishing of ... (more)

DOWAGIAC, Mich. You've likely been pulled over at some point in your life on a routine traffic stop and maybe you got a ticket, but have you ever had the officer ask you for cash up front? This happened recently to a South Bend truck driver in Dowagiac.

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, owners of Four WindsA Casinos, announced today that Matt Harkness has been named Chief Operating Officer of its three Four Winds Casino properties.

Spring cleaning is underway in Dowagiac. Choir Instructor for Dowagiac Union Schools Jeff Robinson and his students volunteered their time today to clean the historic Dowagiac train depot.

Savannah conjures up all the cliched images of the Old South: oaks dripping with Spanish moss, stately antebellum mansions, mint juleps on the veranda, magnolia trees, and more.

Mario Reyna, 27, of Dowagiac has been sentenced to 180 days in the Cass County Jail with a 75 day credit for time already served after he bit, punched, kicked and pulled the hair of his 9 week pregnant girlfriend in February.

A southwestern Michigan farm has agreed to pay about $10,000 and build new housing to settle a lawsuit over conditions for migrant workers.

A 19-year-old Dowagiac man is going to be on probation for three years and has to register as a sex offender for sending naked photos of himself to a 13 year old girl and a 14 year old girl.

In accordance with the freshly developed downtown district in Dowagiac, the Dowagiac Area History Museum is opening at its new location.

Cass County Drug Enforcement Team detectives searched the home in the 400 block of Walnut Street about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to a news release.

Reserve the date Saturday, June 15, 2013. The place to be and be seen is Hartford Bike Fest, being held at Van Buren County Fairgrounds, Hartford, Michigan.

Arcadia Kalamazoo: Arcadia Brewing Co. released new details about its upcoming brewery in Kalamazoo , including menu details and plans for a kayak and boat landing portal, on Tuesday.

Visitors enjoy the gaming tables Monday at the new Four Winds Casino Dowagiac. Monday was the first day of gaming, open to tribal members of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.

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Two teens are in the hospital after the car they were driving rolled over in Cass County.