New Buffalo News

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.

PROJECT: The Michigan Department of Transportation will be repaving 1.6 miles of US-12 from Red Arrow Highway to the south branch of the Galien River near New Buffalo, Berrien County.

For all of you with children entering kindergarten or preschool next fall, free hearing and vision screenings are being offered in Berrien County.

The warm weather had boaters on the water for the first time Wednesday. They're anxious for another season, especially since the last few years have been challenging.

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.

Southwest Michigan has a new casino. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians cut the ribbon this morning on the Four Winds Dowagiac casino, which will have 300 slot machines, four table games, a Timbers restaurant and has the same look and feel of their previous casinos in New Buffalo and Hartford on a smaller scale.

Into miniatures? Richard Pleimling is, in a big way. Never mind that the New Buffalo man, the owner of Twin Cities Caterers, has no grandkids.

Fans of The Stray Dog Bar & Grill in New Buffalo only have a few more months to wait before it's back.

The Herald Palladium reports that the state closed Casey's Bar and Grill in January, but they reached a settlement, and the restaurant will reopen with a new name and logo.

Members of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians will opens their third gaming facility in Southwest Michigan at noon on Tuesday -- Four Winds Dowagiac.