Niles News

Must be the okra, or collards, or perhaps the turnip greens. Whatever, Ethan Shelton has eaten them all his life, and it seemingly has paid off.

Fred Upton says he knows how much people are hurting, particularly his constituents who have to deal with Michigan's sagging economy.

A Bertrand Township couple is in custody after a three-week investigation. The Berrien County Sheriff Department Narcotics Unit issued a search warrant for illegal narcotics at 1295 W. Bertrand Road in Bertrand Township this morning.

Steve Allain has his answer, and ita s not the one he would have preferred. Allain is the 54-year-old Niles man who, in a Tribune story last month, acknowledged he uses marijuana to help him deal with Crohna s disease, hepatitis C and acute depression.

Watervliet Township -- An experienced installer of ham radio equipment has died after a 60-foot-high radio tower he was scaling during an antenna-installation competition collapsed beneath him.

Western Michigan University is eyeing a plan to build a research center in Niles to aid its archaeological work at Fort St.

At long last, John Gipner has a final resting place fitting of someone of his stature.

An 80-year old Niles man is hospitalized after being shot during a home invasion.

Hulben who was turned in to police by his live in girl friend is being charged with four counts of pornography.

The folks at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Niles care about people in their community and don't just talk about it.

No, the new display at the Fernwood Botanical Garden & Nature Preserve isn't based on the railroad bridge in the 1957 film "The Bridge on the River Kwai.'' But the uppermost of four model railroad tracks, featuring trestles and bridges fashioned from willow trees, certainly brings to mind the award-winning movie.

Warren De La Salle won the Division 1 state baseball title today in Battle Creek, defeating Saline, 3-2, in the final.

Gas prices in Southwest Michigan didn't go up or down very much from Sunday morning through Monday morning.

Another meeting, another utility rate increase. That's been the gist, it seems, of Niles City Council meetings lately, with tonight's session more of the same.

A rash of rural burglaries along the Michigan-Indiana state line has several communities and police agencies on high alert.

It's the time of year when putting your tax dollars to work frequently means detours and traffic tie-ups. Beginning Monday, Lovell Street, between Michigan Avenue and Rose Street, will be reduced to a single lane of traffic to accommodate the city's first major summer road-reconstruction project.

St. Joseph County Police are looking for a wanted sex offender. Victor Jones, 41, of South Bend is a sex offender wanted for failure to register.

With all the toe-tapping that's likely to be going on this week in Riverfront Park, maybe it won't be necessary to cut the grass for a while.

A Niles woman who took advantage of an elderly woman in her care has been placed on probation and tether and ordered not to take another home health care position.

No, those windows in the rotunda at the Niles District Library, 620 E. Main St., aren't energy efficient.