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Area event venues face uncertainty

June 3, 2020

SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — To business owners who built a model on gathering communities and loved ones together, the ... Read more | Add your comment

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Area event venues face uncertainty

June 3, 2020

SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — To business owners who built a model on gathering communities and loved ones together, the COVID-19 mandates have felt especially heavy. Throughout ... Read more | Add your comment

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Niles High School graduate with NASA ties involved in SpaceX launch

June 3, 2020

NILES — The world watched as NASA astronauts went into space Saturday. When the SpaceX Crew Dragon launched its mission with the astronauts to dock ... Read more | Add your comment

Columns

New BEALOR: Parenting like a dandelion during COVID-19 (posted June 3, 2020 )

Dowagiac HS

New Senior bios: Dowagiac’s Shelby Whitaker (posted June 3, 2020 )

Business

New Salons, barbershops frustrated at most recent executive order (posted June 3, 2020 )

Newsletter Sports

MHSAA makes changes to reopening guidelines (posted June 2, 2020 )

Business

Businesses owners prepare to open dining, adapt to guidelines (posted June 2, 2020 )

News

Niles Charter Township building to reopen June 8 (posted June 2, 2020 )

Sports

Notre Dame-Navy game moved to Annapolis (posted June 2, 2020 )

News

Gov. Whitmer, Department of Insurance and Financial Services announce order requiring auto insurance refunds due to COVID-19 (posted June 2, 2020 )

Berrien County

Michigan Townships Association offers scholarship to future local leaders (posted June 2, 2020 )

Edwardsburg

Part of Tree-Mendus sold at auction (posted June 2, 2020 )

Newsletter Sports

NOVAK: State guidelines answer how, but not when sports will restart (posted June 1, 2020 )

Berrien County

Berrien County reports three additional COVID-19 deaths (posted June 1, 2020 )

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