Rain Can’t Dampen Luminary Launch of Holiday

As if on command, raindrops began to fall seemingly within minutes after the last of nearly one thousand luminary candles had been lit and strategically placed at the curb in St. Joseph’s central business district Friday night.
United Way Clocks in at Half-Way to Historic Goal, Sets #GivingTuesday Auction

In a simpler day and age 75 years ago, the forerunner to what is now the United Way of Southwest Michigan was officially incorporated as the Twin Cities Community Chest. That was in 1942 — a veritable