Small Business Saturday Sets Record High $17.8-Billion Performance

If you ventured into your friendly neighborhood retail shop in downtown St. Joseph, in the Benton Harbor Arts District, or any small town shop in Harbor Country, the Paw Paw Lake neighborhood, throughout Michigan’s Great Southwest and
Up To 20,000 Without Power at Peak, Now Under Repairs by Utility Crews in SWM

The heavy wet snow that fell overnight and through the early morning hours left as many as 20,000 without power, including the JVIS Manufacturing plant along Ox Creek on the fringe of downtown Benton Harbor. Crews have
Spectrum Health Lakeland Adds New Key Medical Staff

Your heart and respiratory system have picked up some key help through Spectrum Health Lakeland in a pair of personnel announcements from the local hospital system in Michigan’s Great Southwest. Spectrum Health Lakeland announces addition of a
GM To Cut Jobs & Production in North American Plants Drawing Ire From UAW

Not exactly the sort of news one wants to hear less than a month before Christmas, especially since the impact could ripple throughout portions of the manufacturing sector in Michigan’s Great Southwest for firms with GM contracts.
Army Corps Major New Funding to Help New Soo Lock Project Critical to SWM, Too

Even though it’s nearly 400 miles away by car, the proposed New Soo Lock project in Sault Ste. Marie is a very important bit of infrastructure to Michigan’s Great Southwest and the harbor of St. Joseph and
Advancing Storm Causes Some School Closings

With several inches of slushy wet snow already on the ground and predictions for up to 8 inches total before the day is done, school administrators have assessed road conditions and other details of the forecast before