Mock disaster drill in Lawrence helps prepare the first responders of tomorrow
Students at Van Buren Tech in Lawrence now have experience responding to a high-pressure emergency situation following Tuesday’s mock disaster drill. The center holds the drills each year to help students training in all sorts of fields
St. Joseph Today ready to welcome Memorial Day Parade, Farmers Market next week
There will be plenty happening next weekend in downtown St. Joseph as St. Joseph Today welcomes back the annual Memorial Day Parade and the St. Joseph Farmers Market. St. Joe Today’s Daniele Crevier tells us the Memorial
Volunteers sought to help plant flowers along the Dyckman Bridge in South Haven
Volunteers are being sought to help plant flowers along Dyckman Bridge in South Haven for the summer. SHOUT for South Haven places flowers in planters along the bridge every year. As always, it says it could use
Overflow Church: ‘Movin’ on Up’ on Napier Avenue
A growing non-denominational Benton Harbor congregation is moving a few blocks West on Napier Avenue, taking over a much larger former church building. Overflow Church, currently at 300 East Napier will soon occupy the former Fairplain Presbyterian
Hartford Strawberry Festival slated for June 13,14
Planning is well underway for this year’s Hartford Strawberry Festival. Set for June 13 and 14, the 38th annual festival is expected to attract thousands of people to town. Festival Chair Patty Schroeder tells us the schedule
Pachyderm Pedalers expanding mission to promote cycling, build community
An area cycling club is expanding its mission to do more to promote recreational cycling, build community, and support local charitable causes. The Pachyderm Pedalers, a longtime cycling club based in Stevensville has announced that it has
Downtown Development Authority being brought back in Buchanan
The Buchanan City Commission has taken the final action needed to bring back the long dormant Downtown Development Authority. At a meeting this week, commissioners held a second reading on an ordinance amendment that will allow the
SW Michigan housing market hits ‘speed bump’ in April
Southwest Michigan’s housing market sales in April 2025 slipped from the robust results in March. Sales and the average selling price declined. Only the median selling price increased above that in March. The number of houses sold