White House Sides With MI Governor’s Ban on Flavored Vaping By Pat Moody | Posted September 11, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Governor Gretchen Whitmer is no longer the lone wolf at the door for the flavored liquid market in the...
Four Winds South Bend to Add 23-Story Hotel By Pat Moody | Posted September 11, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Dramatic expansion of the Four Winds Casino in South Bend is on the drawing boards and about to come...
Meijer Joins Mega-Retailers in Asking “No Open Carry” of Guns By Pat Moody | Posted September 11, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening People in Southwest Michigan and anywhere else that Meijer operates can add that major retailer to the growing list...
Dowagiac’s Beeson Street Bar Shooter Faces 43 Years in Prison By Pat Moody | Posted September 10, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening The man who rained chaos outside of the Beeson Street Bar in Dowagiac last summer will spend at least...
Leaders Agree: Michigan Budget First…Road Fix Later By Pat Moody | Posted September 9, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Whatever message Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer intended to lay on to the Republican-led Legislature at a scheduled morning press...
Marginal Growth Returns to West MI Industrial Economy By Pat Moody | Posted September 6, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening He cautioned in his report last month that "one month does not constitute a trend," and sure enough, it...
Walgreens, CVS and Others Join Campaign Against Open Carry By Pat Moody | Posted September 6, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening If you read the tea leaves this week, you might find the beginnings of a national movement regarding the...
July Home Sales in SWM Drop as Prices Continue to Rise By Pat Moody | Posted September 5, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Calling it a "step backward," the Southwestern Michigan Association of Realtors, Inc. says that July home sales dropped 19-percent...
Dollar General Returns to St. Joe After Four Year Absence By Pat Moody | Posted September 3, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Dollar General has returned to the St. Joseph market for the first time in more than four years and...
Sculpting Community Project Caps Off with Krasl Avant-Garde(n) Party By Pat Moody | Posted September 3, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening The key to successfully wrapping up any major project is to host a huge celebration party to mark that...
Nominations Now Open for 2019 Class of Fifteen Under 15 By Pat Moody | Posted September 3, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Regular readers of this Moody on the Market website know that our primary focus is business, and especially the...
Man Shot at Blossom Acres Dies, Police Seek the Murderer By Pat Moody | Posted August 31, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening The man who was shot in the head at the Blossom Acres housing project in Benton Township last Tuesday...
Surveillance Video From Admiral Armed Robbery Released By Pat Moody | Posted August 30, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Niles Police have released dramatic surveillance video captured during an armed robbery three weeks ago at the Chicago Road...
Employers Reminded Going Pro Season is At Hand By Pat Moody | Posted August 29, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening The business community in Michigan's Great Southwest is rapidly learning that the world of work is evolving. It changes...
GR Ford Int’l Reveals $90M Expansion, New Airline Destination By Pat Moody | Posted August 28, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Seemingly hours after announcing their new airport executive, there's more major news from Michigan's second busiest airport including a...
New Welch Center for Wine & Viticulture Will Vault the Region to a World Stage By Pat Moody | Posted August 27, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Just minutes before the over-sized scissors ceremony swinging open the doors onto the new Welch Center for Wine &...
A Dozen Years After False Start, Arby’s Returns to Benton Harbor By Pat Moody | Posted August 26, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Had the economy not turned south a dozen years ago, you might have been getting your Arby's fix just...
SMC Faculty Calls for Wider Presidential Search By Pat Moody | Posted August 23, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Plans by the Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees to focus their search for a new president internally are...
The Eddy Takes a Bow as New Whirlpool Childcare Center By Pat Moody | Posted August 22, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Whirlpool Chairman & CEO Marc Bitzer contends that when you first enter The Eddy -- Whirlpool's new on campus...
Kinexus Group Ready to Help Local Manufacturers in Going Pro By Pat Moody | Posted August 20, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening If you're company is engaged in manufacturing or any other industry where skilled training gaps are causing you headaches,...
Whirlpool Ready to Unveil “The Eddy” By Pat Moody | Posted August 20, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening It was one of the most sought after perks a parent could ask for, and Whirlpool Corporation is ready...
SMC Will Begin Presidential Search at Home By Pat Moody | Posted August 20, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Balancing the merits and risks of a national search versus an internal review, the Southwestern Michigan College Board of...
Flights to Newark Return to SB International Tuesday By Pat Moody | Posted August 19, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Seasonal flights from South Bend International Airport -- SBN -- to New York/Newark Liberty International Airport will return to...
Humane Society of SWM Retires Building Mortgage at Last By Pat Moody | Posted August 19, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening It's the day that Jill Svboda, Don Blackmond and many others have dreamed about for a long time. The Humane...
No Criminal Charges In Cosmo Extended Stay Fire That Killed Six By Pat Moody | Posted August 19, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Berrien County Prosecutor Michael Sepic reports this morning that no criminal charges will be sought in the early morning...
Major Labor Day Events Say: Summer is Not Over Yet in St. Joe By Pat Moody | Posted August 15, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening According to at least one recent radio promotional announcement: "Well, summer is officially over." Whatever you do don't tell...
Stairway Mural Wins Widespread Acclaim, Sparks Renewed Interest By Pat Moody | Posted August 14, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening There might not have been miniature hand-crafted sculptures on multiple street corners in downtown St. Joseph this summer, but...
State Establishes PFAS Update Meeting Regarding Du-Wel Site in Hartford By Pat Moody | Posted August 8, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening When PFAS chemical contamination was found present in groundwater near the former Du-Wel manufacturing facility in Hartford Township, state...
It’s Official: YMCAs of SW Michigan and Michiana Will Merge By Pat Moody | Posted August 7, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening It started as a management collaboration, evolved into a trial balloon, and is now poised to become reality. The...
West Michigan Industrial Economy Softens to the Point of Ouch! By Pat Moody | Posted August 7, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening The growth rate of the West Michigan Industrial Economy has softened to the point that the man who tracks...