A coalition is coming together in Benton Harbor to find ways of helping the homeless population. Speaking to city commissioners this past week, the Reverend Andre Palmer of Bethel Christian ...

The Van Buren County Road Commission is reminding residents about its procedures for keeping the roads safe and open during winter storms. Van Buren County Road Commission Managing Director Bret ...

A criminal justice professor at Southwestern Michigan College is writing a textbook on serial killers. SMC Criminal Justice Director Don Ricker has taught a class on the topic since the 1990s and ...

A doctor for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians has received the 2025 Outstanding Physician Award from the Indiana University School of Medicine in South Bend for his work serving the citizens of ...

Scott Alan Akey, 58, of Niles, passed away on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at Corewell Hospital in Saint Joseph, Michigan. He was born on October 2, 1967 to Jerry Lee and Karol Ann (Freeze) Akey, in Niles ...

The Cass County Sheriff’s Department says it’s identified a suspect in an animal cruelty case involving two dogs that it’s been investigating since last month. The department says Cass County Animal ...

Joy L. Martin, 73, of Grand Rapids, died Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Arrangements are pending at Wagner Family Funerals Connelly Chapel, Cassopolis.

Kate Ort of Lakeshore girls track and field is our WSJM Sports Player of the Week. Kate is currently in her junior year at Lakeshore and has a 3.2 GPA During the week, Lakeshore participated in 3 ...

Southwestern Michigan College has narrowed its search for a new president down to four candidates. The SMC Board of Trustees and Presidential Search Committee received 128 applications over a six-week ...

Former FBI Director James Comey talks backstage before a panel discussion about his book “A Higher Loyalty,” June 19, 2018, in Berlin. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A magistrate judge ...

BOSTON (AP) — Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency ...