NILES — Monday’s sentencings at the Niles courthouse included that of a Stevensville woman charged with tampering with evidence associated with the Nov. 2 homicide of an Eau Claire firefighter.       Elizabeth Deanne Harper, 43, of Stevensville, pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and was sentenced to two years probation, 180 days in jail with […]

DOWAGIAC — Hundreds of visitors descended on downtown Dowagiac for its 28th annual Ice Time Festival on Saturday. In addition to an extra-large ice sculpture being carved this year by the Ice Gurus, outside events include the Sled Dog Meet and Greet and Timber Carving demonstration and the annual Frozen Fish Toss Open Competition delighted […]

THREE RIVERS — A tough week for the Edwardsburg girls’ basketball team ended with a 55-49 Wolverine Conference loss at Three Rivers Friday.  Edwardsburg falls to 11-4 overall and 6-3 in the league. Three Rivers, meanwhile, improves to 3-5 in conference games and 5-8 overall. Simply put, Scott Rodeslier’s Lady Eddies made too many uncharacteristic […]

BOYS BASKETBALL BERRIEN SPRINGS 52, BUCHANAN 45 At Berrien Springs BUCHANAN (45): Tyler Frame 0, Preston Payne 6, Liam McBeth 5, Karmine Brown 16, Jake Franklin 5, Logan Wiggins 10, Will Carson 2, Owen Thompson 1, Ari Johnson 0. Totals 15 5-9 45. BERRIEN SPRINGS (52): Joe Chimwamcher 2, Brady Blasko 10, Ethan McCrary 13, […]

To this day, I remember an older sister convincing me that people lived inside the moon. Of course, this was an earlier age of rocketry, moonwalks, posters on the bedroom wall and a huge arsenal of astronaut toys in my toybox. It was nearly 30 years earlier that Orson Welles had incited a panic by […]