BENTON HARBOR — About 80 percent of the street repairs in Benton Harbor being paid for with city income tax money are complete, City Manager Ellis Mitchell said Monday.

BENTON HARBOR — Benton Harbor city commissioners took no action Monday on former City Manager Darwin Watson’s request for arbitration.

BENTON HARBOR — The future of the Benton Harbor school district may rest in the hands of the joint advisory committee between the state and district.

BENTON HARBOR — Benton Harbor native Diane Young says being a volunteer and helping others is her passion.

BENTON HARBOR — The Michigan Court of Appeals last week affirmed the conviction and sentence of former Benton Harbor school Superintendent Leonard Seawood.

BENTON HARBOR — Principal Don Pearson of River of Life Christian School has been busy since he took over leading the Benton Harbor school in July.

BENTON HARBOR — Seven-year-old Demetrius Allison Jr. was a joyful child until April, when he started having seizures.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Nicole Malachowski learned to focus on the runway ahead of her.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Carving pumpkins at the Fab Lab at Lake Michigan College looked a little different from traditional pumpkin carving.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Benton Township agreed to sell three adjacent properties Tuesday to a company that plans to turn it into a medical marijuana grow facility.

BENTON HARBOR — Former Benton Harbor City Manager Darwin Watson is the newest trustee on the Benton Harbor school board.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Two firefighters suffered injuries to their hands while battling a blaze early Sunday morning that destroyed a house in Benton Township.

BENTON HARBOR — The composition of a joint advisory committee between the state and the Benton Harbor school district is expected to be decided at a special school board meeting today.

BENTON HARBOR — A large police presence converged on an area across the street from Benton Harbor High School on Tuesday afternoon for a report of multiple shots fired around 1:30 p.m.

BENTON HARBOR — The students and staff at Benton Harbor Area Schools need help from the community to turn the district around, Interim Superintendent Patricia Robinson told trustees during their Tuesday meeting.

BENTON HARBOR — A Racial Equity Reform Committee is expected be formed soon in Benton Harbor after it received the support of city commissioners Monday.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — J.B. Hoyt is not too impressed with the proposed rate increase that Indiana Michigan Power submitted to the state earlier this year.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Janita Rhodes starts everyday with a healthy mindset.

ST. JOSEPH — The Boys & Girls Club now has a spot of its own at St. Joseph High School.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — A culvert that is deteriorating on Enterprise Way in Benton Township has forced Berrien County to make a move.

BENTON HARBOR — The Sept. 17 death of Benton Harbor school board President Stephen Mitchell was on the minds of trustees Tuesday as they held their first meeting without him.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Trash is about to disappear faster in Benton Township.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Benton Township planners cleaned up some of the language Monday for a medical marijuana ordinance the township approved in July.

WATERVLIET — Dan Soard paces back and forth behind a line of monitors as the steady drum of mouse clicks resonate in the computer room at Watervliet High School.

BENTON HARBOR — Schools need help from the community to educate children, State Superintendent Michael Rice said Friday while visiting several buildings at Benton Harbor Area Schools.

BENTON HARBOR — “Raise your hand if you want to be a reader,” singer and songwriter Jeremiah Griffin said Friday to third graders at International Academy at Hull in Benton Township.

ST. JOSEPH — Epiphany Bates testified Thursday that she saw Eric Holbrook with a gun right before her boyfriend, Arsenio Jordan, dropped to the ground and died.

ST. JOSEPH — There’s a competition going on at Berrien County departments that should really make the fur fly.

BENTON HARBOR — Benton Harbor police are investigating a Wednesday night shooting that left two people injured from the altercation.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — An award-winning Chicago poet will give a lecture about experience in the medium next week at Lake Michigan College.

BENTON HARBOR — Stephen Mitchell wore many hats during his life – father, husband, Benton Harbor school board president – said friends and family members who gathered for his funeral Wednesday at Second Baptist Church in Benton Township.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — After four months of renovations, Lake Michigan College’s Grand Upton Hall is open for business again with a revamped look and feel.

BENTON HARBOR — Building trust between residents and police is one of the best ways to catch criminals and reduce crime, experts believe.

BENTON HARBOR — Efforts to renovate the former Harbor Center building in Benton Harbor got a $1.5 million boost from the state Tuesday.

ST. JOSEPH — A man who thought he would spend his life with Kemia Hassel after killing her husband instead will likely spend the rest of his days in prison.

BENTON HARBOR — It looked like it was all fun and games as about 50 children and almost as many adult volunteers rapped and danced Monday at Benton Harbor High School during the district’s first Project LITerature.

At 80 years of age, Madge Porterfield may be old enough to retire, but she's not ready to slow down.

BENTON HARBOR — The KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship is mixing up the perfect cocktail for its return to Southwest Michigan in 2020.

BENTON HARBOR — Benton Harbor will be well-represented in France in less than two weeks during Paris Fashion Week.

BENTON HARBOR — Benton Harbor school board President Stephen Mitchell died Tuesday after a sudden illness. He was 71.