BENTON TOWNSHIP — Benton Township is moving forward on three large construction projects this summer to alter its water and sewer systems, as long as state funds are secured.

BENTON HARBOR — The Benton Harbor Public Library is expected to soon be named after longtime library board President Mamie Yarbrough.

BENTON HARBOR — Family members looked on Tuesday afternoon while police and firefighters combed through the wreckage of an early morning fire that killed two people in Benton Harbor.

BENTON HARBOR — NOBO Michigan’s plans to expand into the adult-use marijuana industry in Benton Harbor took a step forward Tuesday.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Benton Township is buying two new patrol cars for its police department.

ST. JOSEPH — Around 50 miles of Berrien County roads are slated to receive some love during this year’s construction season, members of the Berrien County Administration Committee heard Wednesday.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Lake Michigan College trustees agreed to a three-year contract extension Wednesday with the company that runs its management information system.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Lake Michigan College is holding its first virtual Easter egg hunt this weekend.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Lake Michigan College’s History Department will host a virtual History Colloquium, from 10-11:30 a.m. April 7, on Zoom, according to a news release.

BENTON HARBOR — When Roy Barry was a kid growing up in Kalamazoo, he hated riding the school bus.

BENTON HARBOR — Local manufacturers lost more jobs than expected since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kinexus Group officials say.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Lake Michigan College is moving forward with a series of technology upgrades across its three campuses.

BENTON HARBOR — A resolution putting the Benton Harbor city manager in charge of the city’s two cemeteries was tabled during a special Benton Harbor Cemetery Board meeting Tuesday.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Lake Michigan College’s honors program will host a virtual forum later this month on social justice.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Benton Township is upgrading more than a dozen portable radios for its fire department.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Benton Township trustees delivered the final stamp of approval for a building in the Cornerstone Industrial Park.

BENTON HARBOR — Benton Harbor city commissioners approved asking that two sections of city streets be reclassified as part of the major street system.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — A 73-year-old Benton Township woman was killed Monday when she was struck by a vehicle as she was attempting to cross the street near the Goodwill Industries store in Benton Township, police said.

BENTON HARBOR — Police are continuing to investigate a shooting Friday that claimed the life of a Benton Harbor man.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — One person is dead and another was injured in a single-vehicle accident early Saturday in Benton Township.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — The battle over who won the Democratic nomination last year in the Benton Township clerk’s race during the August primary is now in the hands of Berrien County Trial Court Judge Dennis Wiley.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Special-Lite is expanding its Benton Township location, the company announced Friday.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Lake Michigan College has been designated a “Voter Friendly Campus” once again by national, nonpartisan organizations Campus Vote Project and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, according to a news release.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Barricades are up and tenants have been moved around inside The Orchards Mall.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Cornerstone Alliance is getting a major boost in developing its Cornerstone Industrial Park in Benton Township.

BENTON HARBOR — The Benton Harbor school district will receive $3 million in federal funds to improve literacy over the next five years in what Superintendent Andrae Townsel is calling a huge win for the district.

BENTON HARBOR — Fire destroyed some units at the River Terrace apartment complex late Monday night, and tenants from some other units were being helped by the Berrien County Red Cross due to utilities having to be shut off, according to police.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Students at Fairplain East Elementary School in Benton Township oohed and aahed Monday during a visit from a snowplow that was named “Tiger” based on their suggestion in the Michigan Department of Transportation’s Name MI Snowplow contest.

BENTON HARBOR — Ricky Scott’s time on TikTok could best be summed up in one word – trending.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — The feet of many homeless people will be a lot warmer thanks to the work done by three third-grade students at Countryside Academy in Benton Township.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Benton Township officials agreed Tuesday to sell two adjacent properties along Paw Paw Avenue to Cornerstone Alliance.

BENTON HARBOR — Benton Harbor High School students will be able to return to in-person instruction on March 22 if they want to, Benton Harbor Area Schools Superintendent Andrae Townsel told school board trustees during their workshop Tuesday.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is working to get the word out to people in underserved communities that the COVID-19 vaccine will be available Monday at Meijer in Benton Township for people who qualify.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — “It’s heartbreak all over again.”

BENTON HARBOR — Benton Harbor is on track to spend much of the backlogged $770,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant money it has received but not spent over the past few years.

Having a goal and staying focused on that goal while having a positive attitude is how to get ahead in life, according to Benton Harbor native Deon Atkins.

BENTON HARBOR — Two Benton Harbor High School seniors were among five students honored Friday afternoon during the “Black History Month Celebration: Young Leaders Changing the Narrative,” hosted by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Ben Williams has been training Southwest Michigan boxers for more than 25 years.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — An autopsy has been completed on a man whose body was exhumed earlier this month at Crystal Springs Cemetery in Benton Township.

BENTON HARBOR — With an engineering background and a childhood spent at his family’s custom cabinetry business, Vincent Leman builds what he refers to as “furniture art.”

BENTON HARBOR — While some government entities struggled just to maintain in 2020, Benton Harbor started to rise, Mayor Marcus Muhammad said during his annual State of the City address Tuesday.

BENTON HARBOR — Tyler Meeks’ smile shone brightly when he was named the 2021 Youth of the Year for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton Harbor at a virtual celebration last week.

BENTON HARBOR — With more than 1,600 jobs available in Southwest Michigan, Michigan Works is holding the first of many virtual hiring events at the end of the month.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Benton Township officials agreed to sell several plots of land Tuesday in the hopes of adding homes to the area.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Benton Township officials approved a unique tax abatement Tuesday to allow a developer to rehab a large commercial building along M-139.