BENTON HARBOR — The Michigan Department of Transportation and Michigan Works Berrien, Cass, Van Buren have joined forces to hire more than 40 youth for the Youth Development Mentoring Program.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Benton Township police have arrested an 83-year old man for the suspected murder of another Benton Township resident. 

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Crews were digging through the rubble Wednesday to try to determine the cause of a fire that heavily damaged several units at the Briarwood Apartments in Benton Township.

BENTON HARBOR — Rob Moser is the new Whirlpool Corp. vice president of global consumer design.

BENTON HARBOR — Two pieces of bipartisan legislation to incentivize community policing and to reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods program have recently been approved by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, a spokesperson for U.S. Sen. Gary Peters told members of Berrien County ALPACT …

BENTON HARBOR — Harbor of Hope is looking for 180 volunteers to help create safe spaces for young people in Benton Harbor and Benton Township where they can grow.

BENTON HARBOR — Harbor of Hope is looking for 180 volunteers to help create safe spaces for young people in Benton Harbor and Benton Township where they can grow.

BENTON HARBOR — A film created by and starring Benton Harbor High School students will premiere next week at Ghostlight Theatre in Benton Harbor.

BENTON HARBOR — Benton Harbor City Commissioner Sharon Henderson has often said giving a helping hand is as easy as shoveling the snow off a neighbor’s driveway.

BENTON HARBOR — The Emma Jean Hull Flats have received enough applications to fill about half of the building’s 80 units, as the project nears completion.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Benton Township has agreed to pay its former comptroller a $150,000 settlement, ending a two-year legal battle.

BENTON HARBOR — There are many ways to get involved in local politics and being the person running for office is just one of them, state Rep. Joey Andrews told students Monday at Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan in Benton Harbor.

BENTON HARBOR — The men and women buried at the Veterans’ Memorial Cross in Crystal Springs Cemetery will be honored with a special service on Memorial Day.

BENTON HARBOR — Collaboration is the key to improving citizens’ lives.

BENTON HARBOR — Emergency Shelter Services’ 6 Degrees Resale Store may be in a new location, but its mission remains the same – to fight homelessness in Berrien County.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Benton Township officials have pinpointed which water distribution system projects they will focus on next.

BENTON HARBOR — A new plan for a multi-million dollar housing and commercial development on the former Mercy Hospital site in Benton Harbor is in the works after funding was previously denied by the state.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Benton Township approved a special use permit Tuesday to allow a proposed center to grow and sell recreational marijuana.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Orchards Mall ownership has been working on a plan for the future of the shopping center, which Berrien County Commissioner Chokwe Pitchford said will soon be revealed.

BENTON HARBOR — Benton Harbor city commissioners approved $2.2 million in projects to resurface or repair potholes in several sections of roads and alleys throughout the city.

BENTON HARBOR — About $12.5 million in Benton Harbor Area Schools’ long-term debt may soon be forgiven.

BENTON HARBOR — Rain was slowly drizzling on Oct. 14, 2021, when Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II came to Benton Harbor to announce the state was accelerating its efforts to remove all lead service lines within the city.

BENTON HARBOR — Benton Harbor Area Schools is on track to spend the $43 million in federal money it has left that was allocated to pay for COVID-related expenses.

BENTON HARBOR — The Unified Civic Monuments Project will host a Unity Walk on May 21 between Benton Harbor and St. Joseph.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Two juvenile males, both 16 years old, were taken to the Berrien County Juvenile Center this week after police responded to a call about a shooting.

ST. JOSEPH — The language in the second recall attempt against Benton Harbor school board Vice President Trenton Bowens was rejected Tuesday during a clarity hearing by the Berrien County Election Commission.

BENTON HARBOR — With a new name and revamped interior, the new owners of Babe’s Riverfront Bar & Grill are putting their own stamp on the Benton Harbor establishment.

BENTON HARBOR — Rodney Alexander Jr. of Benton Harbor started teaching two kids how to play basketball in his driveway during the pandemic in 2020.

BENTON HARBOR — Berrien County Commissioner Chokwe Pitchford said every time someone in his community dies from violence, a piece of his heart breaks.

BENTON HARBOR — A fifth-grade student at Fair Plain East Elementary School in Benton Harbor, who died in December, was remembered fondly Thursday as a sweet and studious child.

BENTON HARBOR — A proposal to allow alcohol to be sold on Sunday mornings in Benton Harbor was met with stiff resistance at a Benton Harbor Legislative Committee meeting this week.

BENTON HARBOR — Benton Harbor Mayor Marcus Muhammad will face challenger Gwen Johnson in the November election as he seeks a third term as mayor.

BENTON HARBOR — Benton Harbor Area Schools Interim Superintendent Kelvin Butts received near unanimous support from school district staff and area residents who spoke Tuesday during a special school board meeting.

BENTON HARBOR — Officials from the Center for Better Health & Wellness in Benton Harbor presented their plans to move and expand the center to Benton Harbor planning commissioners Tuesday.

BENTON HARBOR — A lifetime of learning has led Benton Harbor native LaToya Mason to become the dean of health sciences at Lake Michigan College.

BENTON HARBOR — Efforts to create an outdoor downtown retail space in a Benton Harbor alley behind Cornerstone Alliance was given the green light Monday by Benton Harbor city commissioners.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — The Benton Township Police Department has named its first female sergeant.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Mosaic CCDA will officially break ground for its new Transformation Center on Thursday.

ST. JOSEPH — A Benton Harbor man who is serving a long prison sentence will not get a new trial, based on a ruling issued Friday afternoon by a Berrien County judge.

BENTON HARBOR — More funding has been allocated to help clean up Ox Creek, this time its $975,000 from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

BENTON HARBOR — Marc Florian of Lincoln Township may have retired in 2021, but he continued to be a consultant for the Benton Harbor Brownfield Redevelopment Authority.

BENTON HARBOR — A Benton Harbor nonprofit’s goal of changing lives through sports received a boost Wednesday when it received a $500,000 grant from the American Electric Power Foundation.

ST. JOSEPH — The language in a recall attempt against Benton Harbor school board Vice President Trenton Bowens was rejected Tuesday during a clarity hearing by the Berrien County Election Commission.

BENTON HARBOR — Whirlpool Corp. beat market expectations for its first quarter performance, as the company released its report Monday.

BENTON HARBOR — A group of Benton Harbor residents is holding a tire clean-up and recycling event today through Friday, led by Diedre Fields, owner of Total Wellness by Choice.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — If Benton Township builds it, companies will come, Cornerstone Alliance told Benton Township trustees earlier this week.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Benton Township will now offer hiring and retention bonuses to its police department, as it operates with half of its manpower.

SODUS — Over the past 10 years, LOGAN Autism Learning Center in Southwest Michigan grew from two classrooms in the basement of a St. Joseph church to serving 168 clients out of a former elementary school.