NEW BUFFALO — A Berrien County sheriff’s deputy is being credited with rescuing a woman from her burning home in New Buffalo early Thursday morning.
Monday, December 14, 2020
NEW BUFFALO — City Manager David Richards lost his battle with COVID-19 over the weekend, it was announced Monday, leaving officials in mourning in the small city.
Friday, December 04, 2020
NEW BUFFALO — Berrien County Commissioner Ezra Scott has been invited to meet with top officials in Washington so many times, he says he’s lost track.
Saturday, September 19, 2020
NEW BUFFALO — Four Winds Casinos is replacing the Hard Rock Cafe with its Kankakee Grille restaurant at the New Buffalo location.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
HARBERT — A Chikaming Township man who left home on July 20 to walk his dog has been missing for over a week, according to police, though they added there is still reason for hope.
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
NEW BUFFALO — Ten people were rescued from their boat Tuesday just before the vessel burst into flames on Lake Michigan.
Friday, July 10, 2020
NEW BUFFALO — New Buffalo Township trustees have changed their minds about reducing U.S. 12 from four to three lanes between the state line with Indiana and the city of New Buffalo.
Tuesday, July 07, 2020
NEW BUFFALO — A woman from Illinois is dead after another woman allegedly drove her car into the path of her motorcycle over the weekend, police said.
Saturday, June 13, 2020
NEW BUFFALO — Four Winds Casinos will look a bit different next week when every location is opened to the public for the first time in three months.
Thursday, June 04, 2020
NEW BUFFALO — Berrien County residents can recycle and safely dispose of unwanted household chemicals and electronics on Saturday, June 13, at the New Buffalo Township Fire Station, 17655 Clay Street, New Buffalo, according to a news release.
Thursday, May 28, 2020
NEW BUFFALO — Despite a couple Michigan casinos announcing their intention to reopen next month, there are no set plans yet for the three Four Winds Casinos in Southwest Michigan to reopen.
Friday, May 01, 2020
NEW BUFFALO — A portion of New Buffalo was under water Thursday after high winds and consistent rainfall flooded a handful of streets.
Saturday, January 11, 2020
NEW BUFFALO — Due to historically high waters levels on Lake Michigan, the city of New Buffalo has taken action to remove docks at its municipal marina to avoid them being damaged over the winter.
Saturday, November 23, 2019
UNION PIER — A home in Union Pier sustained a substantial amount of damage when a fire broke out Friday afternoon.
Friday, October 25, 2019
NEW BUFFALO — Plans are underway to develop a YMCA center in the New Buffalo area.
Friday, September 27, 2019
NEW BUFFALO — New Buffalo Senior High School was one of 13 Michigan schools recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools, the Michigan Department of Education announced Thursday.
Monday, July 22, 2019
Boat capsizes in New Buffalo
Sunday, July 14, 2019
There will be three discussion sessions in Berrien County heralding the release of “Building Bridges Across the Racial Divide,” written by Larry and Sandy Feldman of Southwest Michigan and published by Peter Lang Publishers.
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
BENTON HARBOR — The OutCenter will be celebrating several Southwest Michigan residents who have stepped up and stepped out to help propel the LGBT movement forward.
Monday, May 13, 2019
NEW BUFFALO — A passenger died following a fatal car crash this weekend in New Buffalo Township.
Thursday, May 02, 2019
NEW BUFFALO — A South Bend-based credit union is in the process of acquiring the New Buffalo Savings Bank in the third quarter of 2019.
Sunday, March 24, 2019
NEW BUFFALO — There will be a lot more to love than beer when Ghost Isle Brewery opens on April 15 along the tracks at 17684 U.S. 12.
Friday, March 01, 2019
ST. JOSEPH — The Berrien County Drain Commissioner’s office has received a statewide award for a project that reduced flooding around New Buffalo’s water plant, while restoring wildlife and the environment and saving millions from the original cost estimate.
Friday, February 08, 2019
NEW BUFFALO — Two years after opening Beer Church Brewing Co., John Lustina and Jane Simon are nearly finished with extensive renovations at the unique New Buffalo brewpub.
Friday, November 30, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — New Buffalo Township has joined the list of municipal investors in Cornerstone Alliance by approving a $5,000 payment, representing a yearly investment to help underwrite the marketing of a potential industrial park in the township.
Sunday, November 18, 2018
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Sunday, November 11, 2018
SAWYER — Chikaming Open Lands buys land and carves trails.
Friday, November 09, 2018
ST. JOSEPH — Berrien County commissioners on Thursday got a look at the final proposal for a park and biking/hiking trail along Red Arrow Highway from Bridgman to New Buffalo.
Monday, October 29, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — New Buffalo Township wants to be the welcoming committee for drivers entering Michigan.
Wednesday, October 03, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — Ezra Scott of New Buffalo, a first-term member of the Berrien County Board of Commissioners and a Republican representing District 9, is facing Democratic challenger David Blum of New Buffalo Township on the Nov. 6 ballot.
Friday, September 14, 2018
ST. JOSEPH — St. Joseph Public Schools are considered the 19th best school district in Michigan this year, according to a school ranking website.
Friday, August 31, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — The Simas spent years pondering what to do with the 3.5 acres of New Buffalo Township property that sits along the stretch of roadway where Red Arrow Highway transforms into U.S. 12.
Thursday, August 09, 2018
Michigan’s Longest Garage Sale returns to Southwest Michigan this Friday and continues through the weekend.
Sunday, July 29, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — The name says it all at the I Can Café, New Buffalo’s newest eatery on the city’s western edge.
Monday, July 09, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — Agreeing that Carts on 12 owner Ed Arnold had made significant progress in cleaning up his property and complying with township ordinances, the New Buffalo Township Board has approved a new two-week extension to his special land use permit for his property at 19425 and 19415 U.…
Saturday, July 07, 2018
John Lustina had never seen so much excitement for cement being poured.
Sunday, June 24, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — A business at the center of a lively squabble in New Buffalo Township is facing a July 6 deadline to shut down.
Sunday, June 03, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — A homeless New Buffalo man who lived on an island on the Galien River for decades has a new lease on life – literally.
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — Downtown New Buffalo has entered its busy summer with new look North Whittaker Street.
Sunday, May 27, 2018
BENTON TOWNSHIP — Geeks will again descend on the Mendel Center in Benton Township for the Second Annual Fandom Fest June 9, sponsored by 13 local libraries.
Friday, May 04, 2018
BENTON TOWNSHIP — Berrien County is ready to do a feasibility study for a bike and hiking path along the southern section of Red Arrow Highway, but they won’t be burning rubber to get the project done.
Sunday, April 15, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — For nearly 20 years a massive hotel stood above the shore of Lake Michigan, drawing golfers, beach-goers, equestrians and storied prize fighters to Grand Beach.
Friday, April 13, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — A former postal carrier in Indiana stands accused of dumping an estimated 17,000 pieces of mail in a ravine near New Buffalo, the LaPorte Herald-Argus reported.
Monday, March 26, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — New Buffalo Township is promising $150,000 as its local match for a proposed state grant to help fund the township’s portion of the 58-mile nonmotorized trail connecting Chicago to downtown New Buffalo.
Sunday, March 25, 2018
BENTON TOWNSHIP — Medic 1 is getting a pay raise.
Sunday, March 04, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — Fans of Redamak’s hamburgers in New Buffalo will have to wait another month to bite into the legend.
NEW BUFFALO — Variety appears the spice of The Sage Bistro in New Buffalo.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — Persistence, like faith, can move mountains, or at least a whole lot of sand.
Thursday, February 22, 2018
BERRIEN SPRINGS — Dennis Duis stood outside his home in rain boots, surveying the street.
Sunday, February 18, 2018
NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP — Toxic chromium water spills into Lake Michigan last April and October have spurred the formation of a regional advisory consortium to protect water supplies in communities from New Buffalo to Bridgman and Three Oaks.
Wednesday, February 07, 2018
NEW BUFFALO — For years residents of southern Berrien County have been swimming against the current to find a solution to severe beach erosion they blame on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New Buffalo breakwall the agency built in 1975.