ST. JOSEPH — Former personal chef Tara Newman thinks everyone can learn how to cook.

ST. JOSEPH — A business that is committed to making other businesses look their best is coming to Southwest Michigan.

ST. JOSEPH — The Southwest Michigan housing market has continued to slow down, as October marked fewer sales and lower selling prices than the year prior.

ST. JOSEPH — A proposal to turn the Vineland Center in St. Joseph Township into a family entertainment center is on its way to the township board.

BENTON HARBOR — Berrien County Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community Trust members welcomed a new co-chair Tuesday morning – 1st Lt. Ryan Schoonveld, Niles Post commander with the Michigan State Police.

ST. JOSEPH — The St. Joseph Public Schools Foundation Distinguished Alumni Award Committee, is accepting nominations for its 2022 awards.

ST. JOSEPH — Candace Graham believes it’s better for the well-being of seniors with chronic care to be served in their home and community whenever possible.

ST. JOSEPH — The corner of Hatch Street and Lake Boulevard has been a three-way stop intersection for 15 years.

ST. JOSEPH — The social districts created this summer for downtown St. Joseph businesses were given a few alterations by the St. Joseph City Commission.

ST. JOSEPH — Downtown St. Joseph businesses are gearing up for Small Business Saturday with deals, free treats and more.

ST. JOSEPH — The Langley Avenue reconstruction project has been awarded the Southwest Michigan Branch of the American Public Works Association’s Project of the Year in the category of transportation more than $5 million.

ST. JOSEPH — A man attempted to persuade an Upton Middle School student, who was waiting at a bus stop Tuesday morning, to get into his vehicle, school officials said.

ST. JOSEPH — As agreed to in a plea deal reached with prosecutors last month, a woman who set fire to her brother’s home while he, his four children and two other adults were inside, will spend at least seven years in prison.

ST. JOSEPH — St. Joseph’s recreation manager on Tuesday announced the upcoming opening of the John & Dede Howard Ice Arena and plans for the annual Light Up the Bluff and tree-lighting ceremony.

ST. JOSEPH — Three-year-old Annabella Ingersoll was just a baby when she was adopted. Now, two years later, she has gained two brothers.

ST. JOSEPH — An inmate housed in the medical wing of the Berrien County jail died over the weekend, police reported.

ST. JOSEPH — A revision to the district’s return-to-learn plan by the St. Joseph Public School board is a baby step to normalcy, Superintendent Jenny Fee said.

ST. JOSEPH — As a local Realtor, Laura Goos’ husband has a catchy slogan on his signs that read, “Go With Goos.”

ST. JOSEPH — Spectrum Health Lakeland is employing new technology to assist in spine surgery.

ST. JOSEPH — Cecilia Soler took home more than the crown earlier this month when she was named 2022 Miss St. Joseph.

ST. JOSEPH — St. Joseph Public Schools received several million dollars for COVID relief, but it has strings attached.

ST. JOSEPH — The public is invited to celebrate next Monday with five new families that will be finalizing adoptions at the Berrien County Courthouse.

ST. JOSEPH — Freezing temperatures or torrential rains have never stopped sentinels from guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

ST. JOSEPH — Royalton Township approved Mary Nykamp to be township engineer of record this week.

ST. JOSEPH — The Vineland Center has sat vacant since March 2020, but a local developer is proposing a plan he hopes would breathe life back into the building.

ST. JOSEPH — Nardo’s Pizza will finally have a place of its own and plans to celebrate it.

ST. JOSEPH — St. Joseph Today will kick off the holiday season with hundreds of luminaries lining the streets of downtown from 5-8 p.m. Nov. 19.

ST. JOSEPH — Laura Goos is the new mayor of St. Joseph, while Lynn Todman became the mayor pro tem on Monday.

ST. JOSEPH — The Shore Store is dropping its anchor in downtown St. Joseph next year.

ST. JOSEPH — Jeff Richards began his tenure in St. Joseph city governance back in 1984.

ST. JOSEPH — The public is invited to a special Veterans Day event next Thursday marking the 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Solider.

ST. JOSEPH — The cargo ship known as the Manitowoc was anchored offshore in Lake Michigan for a week due to river currents being too strong to come into port.

ST. JOSEPH — In year-by-year comparisons, Southwest Michigan home sales continued to slow in September.

ST. JOSEPH — Longtime Area Agency on Aging CEO Lynn Kellogg is retiring next month.

ST. JOSEPH — The St. Joseph Township board approved a $10.69 million budget Monday that will shrink the township’s fund balance by about $1.4 million.

ST. JOSEPH — Local developer Joe Giannola recently put a sign out for one of his State Street properties in downtown St. Joseph, advertising the lease.

ST. JOSEPH — A Niles man has been formally charged in the shooting of a Michigan State Police trooper earlier this month.

ST. JOSEPH — Almost all Spectrum Health employees are compliant with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a company spokesperson said Wednesday.

ST. JOSEPH — Water main repairs forced Brown Elementary School to cut its day short Wednesday.

ST. JOSEPH — Three area businesses have donated money for the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department to buy an additional drone.

ST. JOSEPH — Emergency room waits are long, and there’s not just one reason behind them.

ST. JOSEPH — An incumbent and five newcomers are vying for three seats on the St. Joseph City Commission in Tuesday’s general election.

ST. JOSEPH — Berrien County Trial Court has received grants for next year totaling $446,622 to continue the work done by specialty and treatment courts.

ST. JOSEPH — The St. Joseph City Commission bid farewell to two longtime members Monday night.

ST. JOSEPH — Stephen Marschke’s career has come full circle.

ST. JOSEPH — Tina Tetzlaff-Wallis told a Berrien County judge Friday that when she was pregnant with her second child and the baby kicked for the first time, she rolled over in bed, reached for her husband and said, “Oh my gosh, Rick!”