Legal News
ORONOKO TOWNSHIP FIGHTING AGAINST SLUMLORDS
By DEBRA HAIGHT BCR Correspondent BERRIEN SPRINGS – More than two decades after an earlier rental housing ordinance was thrown out in court, Oronoko Township officials are making another push to enact rules for local […]
BERRIEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR OFFICE ISSUES A WARNING ABOUT A SURGE IN OPIOID OVERDOES IN RECENT WEEKS
By DEBRA HAIGHT BCR Correspondent This week’s court and law enforcement news includes a warning about an upsurge in opiate overdoses from Berrien County Prosecutor Michael Sepic and a ruling in a criminal case where […]
NEW BUFFALO PASSES CITY ORDINANCE LIMITING SUMMER VACATION HOME RENTALS – UPDATE ON NEW BUFFALO TOURISM
By Stan Maddux The party is over for people cramming into vacation rental homes during the summer in New Buffalo. The city council on April 15 limited occupancy at two people for every […]
TRIAL PROJECT COULD LEAD TO A CONTINUOUS TRAIL FROM MISHAWAKA TO BERRIEN SPRINGS
By DEBRA HAIGHT BCR Correspondent BERRIEN SPRINGS – With the completion of the Niles section of the Indiana Michigan River Valley Trail expected later this year, people are now looking at expanding the trail northward […]