BERRIEN COUNTY COURT NEWS
NILES – A Buchanan man who was arrested twice in three months for drunk driving is going to prison. He was among a number of people sentenced this week and last week in Berrien County […]
Legal News
RECENT WEEKS HAVE SOUTHWEST MI MOURNING THE LOSS OF FOUR LONGTIME GOVERNMENT AND SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERS
Longtime Oronoko Township Supervisor Ernest Hildebrand died before Christmas, while veteran Pipestone Township Supervisor Hazen Harner died on Christmas Day. News came last week that longtime Cass County Commissioner Robert Wagel had died Dec. 31 […]
COURT NEWS
Last week’s court news included sentencings as well as a ruling from the Michigan Court of Appeals regarding a 2016 Cass County criminal sexual conduct conviction and sentence. A three-judge panel of the Court of […]
BERRIEN SPRINGS PASSED FINANCIAL AUDIT
BERRIEN SPRINGS – Berrien Springs village finances are in good shape, auditors told officials recently. The St. Joseph-based Plante & Moran firm conducted the village’s audit of financial records for the 2016-17 fiscal year that […]
CRIMINAL SENTENCING OF PREDATOR, DRUGGIE AND THIEVES
Last week’s court action in Berrien County Trial Court and Cass County Circuit Court included prison terms for Berrien Springs and Edwardsburg residents. Wayne Churchill Labins, 52, of Cass Street in Berrien Springs, pleaded […]