Legal News

Court action last week in Berrien County Trial Court included the sentencing of a former county probation program coordinator and the arraignment of a Coloma man for a May 1 murder. Jessica Holmes, 35, of […]

Last week’s election produced mixed results in Berrien County. Voters approved a millage increase in New Buffalo Township and defeated another millage increase proposal in Galien Township. Voters in the Benton Harbor school district approved […]

News came last week on a number of fronts. The Berrien County Sheriff’s Department has named its 2016 Deputy of the Year, while the Benton Harbor school district reached an agreement with the state of […]

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow and Michigan Department of Civil Rights Executive Director Agustin Arbulu were in Southwest Michigan last weekend to attend the N.A.A.C.P. Freedom Fund Banquet in Niles. It was the 75th annual Freedom […]

NILES – This week’s court news includes the arraignment of a Three Oaks man for child abuse, the delay of the preliminary hearing for former Benton Harbor Superintendent Leonard Seawood and sentencings in Cass and […]