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Underneath fields and homes in Cass County lies a massive crater, created by a meteor the size of three football fields

February 25, 2021 Michigan Works has announced it’s opening a new office in Cass County. It says the pandemic has shown that the agency needs to be adaptable, get creative, and adjust the way it does business. The new office inside the Cass County Administration Building in Cassopolis is intended to bring more programs to the area and allow for convenience. Cass County Commissioner Roseann Marchetti says the move is “a natural fit and will allow them to serve more individuals and more b...

Sentinel Staff CASSOPOLIS, Mich. — A local Republican organization has censured Rep. Fred Upton for a second time this month, after Upton voted with Democrats to strip a controversial GOP representatives committee assignments.  The Cass County GOP voted Tuesday, Feb. 23, to censure Upton, R-St. Joseph, for his decision to vote with Democrats to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, on her committee assignments. Greene lost her assignments on the House Education and Labor Committee a...

Pretty dragonfly, tiny salamander, butterfly and snakes that are at risk. And a fairy shrimp, too.

$363 million has been awarded to telecommunication companies in Michigan the Federal Communications Commission reports (FCC) to improve internet, but some are concerned it doesn’t work.

Obituaries: Daniel H. French, 83; James David Lark, 90 Daniel H. French, 83 Daniel H. French, an attorney and school teacher, died on his 83rd birthday, surrounded by family. Mr. French attended the University of Michigan, and then Western Michigan University where he earned his undergraduate degree. In between stints in college, he sailed with the Merchant Marine on the Great Lakes and around the world. He went on to earn his law degree from Detroit College of Law with an interest in civil rig...

The Haunting of the Whaley House, Flint Yep...the Haunted Michigan sites continue on... This one is the former Robert J. Whaley house at 624 E. Kearsley in Flint, now used as the Whaley House Museum. Mr. Whaley (1840-1922) was instrumental in the genesis of General Motors. In 1886, when he was the president of Citizens Bank, he floated a loan to the Flint Road Cart Company, which led to GM. A year earlier, he and his family moved to Flint and occupied this grand Victorian house at (what is now)...

LOGO: ORKIN Atlanta, Ga.-based Orkin Pest Control has acquired the Yes Pest Pros locations of Elkhart and South Bend, Ind. Kemp Anderson Consulting represented Yes Pest Pros in the deal; terms were not disclosed. In 1969, Joseph and Robert Young purchased a pest control company in Bloomington, Ind. That purchase kicked off three generations of the Young family working in the pest control industry. Joseph’s son, David, expanded locations in northern Indiana and southern Michigan. And then Dav...

2020 Covid-19 Pandemic Response Buy Local Berrien! (new) – We launched the wildly successful Facebook group in March to encourage our community to support local throughout the “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order.  With over 11,500 engaged members, the group continues to move the needle for area businesses in their fight for solvency. Buy Local Berrien Holiday Gift Guide (new) – In the midst of a second shutdown, and following the success of our Facebook group, we launched a Buy Local Berrie...

As ice coated trees and streets, Indiana Michigan Power reported more than 34,000 customers without electricity by about 10 a.m. Saturday across Michiana. The numbers had been growing, affecting customers scattered across St. Joseph and Elkhart counties and around Edwardsburg, Cassopolis and LaPaz. The company said crews are working to repair around 900 individual outages, most of which are in South Bend and Elkhart. The power failures can be seen via an interactive map at indianamichiganpower....