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Fire engulfs, destroys barn at St. Joseph County fairgrounds

Fire engulfs, destroys barn at St. Joseph County fairgrounds

Robert Tomlinson Apr 27, 2024 3 min read

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CENTREVILLE — A fire erupted at a barn on the St. Joseph County fairgrounds in Centreville Saturday afternoon, causing the barn to be destroyed. According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department, firefighters and police were…

Celebrity chef Jet Tila visits Constantine schools

Celebrity chef Jet Tila visits Constantine schools

Robert Tomlinson Apr 26, 2024 7 min read

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CONSTANTINE — Students at Constantine High School and Constantine Middle School got a special visit from a Food Network star the morning of April 17. Celebrity chef Jet Tila stopped by both schools last week, talking…

District: Online threat closed White Pigeon schools Friday

District: Online threat closed White Pigeon schools Friday

Robert Tomlinson Apr 26, 2024 2 min read

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director WHITE PIGEON — White Pigeon Community Schools was closed Friday, April 26 due to a threat levied against the district. According to a Facebook post from the school district, Thursday night the district announced that they…

Mexican national charged with home invasion, sexual assault in Sturgis incident

Mexican national charged with home invasion, sexual assault in Sturgis incident

Robert Tomlinson Apr 26, 2024 3 min read

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CENTREVILLE — A Mexican national who was in the country on an expired work visa was arraigned in court Friday on multiple charges stemming from a home invasion and sexual assault of minors in Sturgis. Miguel…

Life as Performance Art

Life as Performance Art

Editorial Staff Apr 24, 2024 4 min read

Fifty years NBC television began broadcasting “Little House on the Prairie” based on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s series of young reader novels of the same name.Some of us of a certain age practically grew up reading her stories of growing up in the…

Mike’s Musings: Nothing new about college students protesting

Mike’s Musings: Nothing new about college students protesting

Editorial Staff Apr 24, 2024 3 min read

What goes around, always comes around again.I remember the early 1970’s when college students as well as others took to the streets of campuses and cities to protest what they thought was an unjust Viet Nam War. It was a…