Buchanan News

The race brought nearly 25,000 fans from across the country to Buchanan, Michigan.

We are now two days away from the biggest motocross race in the nation invading Buchanan, Michigan.

A Buchanan man will spend the next 18 months in prison for his third offense drunken driving conviction after being sentenced Monday in Berrien County Trial Court.

There's a toss up about a loan in one Southwest Michigan community. Hartford Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Debra Patzer says the DDA and the city have differing views about whether or not a $250,000 loan from the city to the DDA has to be repaid.

Groundbreaking could occur as soon as next spring on a new Buchanan senior center.

The Buchanan Museum of Fine Art opens Front Street Exhibit featuring the Figurative Expressionist Art of David J. Padworny.

Ben Smith, noting that James Von Brunn might potentially have considered targeting The Weekly Standard , writes : The suggestion that the Standard may have been a target complicates any view of the racist shooter in contemporary left-right terms.

I'd suggested earlier that James Van Brunn defies easy left-right classification because he'd targeted the Weekly Standard, and Jon Chait makes the fair point that the fact that the new information doesn't mean the shooter is incoherent or doesn't fit into the extreme edge of the Buchananite right.

The search for a missing 5-year-old Michigan girl is apparently over, and it's not a happy ending.

Woodrow Wilson, Democrat WWII - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat Korea - Harry S. Truman, Democrat Vietnam - JFK & LBJ, Democrats Gulf War I - George H.W. Bush, Republican Afghanistan - George W. Bush, Republican Iraq - George W. Bush, Republican For what it's worth.

The Buchanan downtown and an individual property in the city are among four sites in southwest Michigan to have been recommended for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

News last week that Tyler Refrigeration in Niles will close in three months, laying off all 450 employees, indeed signaled the passing of an era for the city of 12,000. Tyler was one of the last of the community's big manufacturing plants.

Profit at Express-1 Expedited Solutions fell 99 percent to $5,000 in the first quarter as a result of falling surcharge revenue and excess capacity.

It's almost time to put the Chex in the mail. And the Frosted Flakes, oatmeal, canned goods, toothpaste, toilet paper ... in short, any non-perishable food item or soap or paper product that will benefit the less fortunate.

Aside from Benton Harbor's crowded school board race, most Berrien County school elections on Tuesday are no contests.

There it is, slithering on a downslope of hilly Wagner Road: a northern water snake.

Two motorcyclist hit the same deer. The Van Buren County Sheriff's Department says it happened on the 76000 block of M-40 Highway at 3:44p.m. Saturday.

Dark clouds overshadow the vineyards at Tabor Hill Winery & Restaurant near Buchanan, Michigan.

Two 'green' shows are at the Buchanan Art Center this month. One is green in that it features recycled materials, while the other features the paintings of artist Lee Green.

Detroit designer Marc Buchanan is bringing his streetwear and urban gear to the D tonight for the 31st anniversary of Pelle Pelle clothing.