Eau Claire News

No substantial damage from downy mildew has been found yet in Michigan's cucumber crop, but it could be too early to tell what effect, if any, the disease might have, grower-shippers said.

Annual Pie Spitting Contest Published Date: 07-05-2008 10:57 PM CT And Finally tonight .The spit was flying in Eau Claire Michigan TodayThe International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship pitted young and old ...

Amanda Jennings has retained her title as the world's top female cherry-pit spitter.

Brian "Young Gun" Krause out-spit his father to claim his seventh championship at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship at Eau Claire, Michigan.

Brian "Young Gun" Krause has out-spit his father to claim his seventh championship at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship in Eau Claire, Mich.

Two Berrien County men are dead after a motorcycle and car collided Tuesday evening in Pipestone Twp.

With rising gas prices and growing grocery bills, it is still the simple acts of kindness that make the biggest impact.

“There's something about being able to capture a force of nature for a moment, to be on the sweet spot of a wave and have it take you to shore”

Where there's a wave, Lori Westlake is surfing. And although she has dared swells from Hawaii to Florida to New York, today she is mostly interested in the wind and wave forecast for Lake Michigan. via Detroit Free Press

“Our revenues are down $400,000 this year through the Michigan transportation fund”

Declining state revenues have spurred the Berrien County Road Commission to close one of its six garages. via South Bend Tribune

An Eau Claire man is dead following a fatal accident near Michigan-140 and Naomi Road. via WSBT

Police in Berrien County are investigating a single-car crash that left one man dead. via WNDU-TV South Bend

“The harmonies are hard to pick out and have taken a lot of practice.”

The musical comedy, "City of Angels," has a unique claim for its music. It's the only musical written with an entire jazz score. via South Bend Tribune

“Filing taxes never ranks high on anyone's list when is comes to enjoyable tasks”

Dowagiac's state Rep. Neal Nitz is providing free taxpayer guides to help residents complete their tax return forms. via Dowagiac Daily News

A house fire at 8297 Black Lake Road, Eau Claire, was reported to the Berrien County 911 Dispatch center at 5:01 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. via Niles Daily Star

“And I just wondered if that's what it was (this time).”

An elderly Berrien County man is fighting for his life Thursday night after fire crews say he was trapped inside his burning home. via South Bend Tribune

A Wisconsin man has pleaded no contest to negligent operation of an airplane that crashed and killed a southwestern Michigan woman. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

GRAND RAPIDS -- The victim of a plane crash whose husband filed a wrongful death lawsuit contributed to her own death by her actions, according to many responses from the defendants. via WisInfo

“We can do something like that.”

The best place to be a bag lady? Eau Claire, by far. There, bag ladies -- technically, the Eau Claire Cherry Festival Bag Ladies -- have homes and families and only push shopping carts up and down the street ... via South Bend Tribune

“Generally by mid-October the number of applications has always surpassed 75 units, however, this year a significant number of applications are still en route”

If you've been among the hundreds of spectators of Dowagiac's Old-Fashioned Candle-light Christmas Parade and wondered what it would be like to march in this holiday event, there's still time to join this ... via Dowagiac Daily News

“This career criminal clearly endangered himself, the police and others. We're fortunate he was apprehended before a tragedy occurred.”

Oscar Martinez Jr. of Eau Claire was found guilty as charged Tuesday by a Cass County jury of fleeing and eluding a police officer in the third degree and resisting and obstructing a Cass County sheriff's ... via Dowagiac Daily News