Edwardsburg News

A former dancer at the Escape Reality strip club who has tested positive for HIV entered a guilty plea Friday in Cass County Circuit Court to five charges and a no-contest plea to one count of engaging in a sex act without informing her partner of her positive HIV status.

Some people in rural Edwardsburg are crying "fowl." In Ontwa Township, the local government is making some people get rid of their chickens.

I am so thankful I live in Michiana where I always know what the weather will be.

It took a little girl to stop a dynasty from making a total sweep at this year's 36th Annual International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship.

Twenty-five years after its founding and four and a half years after a devastating fire destroyed its original theatre, the Barn Swallow Theatre in Cass County is ready to start Act Two of its history.

UNION a ' Three people were injured, none of them seriously, in a two-car accident Wednesday at Five Points Road and Old Michigan 205, west of Union.

Cass County authorities were still investigating a serious accident early Sunday, one in which at least two people initially were reported as having critical injuries.

Jenna Ignowski hit two homeruns and struck out 15 batters to lead Niles to a 8-1 win over Clio in Friday's Division 2 Softball State Semifinals at Battle Creek.

EDWARDSBURG a ' A 24-year-old Kalamazoo man was in critical condition on Thursday after the car in which he was a passenger struck a porch of a home and crashed into a creek in Calvin Township, police said.

A Cass County strip club that was shuttered in April won't be reopened until at least October.

When it comes to high school superstars in Michiana, the first name that comes to mind for most is South Bend Washington's Skylar Diggins.

It may not look like it yet but Edwardsburg's Fields of Dreams are coming along.

A strip club temporarily closed because of alleged prostitution and drug activity will likely remain shuttered through the summer.

Four-year-old Ella McShane climbed out of the purple car of the miniature train with a large smile on her face during the Super Day for Special Kids event at Lewis Cass Intermediate School District in Cassopolis.

Cass County deputies summoned to pick up some World War II relics about noon Monday found two live rocket-type mortar artillery shells.

A Cass County woman has been sentenced to between 21 and 40 years prison for killing her husband's grandmother just over a year ago.

EDWARDSBURG a ' Firetruck sirens wailed and children held their ears as the annual Memorial Day parade began.

A routine traffic stop for Edwardsburg Police turned into a lot more Wednesday morning.

Penny Homo of Edwardsburg, Mich., is holding her great-great-granddaughter, Karma; behind her are her daughter, Kaye Scheetz of Elkhart; great-granddaughter, Stephanie Montoya of Shreveport, La.; and grandson, Ronald Scheetz of Elkhart.

Two shootings late Thursday on the city's south side, both on Indiana Avenue, are likely related, police said.