Leonidas News

When Mary Jane Duke left her parents' St. Joseph County dairy farm near Leonidas in 1979, she vowed she'd never milk another cow.

Joseph County are hoping to raise at least $5,000 to retain an attorney with expertise in fighting environmental threats.

A lakefront vacation home was destroyed by fire Wednesday. The homeowner is an Illinois resident and was not at home at the time of the fire.

Opponents of the plan for a large-scale dairy farm in Leonidas Township hope a meeting later this month will give them more support - and revenue - to eventually stage a hearing before an administrative law judge.

Fire crews in Leonidas are working to put out a house fire that has been burning for almost five hours.

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Mich. - A long-fought battle over a proposed dairy farm appears to be over.

Southwest Michigan's labor force was hammered in December by the national recession and the state's ongoing economic problems.

Progress must march on, but few want it to march through their backyard. That's the sentiment of residents living in the path of a planned 25- to 30-mile electric power transmission line.