Fred M. Duryee, 86, of St. Joseph, passed away, Monday, September 14, 2020 at Caretel Inns of Lakeland in St. Joseph. A Celebration of Life Service will be held 10:00 A.M. Saturday, October 3, 2020 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Court & Market St., St. Joseph, with Rev. Michael Roth officiating. Private burial will follow at […]
No Change for Michigan Jobless Rate in August
While laid-off workers continued to be recalled to duty in August, the pace of that recall has slowed somewhat. That’s the word today from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget, as they deliver the current unemployment data over the past month. They report that Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was essentially unchanged over […]
Hard Rock Cafe Exiting Four Winds New Buffalo
Anyone who was a fan of the Hard Rock Cafe at Four Winds New Buffalo has until Halloween to say goodbye to it. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and Four Winds are replacing it later this year with Kankakee Grille, which is already open in South Bend. Chief operating officer Frank Freedman thanked Hard Rock […]
Hard Rock Cafe New Buffalo Being Replaced by Kankakee Grille
If you’re a Hard Rock Cafe fan at the Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo, you have from now through Halloween to make a visit, because the cafe is going away with plans to replace it with the popular Kankakee Grille brand from South Bend. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and its Four Winds Casinos […]
South Haven Schools To Resume In-Person K-5 Classes
South Haven Public Schools are reopening to in-person education next week. Kindergarten through 5th grades will be in their schools two days a week, staggered by group, and all will be virtual on Wednesdays. One group will be in class Monday and Thursday while the other group is in the building Tuesday and Friday. All […]
“Topsy-Turvy” August Delivers Retail Sales Growth as Recovery Continues
Calling it a “topsy-turvy” month “as COVID-19 brought a lot of shifts and uncertainty,” the National Retail Federation’s Chief Economist says, nevertheless, “Consumer spending remains intact, even if sales grew less than in July.” That’s the quick assessment from Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz, as retail sales continued to recover from the coronavirus pandemic in August, […]
Big Ten Football Returns
Big Ten football is set to resume with games on the weekend of October 23 and 24. The Coucil of Presidents and Chancellors this morning adopted significant medical protocols that include daily testing, enhanced cardiac screening and a data-driven approach to decisions about practices and games. Each team will play an eight-game schedule. In addition […]
Meet Karla Grady-Walker, MI Works! “Shining Star” Award Winner
Her colleagues and clients already know her to be a tremendous asset to the workforce development system across Michigan’s Great Southwest, but now that fact has been validated by the Michigan Works! Association statewide, as Karla Grady-Walker of Berrien, Cass, Van Buren Michigan Works! has been awarded a “Shining Star” Award by the state association for […]
MI Treasury Warns of Home Heating Credit Application Deadline
If you qualify for it, and want to make sure that you have the best chance to get it, time is running out on the application process for the Michigan Home Heating Credit as we race toward cooler weather. The Michigan Department of Treasury says that all applications for the credit must be received by […]
MI Manufacturers Assoc Honors Legislative Leaders
It was not the customary Legislative Day in Lansing that most associations have grown accustomed to, but they essentially got the job done just the same Tuesday when the Michigan Manufacturers Association headed with state leaders to the newly renamed Jackson Field in Lansing to recognize the 2020 recipients of the association’s Legislator of the […]