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October 5th, 2008
Jane Debries and her mother, Marge Hamstra, both of Grand Rapids, play the slots at Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo, Mich. Create 5,000 permanent jobs with an average wage of $34,000. Spur job growth in related tourist areas, leading to a ...
August 30th, 2008
GETTING THERE Amtrak stops in Michigan City, Ind., and New Buffalo, Mich.; one-way tickets start at $12 and $16. SPORT SUPPLIERS Dewey Cannon Trading Co./Three Oaks Spokes Bicycle Club, 3 E. Central Ave. (soon to be Dewey Cannon Avenue), Three Oaks ...
August 17th, 2008
NEW BUFFALO -- The slot machines are firing up Thursday as Michigan's newest tribal casino opens its doors in this Berrien County town. The Four Winds Casino is more than a decade in the making. The plans for it were debated, changed, stalled and ...
August 11th, 2008
Local governments and schools in Berrien County still have not received their share of the revenue from Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians has put the millions in an escrow account until a disagreement over how ...
September 12th, 2008
NEW BUFFALO -- Last year, 24 young landscape architects from all over the nation descended on Kalamazoo to iron out problems and create designs to improve life here. They came up with ideas to make Kalamazoo greener, to improve technology and to ...
September 1st, 2008
It's only an hour-and-a-half away, and it's got more wineries (some of whose product is a bit underripe, but still...) than you can shake a corkscrew at. Replete with all the typical vacation activities--antiquing, beachcombing, lakeside dining, et ...
September 12th, 2008
Readers of this column frequently send in questions regarding the integrity of the slot machines they play and just how much control the individual casinos have over the games and the protocols that are in place to change or alter the components ...
September 18th, 2008
Jim Pinkerton anchors WSBT News at 6 and 10 p.m. and serves as the station’s managing editor. He joined WSBT in 1997. After the Sept. 11th attacks, Jim spent several days on-board the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which was stationed off the coast of ...
September 17th, 2008
In 2006, the Seminole Tribe of Florida stunned the world with its $965 million purchase of Hard Rock International, an empire of restaurants, performance venues, hotels and casinos in 45 countries. And while the Everglades tribe would later move into ...
September 18th, 2008
CASSOPOLIS - At their next meeting at 4 p.m. Oct. 2, Cass County commissioners will be seating a seven-member Parks and Recreation Commission. Thursday afternoon commissioners interviewed six potential members, including 34-year Department of Natural ...
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