BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (WNDU) - Benton Harbor Area Schools suddenly finds itself in the middle of the federal fiscal squeeze. The district is (or was) one of 27 in Michigan in line to receive ...

The state data also shows that only about 55% of Benton Harbor High School seniors graduated in 2023. RELATED: Most southwest Michigan high schools see higher than state average graduation rates ...

Benton Harbor Area Schools is one of 47 other school districts in the state whose performance requires the district to enter into a 3-year agreement with the Michigan Department of Education.

Benton Harbor Area Schools contains 6 schools and 1,448 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 100%. Also, 61.3% of students are economically disadvantaged.

One of the schools that received a threat was Benton Harbor High School. In a message on its Facebook page, the district said the building went into lockdown in order to investigate the matter.

Multiple fights broke out at Benton Harbor High School on Thursday between students causing chaos and confusion and resulting in a lockdown and district-wide cancellation, school officials say. It ...

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — In Benton Harbor, a small city beside Lake Michigan, the high school binds generations and strangers.This is a place where basketball games are a highlight of the social ...

The chaos erupted moments after Benton Harbor High School lost to Buchanan 39-36 in the district semifinals in Dowagiac, about 130 miles outside of Detroit, on Feb. 26.

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (WNDU) - Benton Harbor Area Schools says it has fired an assistant high school boys basketball coach after it was determined that the coach was involved in a postgame incident ...

Rhonda Dorothea Allen, 76, of Watervliet, MI, passed away peacefully at home on June 9, 2025, surrounded by loved ones.

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (WNDU) - Benton Harbor Area Schools suddenly finds itself in the middle of the federal fiscal squeeze. The district is (or was) one of 27 in Michigan in line to receive ...