A tax of up to one mill was approved for operation and building needs and a six-person board of trustees was established as the governing body of the college.
The South Haven campus was completed in 2003 after South Haven School District residents voted to join the Lake Michigan College district, the M-TEC training facility was completed in 2000 and the Bertrand Crossing campus in 1998.
[7] In January 2015, Lake Michigan College sold the 44,000 square foot M-TEC building to the Whirlpool Corporation.
Programs previously housed at the M-TEC facility were relocated to the Hanson Technology Center, which opened to the public at the Napier Avenue campus in the fall of 2016.
In February 2012, after several college staff and student meetings with the Pokagon Tribal Council, it was announced that the school would adopt a new team nickname in an effort put forward by student leaders to increase school spirit and mascot visibility while still honoring the historical connection to the Pokagon.