The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is pushing for charges against a Schoolcraft-area man who allegedly shot at a group of sandhill cranes. The incident was detailed in the DNR’s biweekly report for the period ending Jan. 21. The agency received a complaint of a person trying to illegally harvest the federally protected birds. Investigators found that the suspect recorded …

The Middlebury Toll Plaza will be closed starting Monday in an effort to further continue improvements at the site. Work at the plaza, located at exit 107, is scheduled to take place through April and conclude on or before May 23. Toll Road officials said the work continues rebuilding efforts after the plaza was damaged due to a car fire …

State police troopers are releasing more information about a Three Rivers man arrested last week for alleged alcohol-related offenses. It was tenth time he has been arrested for alleged drunken driving, authorities said. Trooper Kaitlyn Bielecki said a vehicle driven by Jeremy Tomlinson, 41, ran out of gas at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in Branch County’s Coldwater Township. Bielecki said Tomlinson …

A relatively new tradition in Colon is returning this summer with a new name and taking place in a different month. The Magic City Egg Fest, which has taken place three of the previous four years, is being rebranded and is now being called the Magic City Grill Fest. Event organizer Tim Taylor, a Palmer Lake seasonal resident, said the …

Michigan State Police troopers are investigating the theft of a commercial truck stolen earlier this month from a location in Fabius Township. According to a department media release, a 26-foot U-Haul truck was taken in the early morning hours of Feb. 7 from the U-Haul rental site. Surveillance cameras confirmed the truck was last seen heading west on M-60.

A local bank recently made a financial donation to the Sturgis Department of Public Safety. Eric Wynes, president of Century Bank and Trust, presented a $5,000 check last week to Damon Knapp, deputy director of police operations at the Sturgis agency. Knapp said the donation will go toward the Sturgis Public Safety Camera Project.

Local authorities and their counterparts in Indiana are continuing their search for a missing Nottawa Township girl. St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite said 15-year-old Exdith Janery Rodriguez Davila left her Fairchild Road residence around 2 a.m. Feb. 10 and has not been seen since. Investigators said the family has confirmed the teen took with her a backpack containing clothes, …

A Three Rivers man was arrested earlier this week for what authorities said was allegedly his tenth drinking-and-driving violation. State police troopers responded at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a suspicious vehicle in Branch County’s Coldwater Township. Authorities located the vehicle and driver, and quickly established probable cause that the driver was operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. …

St. Joseph County Conservation District has details about its annual tree sale. The 2023 sale features about two dozen varieties of trees and bushes. The inventory includes pagoda dogwood, red oak, sugar maple, white pine, black walnut and common lilac. Prices and varieties are available on the agency’s website. Pickup date is May 5 and 6 at the St. Joseph …

A Sturgis teen has won the Michigan Community College Athletic Association singles bowling title with a three-game series of 742. Glen Oaks Community College student Ethan Lindsey also claimed the all-events champion with his scores from singles, doubles and team matches. Both scores are MCCAA Championship Tournament records. Lindsey is the first Glen Oaks Early Middle College student to take …