St. Joseph County Register of Deeds Pattie Bender provided details this week related to the development of a program using a red-flag system to identify meth houses. During her annual report presented at Tuesday’s county commission meeting, Bender said she and a team of county officials met last year with Three Rivers attorney Pat O’Malley. The focus was to discuss …

Two people were arrested after state police responded to a report of shots being fired from a passing vehicle in Park Township. According to a department media release, a homeowner in the area of Mint and Brown roads alerted officials to the situation around 8:20 p.m. Saturday. Troopers located the car described to them by the witness and it was …

Irrigation wire was reported stolen last week from a location in Constantine Township. State police said the theft occurred between April 28 and last Friday from a pivot off Zerbe Road, east of U.S. 131.

In addition to providing an annual report as register of deeds, county clerk Pattie Bender presented county commissioners a summary of her department’s operations in 2013. Bender, who will mark her 44-year anniversary as a courthouse employee later this month, said her department’s revenue report showed collections in circuit and juvenile courts were down in 2013 compared to 2012. She …

Three people were hospitalized following a hit-and-run accident last weekend in Cass County’s Penn Township. Sheriff Joe Underwood Jr. said 49-year-old Delbert Raeder of Elkhart was driving east on M-60 around 3 p.m. Sunday, when his vehicle was rear-ended by a newer-model pickup. The force of the contact pushed Raeder’s vehicle off the roadway and into the front deck of …

The investigation continues into a car-pedestrian accident two weeks ago which resulted in the death of a Three Rivers resident. Mary Hanchon, age 92, died several days after the April 23rd incident, which occurred at the intersection of Millard Street and South Douglas Avenue. The St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office has identified the driver as 27-year-old Lavarr Funches of Three …

Mildred Hazel Weisenbarger, born June 29, 1919, daughter of Cecil and Bertha Jones, was called to Heaven May 4, 2014 to join her beloved husband, Hubert. Mildred will be dearly missed by her daughter, Sherry (Bill) Marietti; grandchildren, Angela (Scott) Lamiman, Stephanie (Chris) Benedict, Carla Marietti and Nick (Alexandra) Marietti. “Grandma Weisey” will also be missed by her great-grandchildren, Emma, …

Mary Jean (Martin) Reames, 85, passed away on Jan. 17, 2014 in New Albany, Ind. Mary was born on Aug. 30, 1928 in Three Rivers to the late John and Charlotte (Reed) Martin. She had attended the First Baptist Church in Three Rivers, where she also resided for most of her life. Mary loved to spend time with her family …

Graveside services for James M. Pauli will be held at Riverside Cemetery beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 10. Arrangements by Hohner Funeral Home.

White Pigeon Community Schools will have more than $1.6 million additionally to spend each year over the next five years, as the district’s voters approved a request for a 1-mill increase Tuesday. The measure prevailed with 359 yes votes to 336 opposed. Superintendent Ron Drzewicki said the community support helps keep the 750-student district on a positive road. He said …