Cass County Sheriff’s Department responded to a single-vehicle crash last week in Volinia Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were notified at 5:20 p.m. Saturday of a crash on Church Street, near Hathaway Road. The driver was identified as 21-year-old Seth Lamarbe, of Marcellus. Investigators said Lamarbe was traveling west on Church Street, where his vehicle lost control from loose …

The Constantine Village Council last week received an update regarding its new wastewater-treatment plant. The village is refurbishing an earlier wastewater facility that was decommissioned in 1997. Effluent has been piped to the Three Rivers plant ever since. Expected completion time frame for the $13 million overhaul is April 2024. An industrial treatment program by engineers Fleis & VanDenbrink engineers, …

Several students in the St. Joseph County Career & Technical Education Construction Trades-Residential Building program recently took first place in the Michigan Industrial Technology Education Society Residential Construction competition. The students worked together to formulate a plan from prints that they were given, determined job responsibilities and proceeded to build a structure in one day. The structure this year was …

Roberta Tonkin has been hired as Constantine village clerk. Tonkin’s employment follows an interview by council members. Village manager Mark Honeysett hired Tonkin as a new administrative assistant on May 5. Her first day of work was May 16. Tonkin has served as an office manager at several locations and is a Notary Public.

Commission on Aging board members recently heard from executive director Pam Riley about several upcoming improvements at the Sturgis and Three Rivers centers. Work on a pickleball/shuffleboard court soon will start in Three Rivers. Two ramps are being added at the Three Rivers apartments for handicapped accessibility and atrium windows are being repaired there, Riley said. At the Sturgis center, …

Cass County sheriff’s deputies responded to a fatal crash earlier this week in LaGrange Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said the department was notified shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday about a two-vehicle crash on Dailey Road, north of Pokagon Highway. Investigators said two vehicles had struck head-on. The driver of one vehicle was identified as Curtis Mengel, 28, of Warsaw, Ind. …

Here’s a message from Laura Brott, collaborative coordinator for St. Joseph County Human Services Commission. First, Glen Oaks Community College has ended its weekly COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinic. Free COVID testing is still available locally, however. It is offered 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Community Mental Health parking lot in Centreville. It is also offered 9 a.m. …

Glen Oaks Community College has named Adam Cloutier as its new vice president of academics. The position is effective July 1. Cloutier is currently dean of arts and sciences at Lakeland Community College, where he has worked since 2018. Prior to his work at Lakeland, he held various academic-related positions from 2006-2018 at Henry Ford College, including director of academic …

Look at me!  I am ready for Memorial Day.  They call me “Milo.”  I am a housetrained siamese mix, about one year old.  I will need my neuter surgery.  I love to play and investigate.  I hope to see you soon.  I am at the St. Joseph County Animal Control Shelter located at 652 E. Main St., Centreville, MI.  Animal …

After working nearly two months without a contract, nurses from Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health Systems staged a rally Tuesday to bring visibility to their plight. More than 50 nurses, joined by a number of family members and supporters, staged a 90-minute picket outside the West Broadway Street facility. Emergency Department nurse Brandy Shoup, president of the local Michigan Nurses Union, …