Cass County sheriff’s deputies responded last week to a single-vehicle crash in Wayne Township. Authorities said deputies were called at 11 p.m. Feb. 3 to Ruby Road, near Swamp Street. Investigators found a vehicle driven by 26-year-old Joseph Badner was northbound on Ruby Road when it struck a concrete barrier and went over a bridge. Badner was extricated from the …

Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Health Agency plans to stage three vaccine clinics this week in its tri-county service area. Whether agency officials are able to follow through, however, is contingent on delivery of an expected allocation of vaccine today. Registration links on its website are open beginning at 9 a.m. each Monday. Appointment slots typically are filled within 20 minutes. Health agency …

Officials from Sturges-Young Auditorium have announced the facility’s Sunday brunch has resumed. The meal is offered 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The auditorium’s brunch had been put on hold due to the pandemic. Patrons may dine socially distanced in the center’s ballroom and masks are required until patrons are seated. Takeout and delivery options also are available. COVID- 19 mandates …

Twelve students in the advanced Career and Technical Education graphic design cohort at Glen Oaks Community College recently presented branding and advertising projects to a panel of outside judges. As part of the project, students developed a fictional company and created corresponding logo designs, print materials, design spec-sheets and website homepage mockups. They presented their work and interacted with judges …

Final details regarding a long-overdue municipal project are being worked out by Vicksburg officials. Village council members heard an update Feb. 1 from village manager Jim Mallery centering on a new public works salt building. It will replace a facility constructed in the 1950s on North Main Street. The building in question is 70 years old and has served the …

Louis Dean Hartzell, age 81, of rural Three Rivers, died Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 at his home. He was born in Vandalia on July 18, 1939 the son of Glenn and Ada (Smeltzer) Hartzell and was a lifetime resident of the area. Raised on a farm, Louis graduated from Marcellus High School. He was employed by Continental Can Company and …

An Indiana man died in a single-vehicle crash Thursday in Cass County’s Porter Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were called shortly before 1 p.m. to an area on U.S. 12, just west of Birch Road. A vehicle driven by 63-year-old Douglas Vankirk, of Mishawaka, appeared to be traveling eastbound on U.S. 12. Investigators said Vankirk lost control of the …

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and MDHHS Director Elizabeth Hertel announced Thursday the return of high school sports. Speaking at a press conference from Lansing, Whitmer announced the return to sports will start taking place next week. Indoor contact sports coming back include basketball, ice hockey, competitive cheer and wrestling. Each sport can begin contact practicing, with masks, on Monday. Basketball can begin competition with …

Local Department of Natural Resources conservation officers are appealing to the public for help finding the person who shot and left a button-buck deer in a field near Dauber and Round Lake roads in Noble Township. The location is just east of the St. Joseph County line. A land owner found the buck Monday afternoon and called DNR. The officer …

I am Mr. Chonkums.  I am a super hefty boy  and  I am just looking for someone to love ME!!!  I am about six or seven years old.  I enjoy head scratches and  I want to be close by.   I will need my neuter surgery.  Call to make an appointment to see and adopt me at the St. Joseph County …