St. Joseph County commissioners this week OK’d a number of reappointments, starting with Kristina Eaton, Ruth Perry and a sheriff’s department representative to the Animal Control Advisory Board. The positions are for three-year terms. Meanwhile, Sturgis-area residents Warren Atkins and Douglas Pagels, along with White Pigeon-area resident Mark Ripplinger, were reappointed to the county’s planning commission. Those posts, too, are …

A four-wheeler was stolen from a residence this week in Flowerfield Township. State troopers are investigating the incident, which involves a 2010 Honda 4 Trax four-wheeler. It was taken late Monday or early Tuesday from a residence in the 52000 block of Lewis Lake Road. The four-wheeler has a toolbox on its back with a dent from being struck by …

Two teens were arrested after attempting to break into an ATM on the campus of Glen Oaks Community College. Sheriff Brad Balk said deputies were called Friday to the Centreville-area campus regarding a disorderly subject. Upon arrival, deputies discovered the college had been broken into and the suspects also attempted to break into an ATM. Two subjects, a 17-year-old Sturgis …

Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the theft of an auto trailer. The incident occurred Friday in the 19000 block of M-60 in Lockport Township, according to authorities. The goose-neck trailer is made of steel, 50 feet in length with white wheels and a gas grill attached on the driver’s side of the trailer.

Employees of the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency will be getting a raise in pay starting Jan. 1. Rebecca Burns, health officer for the agency, offered a balanced budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year. It shows the proposed raises in salary classification and compensation are within budget. By accepting the budget this week, the board also approved a compensation study …

A pursuit involving law-enforcement personnel in multiple jurisdictions ended Sunday when a stolen vehicle ran out of gas in Cass County’s Calvin Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were notified around 6:40 a.m. Sunday that Indiana authorities were in pursuit of a vehicle stolen out of Elkhart and on its way into Michigan. The owner of the vehicle was tracking …

Judy C. Clark, age 70, of Constantine, died on Monday, December 9, 2019 at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born December 1, 1949 in Elizabethton, TN a daughter of Allen and Helen (White) Richardson. Judy graduated from Constantine High School in 1968. On February 11, 1972 she married Bruce Clark in Elkhart. He preceded her in death October 26, 2017. …

A man who said he was repeatedly hounded by police during an investigation of a girl’s killing in St. Joseph County has filed a lawsuit, two years after his wrongful conviction for perjury was thrown out. Ray McCann said his constitutional rights were violated by various police officers in St. Joseph County. He filed a lawsuit in federal court last …

One person was injured and airlifted for medical care following a two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon in White Pigeon Township. Authorities said the driver of a Ford Mustang had turned east onto U.S. 12 from Lutz Road when the driver lost control, causing the vehicle’s rear to go into westbound traffic. A semi-truck collided with the back of the vehicle, cutting …

Cass County Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were called shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday to Church Street near the intersection of Goff Lake Road in Marcellus Township. Investigators found that a vehicle driven by 25-year-old Nickolas Soule of Marcellus drove off the road and crashed into a tree. Soule was driving east on Church Street when he lost control of …