An Indiana woman was injured following a three-vehicle incident at Kessington Road and U.S. 12 in Cass County’s Mason Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies responded at 2 p.m. Friday to a personal-injury accident. Investigators found that 18-year-old Haley Harmon, of Elkhart, turned left from Kessignton Road onto U.S. 12. A vehicle traveling west on U.S. 12 and driven by …

The Michigan State Police have identified the man killed in a motorcycle accident Sunday night in Constantine Township. Troopers said that Spencer Minor, 28, of White Pigeon, was killed in the accident. He was riding his motorcycle southbound on U.S. 131 when another vehicle turned into his pathway, causing the accident. Minor was thrown from his bike into oncoming traffic. …

The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget says jobless rates during June were up six- to eight-tenths of a percentage point in southwest Michigan. Employment in St. Joseph County rose by 275 people from May, but is down by 200 compared to June 2018. There were 27,575 with jobs in June, but with the labor force increasing by 425, …

Beginning Monday (August 5th), there will be some bridge work being done on Business U.S. 131 in Constantine. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is going to be treating the surface of the US-131 bridge that covers the St. Joseph River. According to a press release from MDOT, the work is scheduled to be completed by Wednesday, Aug. 28. The …

Two people were arrested in White Pigeon on drug charges Tuesday evening. The incident happened in the 500 block of E. Chicago Road in the village limits. A 52-year-old White Pigeon man and a 38-year-old Sturgis woman were both arrested at the scene. The man faces charges of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house while …

Police say two men and a woman have been killed and a second woman has been wounded in shootings at a northern Indiana apartment complex. Elkhart police say one of the dead men is the suspected shooter. Elkhart County Homicide Unit Cmdr. Mark Daggy identified the dead victims as 66-year-old Gail Shields, her boyfriend, John Malk, along with the suspected …

Local governments have won a partial victory in the Michigan appeals court in a dispute over how state government gives tax dollars to communities. The constitution requires that local governments get 48.9 percent of all state spending. But when the state makes that calculation, the appeals court says it can’t count money that pays for state-mandated activities. Attorney John Philo …

The lady said “Smile” – so I am smiling.  My name is Tawny, and I am about three years old.  I am a hound mix, and I will need my spay surgery.  I am a very beautiful “hound”, and I am quiet and reserved.  I do pull on a leash, but if I had someone work with me I would …

The city of Three Rivers is getting a bit of a financial boost thanks to the Michigan State Housing Development Authority. The MSHDA awarded a combined total of $1.4 million to several communities for projects with the support of Neighborhood Enhancement Program (NEP) grants. The city will receive an award of $50,000 that will be used for homeowner housing enhancements. …

The former executive director of Three Rivers Area Mentoring is being charged with embezzlement. Randall Norton was arrested on Monday and charged with embezzlement of $1,000 – $20,000 from a non-profit charitable organization. Three Rivers police met with board members of TRAM back in January about possible embezzlement by Norton as the incoming director found inconsistencies on the books of …