Perhaps it’s just me, but this year has really flown by. There are only a little over two weeks left before we welcome in 2019. It’s not too early to start gathering your receipts and totaling up your expenses for 2018. By the way, two weeks from today is Christmas. No worries. I still have 13 days before I need …

Law-enforcement officials from Constantine, St. Joseph County and Michigan State Police are investigating an armed-robbery incident that took place over the weekend in the Whispering Pines II mobile home park. Constantine Chief Mark Honeysett said central dispatch, shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday, received a call reporting someone had been shot. Officers ultimately determined the caller, who was bleeding from a …

St. Joseph County Sheriff Brad Balk said the department is seeking the public’s assistance in providing information about a woman who has been reported missing. The woman, 23-year-old Brittany Nichole Shank, was last seen shortly before 10 p.m. Nov. 30 in the 33000 block of Fawn River Road. Authorities said she was seen earlier that day with a man who …

A northern Indiana police chief who downplayed the beating of a handcuffed suspect by two officers and faced other controversies over discipline has resigned. Elkhart’s Chief Ed Windbigler said in a letter Monday that Mayor Tim Neese asked him to resign. The letter states he’s “not perfect and have made mistakes,” but “always tried to make sure we were making …

Larry Lee Millard, age 62 of Muskegon, and formerly of Mendon, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 at Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was born in Three Rivers on Aug. 31, 1956 the son of Charles and Genevieve (Searer) Millard. He graduated from Mendon High School in 1974 and later from Western Michigan University. Larry worked in the …

Investigators are expected to determine this week the extent of damage fire caused to the former Village Market grocery store in Centreville. Crews from six departments were dispatched late Friday to the 21,000-square-foot building at the east end of the village, where passers-by notified Central Dispatch of smoke coming from the building. First-arriving personnel saw flames coming through the roof, …

Kalamazoo County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the names of two people who died in last week’s house fire in White Pigeon. Authorities said 35-year-old Jessica Gould, who was pregnant with a girl, died in the early-morning blaze Tuesday along with a 7-year-old boy, Lonnie Bingaman. Bingaman was a first-grade student at Central Elementary in White Pigeon. They were two …

Three people were injured in an accident last week in Branch County’s Ovid Township. State police said the incident occurred shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Angola Road and Central Road. A 43-year-old female was eastbound on Central Road and disregarded the stop sign. Her vehicle collided with a car driven by a 43-year-old man who was …

Glen Oaks students wanting to dress their professional best now have an option through the college’s Career Closet. Operated by Glen Oaks employees, the Career Closet provides currently enrolled students with free professional attire appropriate for career fairs, interviews, classroom presentations and the workplace. The project was funded in part through a $500 grant from Meemic Foundation, coordinated through the …

Constantine Village Council members this week appointed Jan Rimer as village treasurer. Former treasurer Helena Baldwin chose not to run in the November election. When no one ran for the position, two candidates applied for the appointment: Rimer and Kathlyn Williams. Rimer is a retired ISD educator and Williams is a retired registered nurse. Village president Gary Mathers and several council members …