Police and fire officials in Sturgis responded Tuesday to a bomb threat made at a business in town. According to a department media release, officials were notified at 10:10 a.m. that a bomb threat was placed to Morgan Olson on South Nottawa Street. Police and fire personnel conducted a thorough investigation of the premises and concluded the threat was not …

Three Rivers Community Schools Superintendent Ron Moag is asking the public to consider weighing in on a survey that follows up on a questionnaire offered earlier in the fall. Moag, the district’s first-year superintendent, said results from the earlier survey indicate recurring themes center on safety and security, updates on technology and learning environments, and extending the life of the …

St. Joseph County Animal Control Advisory Board members are hoping the public will take interest in a fundraiser it is hosting. The group is selling buttons that display an illustrated dog and cat, as well as two messages: “Stop Animal Abuse” and “Spay and Neuter.” Kristina Eaton, secretary and treasurer of the board, said the goal is to raise funds …

My name is Nick, short for Nicholas, also St. Nick.  I have lost one of my boots.  This is the one I still have.  I will need my other boot for December 25th.  If you find my boot and want to return it, you will find me at Animal Control.  I am a lab/boxer mix.  I weigh about 36 lbs.  …

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, …