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Golf carts stolen in Mottville

Several golf carts were stolen earlier this week from a business in Mottville Township, according to state police. Troopers said the incident occurred between 4:30 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday in the 68000 block of U.S. 131. The owner of the carts said it appears someone cut their way through a fence and took the golf carts, which were …

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State budget bills head to governor

State Rep. Aaron Miller recently voted for a state budget that reins in government spending and pays down debt, while investing in public-safety measures to better protect taxpayers and their families. Miller, who chairs the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State Police, said statewide trooper strength will be at its highest level in 18 years. He said the state is training …

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Muhammad Ali’s Michigan home on the market for $2.9 million

The family of Muhammad Ali has put the late boxing legend’s Michigan estate on the market for nearly $2.9 million. The 81-acre property in southwestern Michigan’s Berrien Springs features a full-size boxing ring, a private gym, steam room, a main home and a guest house. There also is an outdoor pool, bathhouse and cabana. The estate is on the St. …

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Sara

They call me Sara, a queen of Mastiffs.  I am about six years old and will need my spay surgery.  Staff like my housetraining manners.  I am 98 lbs. good with other dogs, gentle and love to be with people.  I like to take walks and give big sloppy kisses. I would like to find my loving home for the rest …

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Habitat for Humanity searches for families

Officials with St. Joseph County’s Habitat for Humanity said the agency is looking for three families for the upcoming year. The three construction projects are: the Centreville build, which has already started and will be wrapped up in September; the Three Rivers build with help from students in the local CTE program, starting in September 2018 and finishing in June …

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Two injured in Cass County accident

Two Cass County residents were injured following an accident earlier this week in Newberg Township. Sheriff Richard Beheke said deputies were called at 6:45 a.m. Monday to M-60 near Monkey Run Road. Investigators found 33-year-old Charles Rosen II and his wife, 24-year-old Natasha Rosen, were traveling west on M-60 when the car experienced some sort of malfunction. Rosen told deputies he …

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Two arrested on drug charges in Sturgis

Two Sturgis residents were arrested on drug-related offenses last week. According to the Sturgis Police Department, officers came into contact with a 32-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman at 12:06 a.m. Friday in the 200 block of East West Street. The woman had an outstanding warrant and as she was being arrested, officers noticed a small bag of methamphetamine on …

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Police investigate break in at self-storage facility

State police troopers are advising the public to be aware of a break in at several units at a self-storage facility in Branch County’s Girard Township. The incident occurred between May 18 and 19 at Affordable Storage and Warehouse on Union City Road. Investigators said a number of units were broken in to, though they don’t have a record of …

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Western Michigan woman charged with murder, child abuse

A western Michigan woman is facing charges she abused her infant twin sons, including one who died from his injuries. Twenty-one-year-old Jennifer Mohler of Portage was arrested Tuesday on two counts of first-degree child abuse and one count of felony murder. Her 5-month-old son died Feb. 13, nearly two weeks after emergency teams were called to her home because the …

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Edith Duffield, 99

Edith C. Duffield, a former longtime Sturgis resident, teacher and librarian for Sturgis Public Schools at Congress Elementary and Wenzel Elementary schools, passed away on Saturday, June 16, 2018, at Addington Place in Northville. Edith, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, was a longtime school educator and librarian and active community member who truly embodied her beliefs in continual …

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