A jury has awarded $14.5 million to a wrongfully convicted man, saying a Michigan State Police sergeant violated his constitutional rights as he pursued a perjury case against him. WOOD-TV is reporting the seven-person jury this week decided that Ray McCann Jr. was due $12.5 million in compensatory damages, plus $2 million in punitive damages. The verdict, McCann said, will …

A water-main installation has closed Shaver Road half a year earlier than anticipated. MLive is reporting that Shaver Road will be inaccessible for two months, as the closure started Monday to install a water main. The project is the second part of a multi-year, $3.8 million project to upgrade Shaver Road. The instillation was originally expected to take place between …

SEMCO ENERGY Gas Company announced an outage around 3 p.m. Wednesday affecting about 400 homes and businesses in the area. The outage is east of Three Rivers, in the Fishers Lake area, due to damage caused by a third-party performing work on underground facilities, according to WWMT-News 3. SEMCO employees will need to access every affected home or business to …

Several re-appointments to various boards and committees were approved Tuesday by St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners. First, John Gelvin, Pat Dane, Deborah Davis and Kathy Pangle were re-appointed to serve on the St. Joseph County Commission in Aging Board. Next, Michael O’Rourke, Glenn Nissley, Frank Kalasky, Doris Ripplinger, Carol Higgins and Mark Ripplinger all were re-appointed to the county’s …

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident in which a 20-year-old South Bend man was injured in a single-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon in Jefferson Township. Authorities said the crash occurred shortly before 3 p.m. near the intersection of Dailey Road and M-60. Witnesses told deputies the driver was traveling north on M-60 at what appeared to be a …

An Illinois man was arrested over the weekend following a pursuit that ended in Sturgis. Undersheriff Jason Bingaman said deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop Sunday near Front Street and Halfway Road in Burr Oak. The motorist refused to stop and sped from the scene. The pursuit ended near the intersection of Lakeview Avenue and Lafayette Street. The suspect, …

St. Joseph County Sheriff’s deputies and law-enforcement officials from several other agencies completed a months-long narcotics investigation last week. Undersheriff Jason Bingaman said the cases started in April, when a deputy stopped a motorcycle on U.S. 12 near Shimmel Road in Sturgis Township. During the traffic stop, deputies obtained probable cause for the first of three search warrants at the …

Here’s an update on work being done on U.S. 131 in St. Joseph and Kalamazoo counties, according to Michigan Department of Transportation’s Christopher Jacobs. Storm sewer Stage 1, northbound from the Rocky River to Michigan Avenue is complete to the point of leveling. Also, restoration has been completed in the highway’s median and permanent signs have been erected in the …

Three Rivers city commissioners are considering expanding the city’s marijuana ordinance to include cannabis lounges. WOOD-TV 8 said if the proposal passes, the new ordinance will also allow lounges in the central business district, which includes downtown. The petitioner behind the ordinance, Daly Broekema, is the owner of the dispensary Daly Dope. Broekema said she is unable to expand her …

St. Joseph County Grange Fair officials are poised for what they say will be seven days of fun and family entertainment, as the annual event begins this weekend. During their media day event Thursday, officials gave an overview of the 2023, week-long fair that starts Sunday. “Hop On Over” is the theme of this year’s fair. Sunday’s opening day features …