Sturgis resident Wade Allen will serve at least 37 and as many as 60 years in prison after pleading no contest to second-degree murder and attempted dismemberment. Allen, 39, was sentenced last week in connection to the death of his girlfriend, Kelly Jean Warner. She died at Allen’s Sturgis apartment in May 2019. St. Joseph County Circuit Judge Paul Stutesman …

St. Joseph County Sherriff’s office has issued an update on the search for a Three Rivers woman missing since last week. Marilee Furlong, 73, was last seen shortly before 9 a.m. May 29 around Flatbush Road in Flowerfield Township. Deputies on Friday continued their search in the area Furlong was last seen. The search included patrols on foot, by vehicle …

Michigan State Police troopers are investigating a breaking-and-entering incident that occurred at a location in Sherman Township. According to a department media release, troopers responded last week to the 6700 block of Balk Road. The victim told authorities a golf cart with a white top was stolen from a barn. The theft occurred on or before March 15.

Troopers from Michigan State Police are investigating an incident originating last week in Calhoun County’s Marshall Township. Authorities said two catalytic converters were stolen from vehicles at a business in the 13000 block of 15 Mile Road. The larceny occurred between 5 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. Thursday.

Two people were recognized during the St. Joseph County Road Commission’s annual “Recognition Awards” presentation last month. George Clementz and the late Joe Eichorn were recipients of the 2023 award. Clementz is a retired road commission employee who spent 50 years with the Centreville-based agency. Clementz was a plow-truck driver and served in a variety of other capacities. Eichorn, meanwhile, …

Three Rivers K-9 officer Finn is credited with helping a 7-year-old child with autism return home safely. Det. Sam Smallcombe said officers were made aware shortly after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday about a missing person. Officers responded to the 1100 block of Hannah Street, where Finn established a scent. A short time later, Finn and officers located the child five blocks …

Two suspects in the attempted breaking-and-entering of a marijuana dispensary in Calhoun County are believed to be the same men involved in other, similar break-ins – including a location in Branch County. State police said the latest incident occurred around 3:30 a.m. May 25 at Aim High dispensary in Tekonsha Township. The suspects are black and, according to security-camera footage, …

U.S. Senator Gary Peters said the Postal Service Reform Act – which Peters helped champion – will save the agency nearly $50 billion and put it on stable footing. Peters said the act was signed into law in 2022 and marks the agency’s first reforms in more than 15 years. The measure requires the Postal Service to deliver mail six …

St. Joseph County Undersheriff Jason Bingaman said the agency is appealing to the public in hopes of securing information related to the whereabouts of a 73-year-old woman. Bingaman said sheriff’s deputies, its mounted patrol and reserves, representatives from local fire departments, volunteers, Southern Michigan K9 Search and Response, Michigan State Police aviation division and Great Lakes Drone Company all joined …

Michigan Department of Transportation has announced two road-construction projects will start next week in Cass and Van Buren counties. Agency officials said a section of M-40 in Cass County and a portion of M-152 in Van Buren County will be subject to crack-filling and resurfacing beginning Monday and continuing through July 28. Specifically, the M-40 portion will take place from …