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Five annual reports highlight today’s St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners meeting. The reports will start with District Court, followed by Circuit Court, succeeded by Friend of the Court. Commissioners will then hear the juvenile court report, before concluding with the county clerk and register of deeds. Also on today’s agenda is a request from the sheriff’s department for an …

The former president of a motorcycle club who was accused of stealing money from a fundraiser for a Kalamazoo police officer who was killed while on duty in 2011 is awaiting sentencing in the case. WOOD-TV reports Joseph Weeks Sr. of Kalamazoo County’s Comstock Township last week pleaded no contest to charges including embezzlement from a nonprofit of $200 or …

The condition of a 14-year-old girl is improving, more than a week after she survived a mass shooting in southwestern Michigan. Vickie Kopf posted an update about her daughter on Facebook. She says Abigail Kopf’s ventilator was removed Sunday and she’s breathing on her own. Abigail was outside a Kalamazoo-area restaurant when she was shot in the head on Feb. …

St. Joseph County’s emergency management director was given approval last week to attend a national conference this summer. The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners passed a motion to allow T.J. Baker to attend the 2016 National School Safety Conference in Orlando in late July. According to a memo from Baker to commissioners, the conference will focus on all aspects …

A prosecutor says no charges will be brought after state troopers fatally shot a man during a November standoff at a motel in southwestern Michigan. Berrien County Prosecutor Michael Sepic announced the decision Thursday following a review of police reports, lab reports and autopsy results. Police say Marcus Meridy was fatally shot Nov. 18 after firing at police. Meridy had …

Authorities say a 6-year-old girl has died following a three-vehicle crash on a snowy roadway in southern Michigan. State police say Harlyn Radley died after the crash Wednesday afternoon in Calhoun County’s Leroy Township, near Battle Creek. Investigators say a car driven by the child’s mother lost control and collided with another vehicle. A third vehicle then struck the wreckage. …

A lawyer has been appointed to represent a man accused of killing six people in Kalamazoo. Eusebio Solis is based in Battle Creek. He declined to comment when reached Wednesday by The Associated Press. Jason Dalton is charged with killing six people during random shootings Saturday in the Kalamazoo area. Two people are in the hospital. Solis is a former …

A residence in which nobody was home was heavily damaged by fire last week in Lockport Township. Three Rivers and Fabius-Park Township fire departments responded at 11:15 p.m. Friday to the 16000 block of Null Road after the blaze was reported by a passerby. First-arriving crews found the home engulfed in flames. Firefighters had the fire quickly under control and …

Dowagiac resident Richard Behnke is announcing his intent to pursue the nomination for Cass County sheriff. A lifelong resident of Cass County, Behnke has been in law enforcement for 30 years, beginning in the village of Marcellus in 1986. He has served the past twenty-nine years at the Cass County Sheriff’s office. During his career, he served as a deputy …

  A generator hooked up to a propane tank in the basement of a Fenton Township home is believed to be responsible for the carbon monoxide death of a couple and their four children. Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell tells reporters Monday that the man’s body was found next to the generator. The mother’s body was found near a crib …