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A pellet gun, two swords, a safe and old coins were stolen earlier this week from a residence in Mendon Township. Deputies from the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the incident, which occurred between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday in the 51000 block of Cove Road.

A Union man was killed in a traffic crash Thursday morning shortly after 8:00 on Old M-205 near Five Points Road in Mason Township. The Cass County Sheriff’s Department identified the victim as 54-year-old Jon Stone. He and a passenger, Donald Bardo, age 48, of Union, were reportedly southbound on Five Points Road, when Stone apparently failed to stop at …

A single-vehicle accident in Cass County this week resulted in injuries to a 19-year-old Marcellus man. Sheriff Joe Underwood Jr. said his office was called Tuesday to investigate a personal-injury crash in Penn Township. The victim, Jacob High, was southbound on Ely Road, when his vehicle ran off the roadway and struck a tree.  High was transported by ambulance to …

The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a case of breaking and entering to a residence in Nottawa. The incident occurred in the 200 Block of 1st Street between November last year and Monday. The suspects stole a Sanyo DVD player, Bose radio, .380-caliber handgun, .22-caliber handgun and a 20-gauge shotgun.

A Constantine Township man disrupted two men who were burglarizing his camper Monday in Constantine Township. State police said the victim stated he was gone from 1:45 to 2:15 p.m., and when he returned, he noticed an older-model, black pickup truck with dual rear tires leave the area in a hurry. The victim said two white males in their mid- …

A 56-year-old Kalamazoo man died Tuesday following a six-vehicle accident on U.S. 131 in Schoolcraft. Richard Simmons died after the southbound car he was in was rear-ended at the north end of the village. The force of the collision pushed his vehicle into a power pole just south of West Lyons Street. The car was on fire as it crashed …

Two members of the Battle Creek police department have been fired after an investigation into a relationship between them and allegations of a hostile work environment. The Battle Creek Enquirer reports the firings of Deputy Police Chief Jim Saylor and Inspector Maria Alonso were announced Tuesday. They earlier were placed on paid administrative. In a statement, the city said more …

Names of the three people involved in a two-vehicle accident have been released by Michigan State Police. The incident occurred around 12:15 p.m. Thursday at Riverside Drive and U.S. 131 in Constantine Township. Investigators said Patricia VanDyke, 74, of Elkhart, proceeded east on Riverside and into the path of a northbound semi driven by Timothy Miller, 61, of Kalamazoo. VanDyke …

The victim of a car-pedestrian collision last week has died from her injuries. Mary Hanchon, age 92, was struck at 7:40 last Wednesday morning at the intersection of Millard Street and South Douglas Avenue. She was taken by ambulance to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo, where she passed away Sunday.

An autopsy has confirmed that a recovered body is that of a man who disappeared earlier this month at a Kalamazoo lake. Police said in a release Monday that the body discovered last week is Takashi Sugimori, the husband of a Kalamazoo College professor. He went to the lake to cross-country ski early this month. The 56-year-old’s death has been …