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State police fielded a complaint of a home owner throwing rocks at passing motorists around 2 p.m. Thursday in Sturgis Township. According to a media release, a Michigan Department of Transportation employee was grading the shoulder along westbound U.S. 12 near White School Road when the homeowner was seen throwing rocks. At least two vehicles, the MDOT grader and a …

The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department is advising residents to keep their vehicles locked overnight, as two vehicles were burglarized this week in Lockport Township. Detectives said someone broke into the vehicles between 1 and 5:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 19000 block of M-60, in Lockport Township. A wallet and a small amount of cash were stolen from the vehicles.

A 16-year-old Constantine boy sustained serious injuries after the three-wheeler he was driving was struck by a van Saturday afternoon in Constantine Township. State Police officials said the boy was driving the off-road vehicle in a field, when he excited the field and drove onto Winding River Road and into the path of a westbound van driven by 43-year-old Charles …

Two Kalamazoo residents were treated for minor injuries following a two-vehicle accident Saturday morning in Three Rivers. Michigan State Police investigators said Gysbertus Greve, age 60 and his wife, Debra, 52, were in a southbound vehicle on U.S. 131 when it slowed for a traffic signal turning red at Millard Street. A semi-tractor trailer driven by 36-year-old Nathaniel Howell, of …

A 27-year-old Constantine man was airlifted to a Kalamazoo hospital after the motorcycle he was driving was struck by a car at the intersection of M-60 and U.S. 131. Michigan State Police investigators said Michael McCuaig was driving south on U.S. 131 when his motorcycle was struck by a car driven east on M-60 by Donald Patch, of Clare County. …

An argument between a father and his son resulted in the arrest of a Sturgis man over the weekend. According to Sturgis police, officers were called around 6 p.m. Friday to the intersection of Ilene and Griffith streets regarding a collision between two vehicles. Witnesses told police the father and son collided in the roadway and, upon exiting their vehicles, …

The Associated Press is reporting that White Pigeon’s police chief and a village police sergeant were drunk af­ter the car in which they were riding rolled off a Branch County road last month. Chief Lynn “Dutch” Baker and Sgt. William Burgoyne reportedly both had blood- alcohol contents of 0.13 percent after the April 12 inci­dent in Sherwood Town­ship. A Michigan …

A break-in at a Mottville Township gas station was investigated this week by the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies responded shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday to the 11000 block of U.S. 12 in response to an alarm that was triggered as a result of the break-in. A department media release did not indicate whether anything was taken from the …

The Three Rivers farmer’s market will offer lower rates, take place at a new time and on a different day, and an effort has gone into marketing, advertising and promoting the market. Organizers of the weekly market made the announcement in a media release, which stated the changes have resulted in all 10 market spaces have being filled for the …

A gathering of school officials and residents Wednesday in the White Pigeon Community Schools applauded the ceremonial groundbreaking of improvement slated to take place at the district’s two schools. The event kicks off what will be a variety of building and design improvements at the district’s two school buildings over the next five years. The balance of the work this …