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Five appointments to two boards were made by St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners this week. During their monthly meeting Tuesday, commissioners OK’d the appointments of Steven Houts and Jeffrey Knautz to the county’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Meanwhile, Jessica Eyster, Jared Hoffmaster and Alan Ives were appointed to the Workforce Development Board.

The end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration will bring changes to the COVID-19 testing services and COVID-19 vaccination scheduling process offered by the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency, effective May 30. The tri-county health department will discontinue in-person COVID-19 testing at the Coldwater and Hillsdale locations. Self-service kiosks, which offer PCR lab and at-home testing kits, are still …

An annual art show hosted by the Carnegie Center for the Arts enters its final week next week. The 37th “Celebration of the Visual Arts” started earlier this month and concludes May 25 at the downtown Three Rivers facility. More than 1,000 pieces of art are on display from students in grades Young 5s through high school from Three Rivers …

Glen Oaks Community College Board of Trustees last week approved a 2.7 percent tuition increase, effective this fall. Citing efforts to help offset inflation, the board approved the increase at its monthly meeting. School officials said general and technology fees will remain the same. Starting in the fall, students will see a $3 increase per contact hour, bringing the new …

Indiana Michigan Power will begin tree trimming near high-voltage transmission lines in southwest Michigan this week. The process will require the use of an aerial saw, company officials said. The work is routine maintenance to remove overhanging or encroaching branches that can interfere with reliable energy delivery. I & M is contracting with Aerial Solutions Inc. to perform the work …

Sturgis City Commission members last week approved a bid for road milling and resurfacing projects. The tasks are on schedule to occur over the summer. A bid in excess of $720,000 from Northern Construction Services Corporation was approved. Sturgis City Manager Andrew Kuk said work will be performed on three streets and will be done as part of the 2023 …

An armed intruder was shot by a would-be victim during an incident Friday evening in Constantine Township. State Police troopers responded around 10 p.m. Friday to the 60000 block of Maple Road, west of Constantine, in response to an attempted breaking-and-entering. Investigators said the homeowner told them he had shot a male intruder who was armed with a knife and …

A Michigan girl was able to escape an attempted kidnapping when her brother used a slingshot to strike the would-be attacker, authorities said this week. Mlive.com reports that the Michigan State Police arrested the accused assailant in the city of Alpena on Wednesday. The 17-year-old’s name has not been released though he has been charged as an adult with one count …

An Indiana woman and her son were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Constantine Township. Michigan State Police troopers said the incident occurred Thursday at the intersection of U.S. 131 and North River Road. According to investigators, a 27-year-old woman from Kosciusko County stopped her car on North River Road before attempting to proceed through the intersection. Her vehicle was …

With the end of the COVID public-health emergency this week, the Three Rivers Health Department is no longer offering in-person COVID testing. Anyone still wishing to test is encouraged to use any of the self-testing kiosks. One is located outside at Covered Bridge Healthcare in Centreville, the others are outside the health departments in Sturgis and Three Rivers. There is …