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Leonidas Fire Department will stage its annual breakfast fundraiser this weekend. Pancakes, sausage, orange juice and coffee will be served from 9 a.m. to noon at the fire station. In addition, department personnel will present a Jaws of Life demonstration at 11:30.

Michigan reported more than 16,400 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending July 24, a decrease from nearly 16,700 the week before of the virus that causes COVID-19. St. Joseph County confirmed 60 cases and one death in the latest weekly report. A week earlier, it had reported 72 cases and one death. Throughout the pandemic, it has reported …

St. Joseph County’s smallest community has big plans for its four-day festival, starting Thursday. The annual Burr Oak Heritage Festival kicks off at 4 o’clock tomorrow with an old-car and old-truck cruise-in. Other opening-day highlights include Brats and Bingo 5 to 7 p.m. in the big tent on Front Street; a children’s movie starting at 7 o’clock at Railroad Park; …

A magic-related business in downtown Colon is relocating its day-to-day operations to Kalamazoo County. In addition, Grand Magic Theater owner Duane Laflin said he plans to retire at the end of summer and will be closing his business, too. Rick Fisher, who has owned and operated FAB Magic for its 19 years on East State Street, said he is moving …

Constantine Village Council members last week reviewed an application from Tranquility Fields Inc. of Ann Arbor to install a marijuana-consumption center at 230 N. Washington St. Tranquility Fields also applied for a marijuana-provisioning license from the village to sell marijuana on the property. Scott Dianda and Ed Santiagelo, representatives of TFI, spoke to the council on opening a consumption lounge for …

The 60-year ministry of Rev. Wally Walsworth was celebrated earlier this month during a special service at Sturgis First United Methodist Church. Friends, family, former parishioners and current worshipers at the church where he served as pastor from 1993-1995 were present to recognize his service, as well as the establishment of a scholarship at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Ill., in …

Three Rivers municipal officials recently approved a second marijuana-grow facility within the city limits. During their city commission meeting last week, Mayor Tom Lowry and commissioners approved a request by Indiana-based Native Leaf LLC. for a facility on a nine-acre property in the city’s Airport Industrial Complex. Company officials plan to develop a 30,000-square-foot facility that will grow marijuana for …

An Indiana father and his son died in a two-vehicle collision last week in Constantine Township. State police troopers were called Thursday afternoon to an area of U.S. 131 between Youngs Prairie and Quarterline roads. Investigators said a pickup driven by Albert Fields Jr., 58, of Middlebury, was heading north when it crossed the centerline and struck a southbound semi …

A Colon man will serve up to 10 years in prison for assaulting his girlfriend. Matthew Burger, 39, was sentenced earlier this month by St. Joseph County Circuit Court Judge Paul Stutesman. Burger will serve a term of at least five years. Burger’s sentencing is the result of a Feb. 11 incident. Court officials said Burger, who has a history …

St. Joseph County Circuit Judge Paul Stutesman recently sent four people to the Michigan Department of Corrections after the quartet failed to complete drug programs and ended up with new charges. Curtis Pollitt, 52, of Three Rivers, was sentenced to two to 15 years for escape. He will serve two years to 20 years for possession of meth; Robert Craig, …