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The Constantine Village Council recently voted to sell a commercial lot. The property in question is at 1047 Canaris St. Village officials set a price of $500, plus closing costs. Last month’s action followed a public hearing on the sale of the property. The sale includes demolition and removal of a derelict structure on the property, including asbestos removal. The …

St. Joseph County Road Commission Manager John Lindsey said the department has employed a strategy to handle the two-day winter storm that started Wednesday. Lindsey said the storm first appeared on his radar about a week ago and as it approached, its magnitude was as significant as predicted. Accumulation became significant enough early Wednesday morning to justify sending out its …

Sturgis Police Department officers arrested two people last weekend following a report of domestic disturbance. According to a department media release, officers were called at 1:45 a.m. Sunday to the 600 block of South Orange Street in response to a subject with a stab wound. Officers found a 45-year-old man had been stabbed. A 32-year-old woman fled the scene on …

Children’s Trauma Assessment Group, an organization working to improve the lives of children in St. Joseph County, recently benefitted from an anonymous donation of $15,000. CTAG is overseen by probate court, prosecuting attorney, police, Department of Human Services, local psychologists, school officials, Community Mental Health and St. Joseph County ISD. Child trauma is defined as sexual abuse, removal from a …

A Sturgis woman has been charged with tampering with a consumer product, United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced Tuesday. Alison Marshall, 46, has been charged by a federal grand jury. According to the indictment, while working as a registered nurse in the interventional-radiology unit of a hospital in July and August of 2020, Marshall allegedly tampered with bottles of fentanyl …

Michigan reported far fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Jan. 30, adding more than 110,000 new cases. That’s down almost 21 percent from the previous week’s tally. St. Joseph County reported 592 cases and two deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 696 cases and seven deaths. Throughout the pandemic, it has reported 12,916 cases …

St. Joseph County Human Resources Commission has announced details of a new distribution of perishable food. The weekly event takes place noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays in Mendon. The address is 218 N. Locust St. The only information required is reporting number of people in a household and a home number. This distribution is an affiliate of 12Baskets.org.

Constantine Village Council members last week decided against refurbishing the municipality’s fire station. Village manager Mark Honeysett submitted an estimate of $39,000 from Roberts Brothers Excavating to demolish the building and remove all concrete. A conservative estimate shows it would cost nearly $267,000 to rehabilitate the station. Honeysett recommended relocating the fire department to the site of the former D&S, at 175 …

A Three Rivers man was arrested on drug and weapon charges following a traffic stop over the weekend within the city limits. According to a department media release, Three Rivers officers stopped a vehicle at 11:40 p.m. Saturday in the 300 block of West Michigan Avenue after its driver was observed committing a civil infraction. During the course of the …

Michigan State Police and the Branch County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a recent phone scam going through the area. According to a state police media release, Branch County residents are receiving calls from a phone number that appears to be local and the caller claims to be a deputy with the Branch County Sheriff’s Department. The caller proceeds to say …