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Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency has announced a change in its schedule for COVID-19 testing locally. The free testing will be held 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday at its Marshall Road location in Coldwater and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday at its Three Rivers site on Hill Street. Event organizers said the tests are recommended for people who …

Michigan reported fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday, adding more than 31,000 new cases. That’s down 32 percent from the previous week’s tally of more than 46,500 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19. St. Joseph County reported 103 cases and five deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 227 cases and 10 …

A 39-year-old Three Rivers resident died after being struck by a car while crossing a street in Three Rivers. According to a department media release, local police officers were called shortly after 5:30 p.m. Monday to the intersection of North Main and Cushman streets. The pedestrian was crossing North Main Street when struck by a southbound vehicle. The pedestrian was …

Sturgis police arrested a Three Rivers man wanted on nine active warrants. According to a department media release, officers responded around 8 p.m. Dec. 21 to the 1000 block of Cato Lane regarding a suspicious vehicle. Officers discovered the vehicle had been reported stolen from a location in Elkhart a few days earlier. A 30-year-old man fled from the vehicle …

A New York-based organization recently aided the family of Three Rivers native Ryan Proxmire, who was killed in the line of duty back in August. Tunnel to Towers Foundation, based on Staten Island, has paid off the home mortgage for Proxmire’s wife and four children. Proxmire, 39, was a Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s deputy who was shot and died after his …

Three people sought medical aid following a two-vehicle collision Sunday in Cass County’s Volinia Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were called at 10:40 a.m. to the intersection of Marcellus Highway and Decatur Road. Investigators said the first vehicle was driven by Marcellus resident Christopher Cleveland, 36. Cleveland was traveling westbound on Marcellus Highway when a vehicle driven by ChenSheng …

The village of Colon has lost a pillar of its community. David Farrell, a former school teacher, key component of the Colon Historical Society and deacon at Colon Baptist Church, passed away Saturday following a brief illness. His wife and three children were by his side. John Kroeger, a deacon at Colon Baptist Church, said Farrell was a man whose …

Michigan public schools can use non-teaching staff as substitute teachers the rest of the academic year under a law designed to address a shortage during the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday that she signed the bill last week, calling it a “temporary stopgap” in a letter to lawmakers. It lets secretaries, paraprofessionals and other school employees without a teaching certificate work as …

An animal shelter in southeast Michigan has been inundated with hundreds of parakeets. The Detroit Animal Welfare Group in Romeo said in a Facebook post that the small, colorful birds were dropped off Thursday night, The Detroit News reported. “We were in shock also but could not turn them away as they were all crammed in seven cages and smothering each …

A Three Rivers-area man was injured after the farm tractor he was driving overturned last week in Cass County’s Newberg Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were called shortly after 12:30 p.m. Friday to an area on Sodaman Road. Investigators said a tractor driven by Darrel Martin, 42, sped up while coming down a hill. Martin told authorities he was …