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A Mishawaka man was injured after the vehicle he was driving was involved in a crash in Cass County’s Newberg Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were called around 10 p.m. Sunday to the intersection of Bair Lake Street and Wood Lake Road. Investigators said a car driven by 55-year-old Ryan McCourt was traveling east on Bair Lake Street when …

People who haven’t been vaccinated for COVID-19 are taking up too many beds at Michigan’s strained hospitals, as the state prepares for the rapid spread of omicron variant, the governor said Tuesday. The omicron variant is already the dominant strain in the U.S. and is expected to spread rapidly through Michigan in the near future, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said at a news …

With the holiday season in full swing, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development encourages pet owners to celebrate responsibly by following six easy steps to help keep their pets healthy and safe. Happy Tummies: Avoid feeding pets people foods Unfortunately, pets cannot enjoy the same foods that humans do. Fatty foods (like turkey/turkey skin, meat fat, and gravy) can cause pancreatitis — even when consumed in small amounts. …

The mother of a 33-year-old Colon woman allegedly strangled to death back in October held a vigil for her daughter Saturday in Colon. Tammy Clipfell lost her only daughter, Chelsea Wallen, to an act of domestic violence Oct. 15 at Wallen’s Colon residence. Wallen was remembered by family, friends and even people who had never met her. Wallen, however, was …

Glen Oaks Community College recently staged an event called “Transformation x 2,” as the college launched the E & F Wing Capital Outlay Project, and also celebrated the grand re-opening of the Technology Wing. The E & F Wing project dates to 2017, when the board approved the concept of applying to the state for a capital outlay project to …

Members of the White Pigeon Village Council voted to condemn adjacent buildings on East Chicago Road, fearing their perilous condition is a public-safety hazard. The buildings, at 100 and 102 E. Chicago Road, house the Tasty Nut Shop and Silver Spoons Catering. They are owned by Marjorie Hamminga, who has operated Tasty Nut Shop since 1986. Action to condemn the …

Michigan Department of Transportation has awarded a six-figure grant to the city of Three Rivers for a future road-construction project. MDOT officials said the $375,000 allocation, awarded through the state’s Transportation Economic Development Fund, is earmarked for work to be performed in 2023 on Broadway Street. The city will put up $600,000 toward the impending project, which will involve reconstruction …

Three Rivers and White Pigeon school districts were closed Friday due to potential threats. Three Rivers Community Schools interim superintendent Nikki Nash said the district received information from Michigan State Police at 3:30 a.m. Friday of a threat at Three Rivers Middle School. Nash also said Michigan State Police is aware of the school shooting copycat threats circulating nationwide on …

A Centreville man and his 5-year-old son died in a two-vehicle collision over the weekend, east of Niles, in Cass County’s Howard Township. State police troopers said the incident occurred around 8:15 p.m. Saturday near Pine Lake Street. Authorities said 30-year-old Phillip Parker was driving west on M-60 when his vehicle crossed the center line and crashed head-on into an …

A white Christmas seems to be slowly morphing from a reliable reality to a dream of snowy holidays past for large swaths of the United States in recent decades. Analysis of 40 years of December 25 U.S. snow measurements shows that less of the country now has snow for Christmas than in the 1980s. That’s especially true in a belt …