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A medical condition may have caused a single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a Portage man Tuesday in Park Township. Sheriff Mark Lillywhite said deputies were called around 1:30 p.m. to the 52000 block of Parkville Road, between Michigan Avenue and Marcellus Road. Investigators said a northbound delivery vehicle had gone off the west side of the roadway. It …

The Three Rivers Area Chamber of Commerce wishes to remind the public that Saturday is the city’s annual Cleanup Day/Main Street Washdown. The downtown project can use all the volunteers it can get, organizers said. Volunteers will meet at the DDA office, located at 57 Main St., at 8:30 a.m. and receive their duties for the morning. The chamber asks …

Branch County sheriff’s deputies responded earlier this week to a single-vehicle accident involving a 46-year-old Bronson woman. Investigators were called shortly before 8 a.m. Monday to an area on Fremont Road, just north of Waters Road. Authorities said Merideth Goodsell was driving north on Fremont Road when she fell asleep. Her vehicle crossed the center line and went off the …

Michigan health officials on Wednesday urged primary care physicians to enroll to administer COVID-19 vaccines, as the state prepared to quickly begin vaccinating 12- to 15-year-olds following U.S. authorization. “The most important thing we can do right now is to make vaccines available for whenever someone is ready,” Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, the state’s chief medical executive and chief health deputy, …

Michigan Department of Transportation officials said they are close to announcing details related to a number of safety measures on a 12-mile stretch of U.S. 131 in Kalamazoo and St. Joseph counties. MDOT spokesman Nick Schirripa said the agency has long sought to improve safety on the north-south route, and the upgrade will include measures that likely would have prevented …

The Michigan Department of Treasury reminds young adults who have experienced foster care on or after their 13th birthday that they are eligible to apply for a scholarship from the Fostering Futures Scholarship Trust Fund. The application period for academic year 2021-22 will stay open until June 30. Eligible students enrolled at a Michigan degree-granting college or university may apply …

Michigan on Monday surpassed a 55% COVID-19 vaccination rate, reaching a milestone that will lead to the automatic easing of in-person work restrictions in two weeks. Employers currently must prohibit onsite work if employees’ jobs can feasibly be done remotely. The state anticipates lifting the rule on May 24, said COVID-19 workplace safety director Sean Egan. The 55% benchmark is …

A 16-year-old girl from Constantine was not injured after the car she was driving went off the roadway and crashed into a house in Florence Township. Sheriff Mark Lillywhite said the incident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. Friday. Authorities said the girl was driving a Chevy Monte Carlo northbound on Lutz Road when she swerved to avoid crashing into the …

Two people were arrested in connection to the theft of items from a barn in Cass County’s Jefferson Township. Cass County Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were called around 2 a.m. Monday after an Edwardsburg officer came across a suspicious vehicle towing a golf cart on M-62 near Oil City Road. The vehicle sped up, leading the officer on a …

The Branch Hillsdale St. Joseph Community Health Agency is encouraging anyone who received one or both COVID-19 vaccines out of state to visit the agency so their data can be entered in the Michigan Care Improvement Registry. This can be accomplished by visiting the BHSJCHA between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at its office in Coldwater, Hillsdale …