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Investigators from Southwest Enforcement Team conducted a search warrant Tuesday to shut down an illegal sale of marijuana. SWET had received information from Sturgis Police Department and residents, and were at Lonespruce on Fawn River Road in regard to marijuana being sold without a license. The investigation, which has run for nearly three months, found that marijuana was being sold …

Sheriff’s deputies recently responded to a larceny incident in Fabius Township. Investigators were called around 4 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a larceny in the 11000 block of Coon Hollow Road. A Generac generator and four solid-wood overhead doors were taken, according to authorities.

Two high school football teams from St. Joseph County will try to remain in the postseason, with tough contests on tap this weekend. Constantine, which has an 8-and-2 record following a playoff win last week over Niles Brandywine, will face off against Hillsdale. The Hornets are 10-and-0 and topped Jonesville in playoff action last week, 48-22. The Division 6 teams …

Two Edwardsburg residents were arrested last week following a high-speed pursuit in St. Joseph County. Sheriff Brad Balk said deputies on patrol at 7:45 p.m. Friday attempted to stop a vehicle for an equipment violation on U.S. 131 in Park Township. The vehicle failed to yield and continued at a speed in excess of 100 miles per hour into Fabius …

Sheriff’s deputies are appealing to the public for help locating the person responsible for a series of larceny-from-vehicle incidents in Constantine Township. According to a department media release, there have been six incidents in the Purgatory State Game Area since Oct. 1. Witnesses report a heavyset, bearded male who stands about six feet tall and weighs approximately 250 pounds might …

Three Rivers Area Mentoring is in need of one or two gently used laptops, iPads or desktop computers. TRAM officials said ideal systems would operate on Windows 10 or newer. No additional software is necessary other than a reliable operating system. The goal is to provide students in its after-school program with tools needed to help them complete homework assignments. …

Michigan would become the fifth state to require that egg-laying hens be housed in cage-free areas under legislation approved by the state House and backed as aligning farms with where the industry is headed. The main bill is part of a broader update of the state’s animal industry law. The measure would change and delay confinement standards for hens. Each …

St. Joseph County Sheriff Brad Balk announced Tuesday he will retire at the end of January. Balk, 65, said his last day will be Jan. 31, 11 months before the end of his four-year elected term. Sheriff since 2009, Balk appeared before county commission members and read a one-page letter in which he stated his plans to step down. He …

Voters in the Three Rivers Community Schools district OK’d a request for a zero-mill tax-rate increase bond proposal. By a margin of nearly 2-to-1, the vote allows the district to continue the millage rate it already levies, 4.9 mills for 10 years. As a result, it will provide more than $61 million to address identified and ongoing facility needs. The …

A countywide millage request sought by the St. Joseph County Intermediate School District was approved overwhelmingly Tuesday. With a vote count of 3,889 in favor and 2,651 opposed, the ISD was given approval to establish an area career and technical-education program. The 1-mill, 10-year request will generate about $2.3 million annually and benefit the county’s nine school districts.