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An Illinois man, who had been hospitalized since a Saturday incident at a Cass County lake, has died. Parish Swanson, 50, of Aurora, Ill., died of injuries sustained in a water accident in Penn Township that occurred Saturday. Swanson was pushed into the lake off the dock and was under water for an unknown amount of time before his sons …

Michigan Department of Transportation has released its weekly update regarding the U.S. 131 reconstruction project in Three Rivers. MDOT officials said a temporary stop light has been activated at the M-60/US-131 junction, as M-60 traffic now comes to a three-way intersection. The Stage 2 traffic plan is in place, meaning two-way traffic on southbound U.S. 131 at the M-60 junction …

The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners is expected to honor a request to the hiring freeze and approve a deputy clerk for district court. The potential action is one of five matters of new business this afternoon before the five-member panel. Other agenda items include accepting the sheriff’s department annual report, and approving agreements related to Bundled Energy Solutions …

Firefighters from Constantine and White Pigeon remained at the scene of a house fire late into the evening Monday in the 100 block of Second Street in Constantine. The fire was reported on Sunday just before 1 p.m. When firefighters arrived, the top floor was fully engulfed in flames. Authorities said the one occupant of the residence was not at …

David Devier, president at Glen Oaks Community College, received high marks Thursday from an annual evaluation by the school’s board of trustees. Devier was rated on a scale of 1 to 5 on 48 specific performance expectations, which were organized into six categories covering fiscal management, external relations, internal relations, leadership, institutional performance, personal qualities and relations with the board. …

A 19-year-old woman was injured after the car she was driving ran through a stop sign and into a semi-tractor trailer. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department said its deputies were called shortly before 7 a.m. Friday to the intersection of Findley Road and M-66. Investigators said a car driving east on Findley Road by Sarah Bostick, of Howe, Ind., …

A Marcellus man was injured when the bicycle on which he was riding was struck by a car last week in Cass County. Sheriff Richard Benhke said 82-year-old James Shannon was riding his bicycle south on M-40 near Brody Street in Marcellus Township when it was struck by a southbound car driven by Cody Bresmen, 26, of Dowagiac. Shannon was …

St. Joseph County Undersheriff Mark Lillywhite said the county jail was either at or above capacity for most of 2018. During Wednesday’s executive committee meeting, Lillywhite provided details from the agency’s annual report. He told county commissioners that the jail averaged 172 inmates a month for a minimum stay of one day or more last year. Lillywhite said the jail …

Centreville Public Schools Board of Education has voted to pay two invoices totaling $34,500 from Landscape Design Services. The Holland-based company conducted drainage work at the high school’s baseball field. Board members Jackie Bowen and Larry Walton, however, dissented. They said they have concerns about the quality of the work performed by Landscape Design Services. Superintendent Stephanie Lemmer said the …

A team of St. Joseph County officials was led earlier this week on a building tour of what will eventually be the new headquarters for the Commission On Aging. Rivers Enrichment Center and Residence, the still-under-construction redevelopment of the former Three Rivers Inn received high praise from the team that included county commissioners, administrator Teresa Doehring and clerk Lindsay Oswald. …