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Last Fall Deb Rohdy, owner of the Bow Wow Bakery and Bath in Dowagiac, started a community project to “Keep Nellie Cool”  This project was to purchase a heat sensor for the patrol car used by Nellie and her handler Deputy TK Graves. Nellie is a Bloodhound used by the Cass County Sheriff’s Office for trailing of lost, missing, and endangered …

Authorities have positively identified a couple whose remains were recovered from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed more than 20 years ago in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Mackinac County Sheriff Scott Strait said Thursday the remains have been positively identified as those of missing couple Mark and Janet Davies. The single-engine Piper PA-28 that 45-year-old Mark Davies was …

Committee members charged with recommending a candidate to the St. Joseph County Commission On Aging Board reached an impasse, meaning the spot will be left unfilled for the time being. County commissioners at Wednesday’s executive committee meeting said the three candidates interviewed within the past week each brought their own, unique strengths. In the end, Commissioner Dan Czajkowski said, the …

The St. Joseph County Road Commission didn’t have to look far to find its new managing director. Members of the road commission board agreed Monday to offer the position to John Lindsey. He joined the Centreville-based agency 8 1/2 years ago and serves as director of fleet and facilities. A 57-year-old lifelong Bronson resident, Lindsey previously spent 30 years in …

A 28-year-old Grand Rapids man was seriously injured after leading police on a pursuit across St. Joseph County earlier this week. According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department, the incident started at 11 p.m. Tuesday after deputies attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding on Michigan Avenue at Hutchinson Road in Park Township. The driver, Nicholas Spoors, attempted to …

Four people were injured in a two-vehicle accident last week in Fawn River Township. Sheriff’s deputies said a vehicle driven Jerry Farler was heading east on U.S. 12 when the driver attempted to turn left onto County Farm Road in front of a westbound car driven by Diane Brochue. Brochue and a passenger, Jasmine Kilpatrick, were airlifted to Bronson Methodist …

Sheriff’s department officials are investigating the theft of a vehicle from a Three Rivers car dealership. The incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at Vetter-McGill Chevrolet, located west of Three Rivers on M-60. According to video surveillance, two men arrived at the business in a heavy-duty truck equipped with accessories typically found on repo trucks. The suspects removed a white …

Alternative and adult education at Glen Oaks Community College was at the center of last week’s Glen Oaks Community College board meeting. Chuck Frisbie, director of institutional innovation, shared statistics about alternative education in Centreville. Last year, the district brought alternative education classes to the college and saw a jump in average credits earned from 1.1 in 2016 to 5.95 …

Members of the Constantine Village Council last week reviewed an application from Michigan Milk Producers Association for a tax abatement. The request is for a 50-percent tax abatement for 12 years on a new $6 million processing facility. The council set a public hearing for Sept. 4. The application states the project will increase MMPA’s milk processing to 1.3 million …

Authorities say tests have confirmed the remains of an unknown person buried in Georgia are those of a 15-year-old boy who ran away from his southeastern Michigan home in 1979. Michigan State Police say a forensic analyst from University of North Texas’ Center for Human Identification on Tuesday revealed the DNA match with Dennis Greer. Investigators say he left his …