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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 …

A write-in candidate who was challenging an incumbent township supervisor in southwestern Michigan has lost a tiebreaker for the Republican nomination. Robert Baker, who wants to be on the November ballot for the Ross Township post, picked a piece of paper marked “not elected” out of a box Tuesday at the office of the Kalamazoo County clerk. WWMT-TV reports both …

Michigan officials say they will appeal a federal judge’s ruling against eliminating straight-party voting. The Detroit News reports Secretary of State Ruth Johnson on Monday filed a notice to appeal. That came two weeks after U.S. District Judge Gershwin Drain said preventing voters from checking a single box to vote for all of a party’s candidates discriminate against blacks, who tend to …

A special police unit is seeking to curb burglaries and thefts from businesses including recreational vehicle companies in northern Indiana. Police in the Elkhart County city of Goshen say their unit was formed to deal with such crimes in the city’s industrial areas. The department says thefts had been increasing over the last several months, with items such as televisions …

Adhering to state law, members of the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners agreed Monday to adopt a resolution to not proceed with a petition seeking voter input on a contested piece of property in Three Rivers. Commissioners during the hour-long special meeting conceded that technicalities in seven areas of a detachment petition filed by Lockport Township residents prohibited them …

Sheriff’s deputies investigated a single-vehicle crash that injured a Centreville man over the weekend. Deputies said 20-year-old Brady Reynolds was driving east on South River Run Road in Nottawa Township Sunday when he lost control of his vehicle. The car left the roadway and came to rest on several trees, according to deputies. Reynolds was treated at the scene by …

Five people ranging in age from 24 to 64 were arrested last week on drug-related offenses in Cass County’s Porter Township. The Cass County Drug Enforcement Team responded Friday to the 15000 block of Guyer Street on a tip regarding the sale of methamphetamine. Authorities were also advised that there was stolen property on the premises. Three male subjects were …

A Dowagiac woman was involved in a single-vehicle accident shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday in Cass County’s Wayne Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said 17-year-old Latasha Montaro was driving west in Marcellus Highway when she lost control of her car as it approached a curve in the roadway. Montaro had had managed to exit the wreckage, and told investigators she was …

A suspect believed to be behind the armed robbery of a Sturgis bank last week is in custody. According to a media release from the Sturgis Police Department, a citizen’s tip led to the apprehension of a 41-year-old man Friday at a store in Three Rivers. The bank robbery occurred Wednesday morning at Sturgis Bank and Trust on South Centerville …