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An Otsego woman was resuscitated after she was found pinned between her SUV and an Indiana toll booth and a defibrillator registered no pulse. Witnesses told Indiana State Police the 40-year-old woman, whose name was not released, had stepped from the SUV Saturday night to retrieve a debit card she had dropped when the vehicle lurched forward, pinning her against …

Police say a woman who didn’t return home after walking her dog was found dead in an icy pond in the Grand Rapids area, an apparent accident. The body of Tracy Cashman was discovered Sunday in Wyoming, a Grand Rapids suburb. Investigators believe the 38-year-old fell through the ice Saturday night while trying to help her dog. The dog eventually …

A St. Joseph County community is mourning a pregnant woman and a 7-year-old boy who died in a fire that gutted a house where 11 people lived . The Kalamazoo County medical examiner’s office confirmed Friday that the victims were 35-year-old Jessica Gould and Lonnie Ray Bingaman. Caryle Hansen, who was at work at the time of the fire, said …

Constantine Village Council members this week appointed Jan Rimer as village treasurer. Former treasurer Helena Baldwin chose not to run in the November election. When no one ran for the position, two candidates applied for the appointment: Rimer and Kathlyn Williams. Rimer is a retired ISD educator and Williams is a retired registered nurse. Village president Gary Mathers and several council members …

Authorities are continuing their investigation into the cause of a fire that killed a pregnant White Pigeon woman and a 7-year-old boy early Tuesday. Fire officials said the residence, located in the 100 block of West Chicago Road, was fully engulfed in flames by the time crews arrived shortly after 3 a.m. Both victims were on the second floor of …

A ceremonial groundbreaking Monday at Rivers Enrichment Center and Residence in Three Rivers marked the physical conversion of the former Three Rivers Inn. Construction is set to begin this week, as the former 100-room hotel will become the headquarters for St. Joseph County Commission on Aging’s Three Rivers senior center as well as more than 40 senior apartments. COA executive …

A gas station in Cass County recently sold a $300,000 winning scratch-off lottery ticket. According to a Michigan Lottery press release, a 53-year-old woman bought the ticket at Edwardsburg Marathon. The woman, who sought anonymity, purchased the ticket 25th anniversary Wild Time instant game. She said she scratched the tickets when she got home. After scratching the Wild Time ticket, …

The city of Sturgis recently received test results from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances at the clean water discharge end of the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The results report that PFAS contaminants were below the water-quality-standard limit set for surface water discharge. Clean water from the city’s wastewater treatment plant is discharged to the …

Police say one student was killed and another was injured when a flatbed truck collided with a school bus in northern Indiana. Indiana State Police Sgt. Ted Bohner says a male teenager died Wednesday morning when the truck rear-ended the bus along U.S. 31, about 30 miles south of South Bend. A second student injured in the crash just after …

Two people died in an early-morning fire Tuesday in White Pigeon. Three departments responded to the fire on West Chicago Road in the center of the village, where first-arriving personnel found the home fully engulfed in flames. A pregnant woman and a child were unable to escape the residence. Seven others were taken to the hospital. Fire inspectors from Michigan …