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A plan to redevelop the former Three Rivers Inn into a senior housing center and Commission On Aging agency headquarters has entered a new phase. COA director Tim Stoll met with county commissioners at their executive committee meeting Wednesday and stated the project is at a point where financing options need to be decided. Stoll said the agency will seek …

Animal Rescue Fund of St. Joseph County had a record-breaking fundraiser over the weekend. ARF president Loralee Knepper said the agency’s 15th annual Doggie Spa Day resulted in 111 dogs getting a bath and towel-dry. Nail-clipping service was also available. The by-donation event netted nearly $1,400, Knepper said, and surpassed the old record of 104 dogs. Knepper wished to acknowledge …

A 20-year-old Sturgis man faces a number of felony charges after fleeing from police and crashing into a Sturgis patrol car. The incident occurred shortly after 5:30 p.m. Friday outside a residence in the 200 block of North Lakeview Avenue, where officers responded to a report of a fight in progress. Upon arrival, officers noticed a subject attempting to leave …

Michigan officials are raising concerns about an outbreak of dog flu in the southern part of the state. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development says there have been 49 confirmed cases of canine influenza since mid-July. They’ve occurred in Huron, Kent, Macomb, Oakland, Ottawa and Wayne counties. Only nine cases were reported statewide in all of 2017. Canine influenza is a …

The Michigan Department of Transportation has launched a new version of its construction and traffic information website for motorists. The department says the streamlined Mi Drive website is designed to make it easier to view traffic cameras and speeds, locate incidents and search construction projects. Users will be able to turn on map layers that show speeds, construction, cameras, incidents, snowplows, maintenance …

State Police are hoping the public can help them solve the only unsolved killing of a northeast Indiana police officer. Fremont Town Marshal Bobby Moore was gunned down on July 26, 1988, outside his home in the town that’s just south of the Michigan state line. State Police Detective Commander Kevin Smith believes someone knows something about Moore’s killing 30 …

Garden City bans residents from keeping wild animals as pets. The city fined MGarden City bans residents from keeping wild animals as pets. The city fined Mark Johnston $100 for harboring the turkey and another $100 for dumping brush at his curb after he cleaned up his backyard in an effort to get the 30-pound turkey to leave. The city eventually dismissed the turkey …

A vehicle chase midweek led to the arrest of two Indiana men. Just before 11 p.m. Wednesday, Sturgis police were notified that several Indiana police agencies were pursuing a vehicle heading toward the city. Sturgis officers joined the pursuit on South Centerville Road. The driver of the fleeing vehicle led officers into an industrial area near Wade Street and through …

An organization that focuses on the well-being of dogs and cats donated more than a dozen temperature-reading devices Thursday. Loralee Knepper, president of Animal Rescue Fund of St. Joseph County, presented 15 infrared thermo guns to St. Joseph County Animal Control Officer Greg Musser. When triggered, the devices emit an infrared light that penetrates through a car window and produces …

A two-car crash earlier this week in Sherman Township left a 24-year-old Jackson County man dead. Police said the crash occurred around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday when Kelly O’Neil, of Brooklyn, drove west on Featherstone Road and through the intersection at Shimmel Road without stopping. His vehicle was struck by a pickup that had the right-of-way heading north on Shimmel Road. …