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Sturgis Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the man who robbed the Sturgis Bank and Trust, at 1001 S. Centerville Road, Wednesday morning. The robbery occurred shortly before 10:30 a.m.  Police said the suspect displayed what is believed to be a weapon. He escaped with an undisclosed amount of money. The suspect is described as a thin …

A Centreville man was arrested after he attempted to flee on a motorcycle from deputies last weekend in Lockport Township. Sheriff’s officials said the 40-year-old man and a second motorcyclist were observed speeding around 6:30 p.m. Saturday on Mahnke Road, near Darr Road. One of the drivers stopped but the second continued at a high rate of speed eastbound on …

A Cass County man was injured after the motorcycle he was driving was involved in an accident in Porter Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were called at 1:20 a.m. Saturday to Lake Drive, at Sunset Boulevard, where 45-year-old Chad Bowman of Union lost control of his motorcycle. Investigators said he was driving north on Sunset Boulevard and lost control …

A person suspected of being involved in a shooting this week in Vandalia is in custody by the Cass County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff Richard Behnke said the incident occurred shortly before 7 p.m. Monday in the 17800 block of State Street. Investigators said a subject had fired several rounds at the house and then fled on foot. No one was …

State police are investigating a larceny-from-a-vehicle incident that occurred last Saturday in Branch County’s Coldwater Township. Troopers were notified at 10:30 a.m. that backpacks and a purse containing cash and several credit cards were stolen from a vehicle in the 300 block of South Michigan Avenue. The victim said the incident occurred between 3:30 p.m. July 23 and 9 a.m. …

St. Joseph County residents appeared to have no problem continuing to help fund the St. Joseph County Transportation Authority. By a comfortable margin Tuesday, a request to renew one-third of a mill was approved in the county-wide vote. As a result, the Three Rivers-based agency will continue to receive about $650,000 annually over the next four years. Consistent with renewal …

St. Joseph County’s former equalization director will be the Democrat opponent to face Republican incumbent Dennis Allen in the November general election. Nottawa Township resident Judy Nelson topped Tim Carls in Tuesday’s primary election. She earned 410 votes while Carls claimed 310 in what turned out to be a high-profile election for the right to represent the party in November. …

Dan Czajkowski said he still has plenty to learn despite nearly two years as a county commissioner. The 62-year-old White Pigeon resident will have another 24 months of experience to gain after voters in District 4 backed him over Republican challenger Joshua Goodrich, a Constantine Township resident. Unofficial numbers show the incumbent earned 534 votes to Goodrich’s 370 endorsements. Czajkowski …

Flowerfield Township voters approved a request to increase their millage for fire protection and ambulance services. By a tally of 170-to-112, voters agreed to support an increase of up to 1 mill for a five-year period. As a result of Tuesday’s endorsement, the request will raise more than $64,000 annually to be disbursed to Three Rivers Ambulance Service, Fabius/Park Fire …

Colon Township voters on Tuesday approved renewal of a five-year millage sought by the township library. Voters by a margin of 345 to 108 supported a request to renew nearly nine-tenths of a mill to help fund operating, maintaining, constructing and equipping the library, and for all other library-related purposes authorized by law. The request will allow the district to …