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Three Rivers Police Department K9 Jake helped locate a discarded electronic tether that was damaged and taken off a suspect. The TRPD said Jake helped locate the device on Strobel Road, near Cenreville-Constantine Road on Tuesday afternoon. It took Jake approximately 15 minutes to find the device. Authorities said the tether was obviously cut and thrown into the tall soybean …

A 36-year-old Three Rivers man was arrested for retail fraud and possession of methamphetamine on Tuesday. Police said they were sent to Walmart for a theft in progress at approximately 2:30 p.m. K9 Jake was brought in as the subject fled the store on foot. K9 Jake established a track and stolen merchandise was located and later returned. The track continued approximately a mile …

Two people were injured in a minor accident in White Pigeon on Monday. Police said a vehicle driven by a 82-year-old White Pigeon woman turned in front of a vehicle driven by a 37-year-old man from Vandalia on U.S. 12 near Elkhart Street. Both drivers sustained minor injuries. The woman was cited for failing to yield right of way while …

Stephanie Lemmer, the Superintendent at Centreville Public Schools, received a one-year contract extension at Monday’s board of education meeting. The board rated Lemmer as “effective.” Lemmer, beginning her second year in the district, received a two percent increase on her $107,000 base salary, a $2,000 annuity, and for her “effective” rating, a $1,000 bonus. Board president Jeff Troyer said they …

A 24-year-old Decatur man was injured while riding his bike on Decatur Road on Sunday. Authorities said the man suffered minor injuries in the accident, where he was struck from behind in a hit-and-run crash. Jason Howard was riding his bike north on Decatur Road when he was hit, that resulted in him being transported to Borgess Hospital in Dowagiac …

A 57-year-old Three Rivers man was killed in a two-vehicle accident Friday in Charleston Township in southeastern Kalamazoo County. The Kalamazoo County sheriff’s department has identified the man as Robert Wayne Neidlinger, who was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The incident happened around 7 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Mercury Drive and Watkins Road. Authorities said …

Michigan Department of Transportation will be investing $1.5 million to repave nearly one mile of U.S. 12 in a Cass County community. Construction includes road resurfacing, concrete curb and gutter, sidewalk ramp reconstruction, drainage and sign upgrades, pavement markings, and railroad-crossing upgrades from the west village limit of Edwardsburg to M-62. There will be single-lane closures on U.S. 12 with …

A Constantine man was injured in a single-vehicle accident earlier this month in Cass County’s Porter Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said 24-year-old Joshua Miller was driving north on M-40 around 6:20 p.m. June 14, when he lost control of his vehicle. The vehicle then drove off the roadway and struck a ditch. Witnesses said the vehicle rolled six times before …

State Rep. Aaron Miller’s plan to streamline the approval process for farmers who use irrigation to grow crops was signed into law Friday by Gov. Rick Snyder. Miller said the new law fixes a broken process previously used by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to review water well applications. He said government inefficiency was unnecessarily costing local crop farmers …

St. Joseph County Domestic And Sexual Abuse Services recently received a $4,100 donation thanks to the “100+ Women Who Care” event earlier this month at Sturges-Young Auditorium. Seven charities were entered into a drawing and representatives from the three drawn randomly were given five minutes to present their organization. The charities were Children’s Trauma Assessment Group of St. Joseph County, …