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Glen Oaks Board of Trustees last month learned about plans that are underway as part of a $2 million state grant to help grow nursing talent in the region. Glen Oaks officials met recently with representatives from Baker College and are working on an agreement wherein Glen Oaks nursing alumni will have the opportunity achieve their bachelor of nursing degree …

“Burg Days of Summer,” a live-music series that village officials anticipate will draw a considerable number of people to downtown Vicksburg, kicks off its inaugural season Wednesday. Village Manager Jim Mallery said the nine-week series will take place Wednesdays through Aug. 16, though it will take the night off July 5. Music acts will perform approximately 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. …

A 35-year-old man has been killed and a 32-year-old man wounded during a shooting at a weekend concert that forced people to flee from a park in southwestern Michigan. The shooting occurred Saturday night as the concert in Kalamazoo’s Spring Valley Park was ending, according to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety. Marcus Tillman of Kalamazoo later was pronounced dead, …

Former Major League Baseball player Matt Thornton was the keynote speaker before more than 100 attendees at Saturday’s Centreville High School 2023 Alumni Banquet. The 1995 CHS graduate provided a brief recap of his 13-year major-league career and reminisced about the school’s 1994 and 1995 varsity basketball teams that made deep playoff runs in the MHSAA tournament. Thornton also acknowledged …

The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department is looking for information from an incident involving a dog that was left in a crate near the courthouse last week. Authorities said a vehicle pulled into the west parking lot of the courthouse at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday and remained stationary for about six minutes. After other vehicles left, a subject got out of …

Community Action Agency in Allegan was recently awarded a grant for a diaper bank. Several counties, including St. Joseph County, were included in the award. The diaper bank has been set up at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, on East Main Street in Centreville. Prospective clients must meet financial requirements for the program and a form must …

Christopher Jacobs, construction engineer whose work includes the current U.S. 131 project in St. Joseph and Kalamazoo counties, has provided a summary of the ongoing undertaking. He said work completed includes: storm sewer installation from M-216 to Johnson Road; guardrail removal to north of Michigan Avenue; and ditching to Heimbach Road Meanwhile, the two-week outlook includes: storm sewer continuing north; …

Short’s Rootbeer Drive-In in Coldwater appeared this month on the Mashed.com list of “The Best Drive-In Restaurant in Every State,” representing Michigan. Ted Short, who bought it with his family in 2013 said the distinction was an honor when he found his business on the list with some of the most famous drive-ins from around the country. The iconic drive-in …

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer included families who lost loved ones in distracted-driving vehicle crashes to a signing of legislation intended to keep drivers safe. The legislation will make Michigan roads safer for drivers, bicyclers, and pedestrians by ensuring drivers have their full attention on the road with the use of hands-free technology, state officials said. The “Distracted Driving Prevention” bill signing took place earlier this week in Plymouth.

A Sturgis woman died in a single-vehicle crash earlier this week in Fabius Township. Undersheriff Jason Bingaman said deputies responded at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a crash with injury near the intersection of U.S. 131 and King Road. Investigators said an SUV driven by the victim was traveling north on U.S. 131. Authorities said it exited the …