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State police investigators have provided additional details regarding the arrest of a Three Rivers couple last week on a variety of charges following a traffic accident in Centreville. Cass county authorities said they arrested a 48-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman on charges related to the possession of methamphetamine, marijuana stolen property and two warrants. The couple was involved in …

One suspect is in custody and another remains at large after they were found stealing diesel fuel from a farm over the weekend in Sturgis Township. Deputies were on patrol during the early morning hours Sunday when they located the occupants of a red Dodge pickup stealing from fuel tanks at Black Gold Farms, located in the 69000 block of …

A woman who promoted herself in the Kalamazoo areas as “No. 1 Tax Lady” is in hot water with the Internal Revenue Service. Fontrise Charles is charged with filing false returns for others to ensure big refunds over a three-year period. The indictment also accuses her of filing her own false returns. The 39-year-old Charles appeared Monday in Grand Rapids …

A judge in southwestern Michigan has heard a tearful plea from a young man who killed his grandfather at age 14 but hopes he can get a new sentence that would give him a chance at parole. Nineteen-year-old Dakotah Eliason was in a Berrien County court Friday because the U.S. Supreme Court says teens can’t automatically be given no-parole sentences …

Two people have been arrested in southwestern Michigan on unrelated charges after authorities located a man accused of fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run accident. Cass County Sheriff Joseph Underwood Jr. says officers executed a search warrant Friday afternoon in Newburg Township after connecting the homeowner to a truck driven in the hit-and-run accident. Officers found two stolen vehicles, marijuana …

The moose population in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula appears to have dropped over the past two years — and a wildlife expert says there’s reason for concern about the species’ long-term future in the state. The Department of Natural Resources says Monday its latest biennial survey produced an estimate of 323 moose in their primary Michigan range, which includes Baraga, …

AAA Michigan reports statewide gas prices have decreased by about 2 cents a gallon within the past week. The auto club says the average price per gallon of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline was about $2.28 on Sunday. That’s about $1.47 less than it was a year ago. It marks the second consecutive week the statewide average has decreased. Dearborn-based AAA …

State Rep. Aaron Miller last week voted in favor of House Bill 4122, a measure to end the expenditure of taxpayer money to subsidize film and video production. Miller said the film incentives program is a failed experiment that has not paid off, and there are more worthwhile ways to spend the $50 million set aside for film subsidies in …

Two Cass County residents are awaiting arraignment after being arrested last week in Porter Township. Members of the Cass County Drug Enforcement Team executed a search warrant Thursday evening in the 69000 block of Baldwin Prairie Road. The residents, a 55-year-old woman and 25-year-old man, both from Union, were taken into custody after police located methamphetamine and marijuana in their …

Foggy conditions contributed to a single-vehicle accident last week in Colon Township. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department said Shree Goble, 22, of Colon, was driving on West Palmer Lake Road around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Due to heavy fog, Goble did not stop at the Burr Oak Road intersection. The vehicle went through the three-way intersection, up an embankment and …