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St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department has announced its employees of the month for October. Sheriff Mark Lillywhite recently recognized Mark Mellinger as road patrol deputy of the month. Meanwhile, deputies Paul Kindig and Don Heath were recognized for corrections officers of the month for October. In addition, Lillywhite said the department also issued Deputy Don Heath and Sgt. Kyle Rice …

An out-of-state resident was arrested last week in Centreville on drug-related offenses. Sheriff’s deputies said they were called early-morning hours Wednesday to Riverwood Apartments in response to a report of a suspicious male. Upon arrival, deputies located a 61-year-old in the hallway of the apartment complex, located at 340 W. Main Street. A California resident, the man was arrested after …

The Animal Rescue Fund (ARF) would like to thank all supporters and volunteers who have made it possible for this volunteer-based organization to enter their 25th year of animal rescue here in St. Joe County. ARF members are unpaid volunteers who give their time and often their own money to keep this much needed group alive. ARF is a unique …

County health officers don’t need approval from elected officials to issue orders, the Michigan Court of Appeals said in a precedent-setting decision related to protests over COVID-19 school mask mandates. Mask orders were controversial when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration changed course and left key decisions to local health departments. The result: blistering criticism and tense confrontations at county board meetings in some …

Three Rivers 66, Vicksburg 43 Niles 50, Sturgis 42 Cassopolis 45, Berrien Springs 43 Centreville 85, Marcellus 24 Colon 56, Battle Creek St. Philip 55 Eau Claire 52, Marcellus Howardsville Christian 50 Parchment 75, Constantine 47 Schoolcraft 63, Lawton 35 White Pigeon 56, Mendon 40  

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Centreville school officials are reviewing their options after learning the St. Joseph County Intermediate School District is discontinuing a support program for students who are emotionally impaired. During their meeting Monday, board of education members learned from superintendent Chad Brady that the EI support program operated through the ISD’s Pathfinder Center will close Dec. 23. What that means, Brady noted, …

A Three Rivers man was arrested for allegedly stealing a car in Portage, according to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office. The 35-year-old was found driving the stolen car on North Avenue, near South 29th Street, in Kalamazoo County’s Pavilion Township at 9 a.m. Tuesday, deputies said. Deputies tried talking to the man, but he sped away in a southbound direction …

A Sturgis man will face up to life in prison for holding his girlfriend captive for 12 days in March 2021. Rocky Gardner, 39, pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree criminal sexual conduct and false imprisonment as a second habitual offender. In exchange for Gardner’s guilty plea, assistant prosecutor Deborah Davis agreed to drop 12 other charges against him. Gardner admitted …

A judge on Thursday handed down the longest prison terms so far in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor, sentencing three men who forged an early alliance with a leader of the scheme before the FBI broke it up in 2020. Joe Morrison, Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were not charged with having a direct role in the conspiracy. But …