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St. Joseph County United Way is seeking the public’s help for donations to fill back-to-school backpacks. Backpacks will include school supplies and be distributed July 25th at Sturgis Walmart. Donations will be accepted up through the day of distribution. Items can be dropped off in advance at the Centreville-based agency. Financial donations will go toward the purchase of backpacks and …

Vicksburg Village Council members plan to look at the feasibility of a municipal-wide, single waste-service provider. Village President Tim Frisbie said he likes the idea of choosing his own waste hauler, though he conceded village streets take a beating with several garbage trucks operated by different companies making their rounds weekly. Council member Ryan Wagner offered to spearhead the issue. …

More than a hundred people took part in a rally bringing awareness to an impasse in contract negotiations between nurses from Three Rivers Beacon Health and Beacon executives. For more than an hour Tuesday afternoon, members of Michigan Nurses Association, and their family members and supporters, staged an informational picket outside the West Broadway Street facility. About 75 nurses at …

Few additional details have been provided regarding a one-car crash that left a 13-year-old Centreville girl dead last weekend in Nottawa Township Michigan State Police investigators are still working on the case. Per agency policy, however, names of the people involved will not be released. The suspect is a 19-year-old Three Rivers woman who was behind the wheel of a …

Part of the U.S. 131 business route near Kalamazoo will be closed to traffic this weekend. According to the Kalamazoo Gazette, the ramp connecting southbound U.S. 131 to the business route will close from 7 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon Saturday, said Michigan Department of Transportation spokesperson Nick Schirripa. Crews will be installing beams for a new …

A Centreville teenager died over the weekend in a single-vehicle crash in Nottawa Township. Michigan State Police troopers were called around 9:30 Sunday evening to the area of Shimmel Road and M 86 regarding a crash with injuries. Investigators said a 19-year-old Three Rivers woman was driving a Dodge Charger west on M 86. The Charger passed a vehicle, then …

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services office in St. Joseph County is closed to walk-in traffic due to lack of air conditioning. Officials from the Centreville-based office said the lobby area is not open to the public until the situation is corrected, which is expected to occur by the end of the week. The agency is attempting to find …

Two juveniles were arrested after leading authorities on a pursuit, in which the teens were driving an allegedly stolen car over the weekend in Cass County’s Mason Township. Cass County Sheriff’s Department deputies were notified around 1 a.m. Saturday of a stolen vehicle from an undisclosed location. Authorities spotted the vehicle on Kristy Lane in Mason Township. However, the suspects …

A school playground in Saint Joseph County has been recognized for its accessibility. According to Soliant, a health-care employment company, the playground at Congress Elementary in Sturgis made the top-ten list for Best Inclusive Playgrounds in America. The playground was ranked fourth out of 10 playgrounds included in the survey. According to the write-up in Soliant, the 10 showcased playgrounds …

A Sturgis woman was arrested last week after Sturgis Department of Public Safety responded to a stabbing incident. According to a department media release, officers responded at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon to a location in the 200 block of North Maple Street to a report of disorderly conduct. Officers found a man had been stabbed. He was taken to Sturgis …