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A warning to all men. You only have just a few more days left to do your Christmas shopping. Most men will probably do their shopping one or two days before Christmas. Believe it or not, there are some men that will have their wives do the shopping for them. After all, we all know that women are better shoppers …

October’s unemployment rate in St. Joseph County decreased by seven-tenths of a percent from September. The monthly labor-market analysis by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget was released recently. It showed St. Joseph County’s unemployment rate fell from 4.9 percent in September to 4.2 percent in October. The rate was 5.4 percent 12 months earlier. Meanwhile, Cass County …

Michigan State Police troopers are investigating a residential burglary from a home in Sturgis Township. Investigators were called around noon Wednesday to a residence in the 70000 block of Stubey Road. Authorities said three or more suspects broke into a home, and stole jewelry and two pistols. The suspects were driving a silver sedan believed to be a Cadillac CTS.

Cass County sheriff’s deputies responded over the weekend to a single-vehicle crash in Newberg Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were called at 2:45 p.m. Saturday to an area on M-60, west of Corey Lake Road. Behnke said a vehicle driven by Annamae Davis, 24, of Kalamazoo, went off the roadway. Davis told authorities she fell asleep while driving. The …

One year ago, the biggest vaccination drive in American history began with a flush of excitement in an otherwise gloomy December. Trucks loaded with freezer-packed vials of a COVID-19 vaccine that had proved wildly successful in clinical trials fanned out across the land, bringing shots that many hoped would spell the end of the crisis. That hasn’t happened. A year …

The Michigan Court of Appeals won’t order a hospital to use a deworming drug to treat a man who has health problems related to COVID-19. The court said it won’t disrupt the judgment of doctors at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor. “A court directive in this matter could open the door for a flood of similar suits from …

State Rep. Steve Carra last week introduced a plan to make it easier for schools to hire substitute teachers by removing the college-credit requirement for substitutes. Carra said the legislation would help public schools facing a shortage of substitute teachers. Even before COVID-19, schools were struggling to bring in enough substitute teachers, Carra said, noting his plan will eliminate a …

Threats of violence last week resulted in lockdowns at both Three Rivers and Colon schools. On Friday, Three Rivers Community Schools interim superintendent Nikki Nash reported a tip had resulted in a lockdown at Three Rivers Middle School. A tip also had been received at Three Rivers High School earlier in the week. Meanwhile, on Thursday, students and staff were reported …

Constantine Village Manager Mark Honeysett said he had a request to buy a lot at 1047 Canaris St. The parcel was given to the village several years ago for back taxes. Honeysett said the lot is located in a commercial district, so a home cannot be built there unless the zoning classification is changed. No one has occupied a dwelling …

Michigan’s COVID-19 surge is trending in a “deeply concerning direction” ahead of the winter holidays and, unlike a year ago, is not subsiding following Thanksgiving, state health officials said Friday while urging vaccines and booster shots. Infection rates and hospitalizations are near or at all-time highs in the state 21 months into the pandemic. Vaccination rates lag the national average, especially among …