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Three Rivers and White Pigeon school districts were closed Friday due to potential threats. Three Rivers Community Schools interim superintendent Nikki Nash said the district received information from Michigan State Police at 3:30 a.m. Friday of a threat at Three Rivers Middle School. Nash also said Michigan State Police is aware of the school shooting copycat threats circulating nationwide on …

A Centreville man and his 5-year-old son died in a two-vehicle collision over the weekend, east of Niles, in Cass County’s Howard Township. State police troopers said the incident occurred around 8:15 p.m. Saturday near Pine Lake Street. Authorities said 30-year-old Phillip Parker was driving west on M-60 when his vehicle crossed the center line and crashed head-on into an …

A white Christmas seems to be slowly morphing from a reliable reality to a dream of snowy holidays past for large swaths of the United States in recent decades. Analysis of 40 years of December 25 U.S. snow measurements shows that less of the country now has snow for Christmas than in the 1980s. That’s especially true in a belt …

How many people would still be alive if not for COVID? How many more loved ones and people in our lives will we lose to this virus? We many never know. It takes a toll to witness so much death and suffering. During the summertime, I watched as my team and I started to heal. Morale was coming back, stress …

B&B Trucking and Climax Solar are hosting a donation drive for those affected by Kentucky tornadoes. The event is supported by the Hands Up Foundation and Local Love Kalamazoo, a Kalamazoo area 501c3 nonprofit. The public is encouraged to attend and donate at the donation drive on Sunday, December 19th at 10am, at 7017 South Westnedge Avenue in Portage. Requested …

Two people were arrested in Sturgis early Thursday after they had fled the area in stolen cars. According to a department media release, state police troopers were called to investigate a car that had crashed into a building in the 1300 block of East Chicago Road. From that location, two cars were stolen but both drivers were eventually arrested. The …

Centreville Public Schools Superintendent Stephanie Lemmer announced Thursday she has accepted an offer from Pennfield Schools to serve as its superintendent. Pennfield district officials held a special meeting Wednesday, providing Lemmer a tour of the district, a reception with staff and a second, formal interview. The board them met in closed session and, upon returning to open session, extended the …

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first identified case of the Omicron variant in Michigan. Specifically, the case came from Kent County. Officials from the Branch Hillsdale St. Joseph Community Health Agency said anyone who has been in Kent County since Dec. 1 is encouraged to get tested for COVID-19 and take appropriate steps to …

Michigan’s record-high number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients dipped Wednesday, the first drop in 49 days as health leaders continued to urge vaccinations while describing a dire situation inside hospitals. The state recorded 330 additional deaths, including 100 in the most recent 48-hour period. The seven-day average of daily deaths, 120 as of Monday, was up substantially from 67 two weeks …

We are mom and son.  We hope we can be adopted together.  We are very bonded.  We look like St. Bernard and husky.  We are housetrained, and get along with kids and other dogs.  We are big so a fenced yard would be a plus.  Our docket numbers are 51466 and 51467, at the St. Joseph County Animal Control Shelter located …