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St. Joseph County Administrator Teresa Doehring said the county will host an American Rescue Plan Act session for local government entities at 7 p.m. Thursday at Rivers Enrichment Center and Residence in Three Rivers. Doehring said officials from all local cities, villages and townships are invited to attend the input session, in which they can make requests for consideration by …

Winds gusting as high as 60 mph buffeted Illinois, Indiana and Michigan on Thursday, blowing down a light pole in Chicago and causing power outages. A 60 mph gust was recorded at the airport in Valparaiso, Indiana, and a 59 mph gust was measured at Chicago Midway International Airport, the National Weather Service said. Winds damaged power lines, trees and …

The four candidates interviewing next week for the position of Centreville Public Schools superintendent were identified Wednesday. Patrick Kreager, a consultant with Michigan Association of School Boards said the four candidates chosen from a pool of 17 applicants are: Chad Brady, interim superintendent; Jerome Wolff, superintendent at Nottawa Community School; Jeremy Wright, Plainwell High School principal; and Barry Younghans, assistant …

St. Joseph County officials are weighing several requests as they move forward with deciding how to spend nearly $12 million in federally issued funds. During their executive committee meeting Tuesday, commissioners fielded requests from various county officials in hopes their proposal makes the cut. St. Joseph County last year received a one-time payment of $11.8 million through the American Rescue …

Centreville Public Schools Board of Education members have established a roster of four candidates to interview for superintendent. During a special meeting Monday, the board narrowed a list of 17 applicants to the quartet who will be interviewed later this month. In addition, board members reviewed a number of potential questions and settled on 12 that will be posed to …

A longtime county employee is ending his career on a high note later this month. Dennis Brandenburg, who has served as director of the county’s E-911 Central Dispatch center since October 2014, plans to retire April 28. Combined with his time as a member of the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department and subsequent years as a dispatcher, Brandenburg has been …

The Three Rivers Lions Club has established a new scholarship in memory of the wife of a longtime club member. Lion Dave Miller’s wife, Denise, passed away in late February. Using donations in her memory, club members decided to create a new scholarship designated for a Three Rivers High School senior who plans a career in the trades. This unique …

Michigan State Police troopers are investigating the theft of scrap metal and a trail camera. Investigators were told by the victim that the thefts occurred in the early morning hours April 4 from a business in the 21000 block of U.S. 12 in White Pigeon Township.

Two South Bend police officers were injured when a man armed with two screwdrivers attacked them, authorities said. One officer was diagnosed with a broken cheekbone at a hospital after his face was cut, and the other suffered a minor hand injury, police said. The suspect was arrested and charged with four counts of resisting arrest and battery against a …

Avian influenza has been detected in a second northern Indiana duck farm, state officials said Tuesday. Laboratory testing of a second commercial duck flock in Elkhart County came back as presumptively positive for the virus, the Indiana State Board of Animal Health said. The samples are being verified at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Iowa. The …