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A Three Rivers woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday in Cass County’s Newberg Township. Sheriff Clint Roach said deputies were called at 7 p.m. to the intersection of M-60 and Corey Lake Road in response to a personal-injury crash. Investigators said a vehicle driven by Holly Osborn, 47, was on Corey Lake Road and failed to stop at …

St. Joseph County Grange Fair officials are cautioning the public about a scam related to a fictitious rodeo. The scam centers on an event hosted by Centreville Ranch Rodeo, which is not a real organization. The event is being hyped as a rodeo featuring working-ranch cowboys competing in tasks such as wild-cow milking, stray-trailer loading and open branding. The non-existent …

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced a new project to build a fiberglass manufacturing facility in Cassopolis. According to Whitmer, the company Fibrosan is expected to invest nearly $17 million in Cass County. County officials said the facility is expected to create 32 new jobs. It is to be located on a 10-acre piece of land on Decatur Road, just south …

Two out-of-state men died in a crash over the weekend in White Pigeon Township. Sheriff Chad Spence said deputies were dispatched Saturday to the intersection of Eagley Road and Lake Road in the southwest corner of the township. Investigators said a car driven by a 68-year-old man from Riverside, Ill., was traveling west on Lake Road before attempting to turn …

St. Joseph County Emergency Management has provided a list of local cooling centers. They are: St. Joseph County Commission on Aging in Three Rivers as well its site in Sturgis. They are open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Three Rivers Public Library, which is open weekdays 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. It will be …

A Cass County man was arrested over the weekend following what authorities are calling a multi-state theft spree. Sheriff Clint Roach said deputies and Michigan State Police troopers executed a search warrant Sunday at a residence on Cogic Road in Howard Township. A man at the residence was arrested for allegedly stealing a vehicle Saturday night in Cass County, a …

Sturgis Public Schools Superintendent Art Ebert was not selected as a finalist for the position at a district in Macomb County. Ebert was one of six candidates interviewed last week for the superintendent’s job at Romeo Community Schools. Officials from the 5,800-student district narrowed their list to two finalists, inviting back for a second interview this week administrators from Anchor …

One person was arrested in Three Rivers last week following an investigation involving St. Joseph County Special Response Team. According to Three Rivers Police, officers on Tuesday received a report of two individuals who had threatened each other with firearms. When officers arrived, the suspects had already left the area. Officers continued investigating the incident throughout the night and into …

Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Environmental Health Division has confirmed its first positive case of Jamestown Canyon Virus this season. Confirmation came from a mosquito pool that was sampled as part of the county’s routine summertime mosquito surveillance. Mosquitos collected in such a manner are typically of the same species. Agency officials said they plan to continue mosquito surveillance …

Mendon Community Schools Superintendent Leasa Griffith-Mathews plans to retire at the end of the calendar year. A 35-year veteran in the field of education, Griffith-Mathews said she has mixed emotions about the impending retirement. She has spent the past eight years as Mendon’s superintendent, stepping in after the December 2017 passing of Roger Rathburn. The district’s board of education is …