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Here’s this week’s Michigan Department of Transportation update regarding the US-131 redevelopment project in Three Rivers. Crews on Monday are expected to begin top-course paving and a shoulder-gravel process on the northbound stretch toward the north end of the project. Also Monday, crews will begin base-course and leveling-course paving on M-60. MDOT officials said workers will finish winter paving markings …

The remaining two St. Joseph County high schools in the Michigan High School Athletic Association football playoffs went 1-and-1 over the weekend. In Division 6, Constantine fell to Hillsdale on Friday, 20-to-14. The Falcons finish the season 8-and-3 while Hillsdale maintained its perfect record. In 8-man action, Colon is one win away from playing for a state championship after it …

Here are four more suggestions that might make that international trip more enjoyable: Adjust your schedule of prescription medicine to account for differing time zones. Why not carry an extra watch and keep it set to “home time”? That way your medicine can be taken on time. If you’re diabetic and take insulin, carry a prescription for your syringes. Many …

A Michigan man whose hobbies include ritualized combat with replica weapons from the Middle Ages says he wielded a battle ax he calls “my baby” to fend off an intruder. Thirty-six-year-old Ben Ball tells WOOD-TV he was playing video games at his apartment in Oshtemo Township late Wednesday when someone who once dated his ex-roommate kicked in his door. He …

Quick-thinking hunters in central Michigan have rescued two deer who literally became locked in battle. WOOD-TV reports that insurance agent Mark Johnson spotted the rutting bucks in a field with their antlers entangled. He figured the eight-point bucks would die from exhaustion or starvation if they stayed stuck. Video of Wednesday’s rescue on WOOD-TV’s website shows Johnson’s friend, Brad Lyons, …

Zoo officials say a 17-year-old lion that was a longtime fixture at a northern Indiana zoo has been euthanized due to chronic age-related conditions. The male lion, named Tango, was humanely euthanized this past week at the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend after his condition suddenly worsened. The South Bend Tribune reports that Tango and his lion brother, Onyo, arrived …

Indiana officials say more baby boxes are coming to the state’s hospitals and firehouses. The Post-Tribune reports that Crown Point added one box last week at a firehouse, making a total of six boxes in Northwest Indiana. Baby boxes are padded, climate-controlled boxes where people can leave newborns safely and anonymously at hospitals or firehouses. Hospital officials say the boxes …

Investigators from Southwest Enforcement Team conducted a search warrant Tuesday to shut down an illegal sale of marijuana. SWET had received information from Sturgis Police Department and residents, and were at Lonespruce on Fawn River Road in regard to marijuana being sold without a license. The investigation, which has run for nearly three months, found that marijuana was being sold …

Sheriff’s deputies recently responded to a larceny incident in Fabius Township. Investigators were called around 4 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a larceny in the 11000 block of Coon Hollow Road. A Generac generator and four solid-wood overhead doors were taken, according to authorities.

Two high school football teams from St. Joseph County will try to remain in the postseason, with tough contests on tap this weekend. Constantine, which has an 8-and-2 record following a playoff win last week over Niles Brandywine, will face off against Hillsdale. The Hornets are 10-and-0 and topped Jonesville in playoff action last week, 48-22. The Division 6 teams …