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Jury selection is set to begin in the trial of a man charged with killing six strangers in southwestern Michigan nearly three years ago. Jason Dalton is charged with murder and attempted murder. He’s accused of shooting eight people in three locations in the Kalamazoo area in February 2016 while he was picking up riders for Uber. Police quoted Dalton …

Dennis Allen will continue to serve as chairman of the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners for a second consecutive year. During Wednesday’s commission meeting, Allen was nominated and unanimously approved to fill the seat as head of the five-member board. Commissioners also agreed on Allen Balog to serve as vice-chair. Allen, a Centreville resident who represents Lockport, Nottawa, Florence …

Rick Snyder, in the final days of his role as Michigan governor, signed a supplemental appropriations bill that included $3.4 million in capital-outlay funding for Glen Oaks Community College. The funding requires a 50/50 institution match. Glen Oaks President David Devier said the funds will enable the school to begin planning for what work will be completed as a result …

The Sturgis Area Community Foundation recently completed its 2018 competitive grant program with the issuance of nearly $60,000 returned to the community. Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services received $2,000 to assist with the “Domestic Violence in the Workplace” project. Meanwhile, Sturgis Historical Society and its “Windows to our Past” films project, was given $24,900. The St. Joseph County Intermediate School …

I am looking for a new family.  They call me “Katie”, and I am one year old.  I purr whenever you pet me and I love to cuddle in your arms.  I am a bit rolly-polly and I will need my spay surgery.  I hope you will come see me January 2 or any weekday after that.  My docket number …

Fourteen people took advantage of the 11th annual New Year’s Eve Free Ride Home program over a six-hour period ending at 4 a.m. Tuesday. Offered by the St. Joseph County Transportation Authority in conjunction with more than a dozen business sponsors, Free Ride Home saw 11 passengers picked up by the Three Rivers-based bus and three passengers boarded the Sturgis-based …

Centreville Public Schools Board of Education recently approved retroactive pay raises of 2 percent, plus step increases, for non-instructional, non-certified and non- bargaining personnel in the district. Similar increases for instructional staff were approved in June. The increases approved recently were being considered in June as well, but unexpected expenses related to the district’s health insurance plan put the situation on …

Tracie Pueschel is the 2018 recipient of the John E. Oster Award for Teacher Recognition and was honored last month at the Sturgis Rotary Club luncheon. Pueschel has taught at Sturgis Public Schools since 1993, mostly at Wenzel Elementary School. She became the Title I Reading Teacher in 2010 and added Lead Teacher responsibilities to that role in 2018. Nominations …

Happy New Year to all! Call me old-fashioned, but I do have some New Year’s resolutions that I will try to stick with this year. They might seem a bit boring, but they are important to me. If you’re interested, here they are: I will try to be better at remembering someone’s name. I will not always say “Yes” when …

Continued effort toward a balanced budget, development of a new Commission On Aging facility and progress toward updating the courts building are a few of the goals the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners faces in 2019. Dennis Allen, chair of the five-member board, said there is no shortage of work ahead for commissioners. Regarding the county’s finances, Allen said …