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Constantine to host 2 downtown events

Organizers of the 2023 Constantine Harvest Festival are issuing a last call for potential vendors and volunteers. The one-day event runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on September 30th on East Water Street. It will feature food, crafts, face painting, pumpkin painting, carnival games, prizes and inflatables. More information is available from the village: 435-2085. Meanwhile, the village has also …

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Mrs. Butterworth

Well, the leaves are starting to turn and fall.  I am ready to find my new home.  If you adopt me, you will get a love bug that loves to go for walks and big stuffed toys.  I am a chocolate and white pitt/mix, three years old, housetrained and spayed.  I would do best in a one dog home with …

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McCann awarded $14.5 million in damages

A jury has awarded $14.5 million to a wrongfully convicted man, saying a Michigan State Police sergeant violated his constitutional rights as he pursued a perjury case against him. WOOD-TV is reporting the seven-person jury this week decided that Ray McCann Jr. was due $12.5 million in compensatory damages, plus $2 million in punitive damages. The verdict, McCann said, will …

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Water-main installation closes portion of Shaver Road

A water-main installation has closed Shaver Road half a year earlier than anticipated. MLive is reporting that Shaver Road will be inaccessible for two months, as the closure started Monday to install a water main. The project is the second part of a multi-year, $3.8 million project to upgrade Shaver Road. The instillation was originally expected to take place between …

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Gas outage east of Three Rivers

SEMCO ENERGY Gas Company announced an outage around 3 p.m. Wednesday affecting about 400 homes and businesses in the area. The outage is east of Three Rivers, in the Fishers Lake area, due to damage caused by a third-party performing work on underground facilities, according to WWMT-News 3. SEMCO employees will need to access every affected home or business to …

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County commission makes board re-appointments

Several re-appointments to various boards and committees were approved Tuesday by St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners. First, John Gelvin, Pat Dane, Deborah Davis and Kathy Pangle were re-appointed to serve on the St. Joseph County Commission in Aging Board. Next, Michael O’Rourke, Glenn Nissley, Frank Kalasky, Doris Ripplinger, Carol Higgins and Mark Ripplinger all were re-appointed to the county’s …

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Cass County crash injures South Bend man

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident in which a 20-year-old South Bend man was injured in a single-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon in Jefferson Township. Authorities said the crash occurred shortly before 3 p.m. near the intersection of Dailey Road and M-60. Witnesses told deputies the driver was traveling north on M-60 at what appeared to be a …

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Illinois man arrested following chase

An Illinois man was arrested over the weekend following a pursuit that ended in Sturgis. Undersheriff Jason Bingaman said deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop Sunday near Front Street and Halfway Road in Burr Oak. The motorist refused to stop and sped from the scene. The pursuit ended near the intersection of Lakeview Avenue and Lafayette Street. The suspect, …

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Out and About – Week of September 18th

Because of the Internet, most folks don’t write letters and send them via the U.S. Postal Service anymore. If you need to send a package, you can use UPS, FedEx, or the Postal Service. If you do choose the Postal Service, here are somethings that are prohibited to send: Alcohol. Gifting a bottle of wine, liquor or beer can be …

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Narcotics investigation leads to arrest

St. Joseph County Sheriff’s deputies and law-enforcement officials from several other agencies completed a months-long narcotics investigation last week. Undersheriff Jason Bingaman said the cases started in April, when a deputy stopped a motorcycle on U.S. 12 near Shimmel Road in Sturgis Township. During the traffic stop, deputies obtained probable cause for the first of three search warrants at the …

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