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I won’t brag, but I am a talented, two year old, sweet, gentle guy.  I am housebroken, I know sit, and some other tricks and I get along with other dogs.  You will have to ask the Animal Control ladies the neat things I can do.  I love my humans and would love to find my new home.  You will …

Thanksgiving is this Thursday. It is a legal holiday so there won’t be any mail delivery and the banks won’t be open. Also, there will not be any trash pick up. If your garbage is normally picked up on Thursday, it will be taken care of on Friday. Friday’s garbage will be picked up on Saturday. There will be football …

Three Rivers Police arrested a 16-year-old boy on a charge of strong-armed robbery following an incident over the weekend. Authorities were called shortly before 9:30 p.m. Saturday to the 600 block of Millard Street, near South Douglas Avenue. Witnesses were able to provide a description of the suspect, who allegedly assaulted a female teenager and stole cash from her, police …

The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners is expected to approve contracts with nine labor unions during its twice-a-month meeting this afternoon. The agenda for the board’s 5 o’clock meeting shows discussion related to approval of contracts with E-911 Telecommunicators Association; the sheriff’s department’s corrections unit and its law-enforcement division; the Command Officers Association of Michigan; the FOP Labor Council …

Mayor Tom Lowry and members of the Three Rivers City Commission have three business items to address this evening. According to the agenda for the 6 p.m. meeting, the items are: a change order to the 2019 fiscal year budget in the amount of $3,100 with Michigan Paving and Materials for a project on South Main Street; a purchase contract …

A fire late Monday last week destroyed a building used for auto repair on Fawn River Road near Bauman Road in Fawn River Township. The building’s owner, who lives next door, became aware of the fire after hearing an explosion shortly after 10 p.m. A vehicle inside the facility also was destroyed and another vehicle in the building was damaged. …

A southwestern Michigan woman who entered a plea deal after being charged in her 87-year-old mother’s overdose death has been sentenced to 5-15 years in prison. Sixty-year-old Susan Kubicek of Portage learned her punishment Monday after pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter in the May 2017 death of Dorothy Allen. Kalamazoo County authorities say Allen got a morphine dose 80 …

Authorities say a southwestern Michigan police officer has been struck by a car on a sidewalk. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says the officer was with a group of investigators talking to neighbors Monday afternoon when the vehicle struck and injured him. The department says other officers performed first aid on the injured officer, who was taken to a …

St. Joseph County Prosecutor John McDonough said three people were arrested in a case related to the shooting death of a man in Flowerfield Township last week. According to a media release, McDonough said two men and a woman were arrested following the 3 a.m. shooting incident Thursday on South Street. Officials have not released the name of the victim, …

A slush-covered roadway is being blamed for two vehicles involved in separate accidents Friday afternoon in Cass County’s Newberg Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said the incidents occurred moments apart at 2:20 p.m. on Hoffman Road, east of Sodaman Road. The first vehicle, a pickup driven by 18-year-old Vandalia resident Kaylee Thieme, was heading west on Hoffman when it slid off …