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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 …

Hand tools and audio equipment were among the items taken during a larceny-from-a-vehicle incident last week in Constantine Township. Sheriff’s deputies responded to an area near North River Road and U.S. 131, where the incident occurred between 4 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Friday. The theft occurred from a Ford SUV, silver in color, which was parked along North River …

Two area high school volleyball teams are state champions. Bronson High School won its fourth consecutive Division 3 crown after sweeping Unionville-Sebewaing Saturday at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek. Meanwhile, the Division 4 title was claimed by Mendon High School. It also needed just three sets to defeat top-ranked Leland High School. It marks the Hornets’ first volleyball state-championship team …

State police are investigating a shooting incident that left one person dead Thursday in Flowerfield Township. Sheriff’s officials said the incident occurred shortly before 3 a.m. at a trailer on South Street off of Flowerfield Road in the northeast corner of the township. Investigators said the victim, a 42-year-old man, was shot and pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said …

A Coldwater man was arrested this week for his part in a July incident involving an attempted abduction/felonious assault. State police said Jason Rodgers, 27, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the July 27 incident in Branch County’s Kinderhook Township. Authorities said a 54-year-old female exited her vehicle to remove debris from the end of her driveway early in the …