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Authorities plan to seek charges against a 35-year-old Indiana man who brandished a handgun Sunday at the Shell gas station in White Pigeon. Police said central dispatch was advised around 5 p.m. that a man was begging for gas money. He then brandished a gun at the store’s clerks before he fled the scene. Officers viewed security video footage, and …

The Three Rivers Farmers Market kicks off its 24th season this week. Set up at Scidmore Park Pavillions, the market begins its 2019 season 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday. The market will be open Thursdays through Sept. 19. Event organizers said the market accepts SNAP cards, Double Up Food Bucks, WIC/Senior coupons, and Project Fresh coupons.

An Illinois man, who had been hospitalized since a Saturday incident at a Cass County lake, has died. Parish Swanson, 50, of Aurora, Ill., died of injuries sustained in a water accident in Penn Township that occurred Saturday. Swanson was pushed into the lake off the dock and was under water for an unknown amount of time before his sons …

Michigan Department of Transportation has released its weekly update regarding the U.S. 131 reconstruction project in Three Rivers. MDOT officials said a temporary stop light has been activated at the M-60/US-131 junction, as M-60 traffic now comes to a three-way intersection. The Stage 2 traffic plan is in place, meaning two-way traffic on southbound U.S. 131 at the M-60 junction …

The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners is expected to honor a request to the hiring freeze and approve a deputy clerk for district court. The potential action is one of five matters of new business this afternoon before the five-member panel. Other agenda items include accepting the sheriff’s department annual report, and approving agreements related to Bundled Energy Solutions …

Firefighters from Constantine and White Pigeon remained at the scene of a house fire late into the evening Monday in the 100 block of Second Street in Constantine. The fire was reported on Sunday just before 1 p.m. When firefighters arrived, the top floor was fully engulfed in flames. Authorities said the one occupant of the residence was not at …

David Devier, president at Glen Oaks Community College, received high marks Thursday from an annual evaluation by the school’s board of trustees. Devier was rated on a scale of 1 to 5 on 48 specific performance expectations, which were organized into six categories covering fiscal management, external relations, internal relations, leadership, institutional performance, personal qualities and relations with the board. …

A 19-year-old woman was injured after the car she was driving ran through a stop sign and into a semi-tractor trailer. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department said its deputies were called shortly before 7 a.m. Friday to the intersection of Findley Road and M-66. Investigators said a car driving east on Findley Road by Sarah Bostick, of Howe, Ind., …

A Marcellus man was injured when the bicycle on which he was riding was struck by a car last week in Cass County. Sheriff Richard Benhke said 82-year-old James Shannon was riding his bicycle south on M-40 near Brody Street in Marcellus Township when it was struck by a southbound car driven by Cody Bresmen, 26, of Dowagiac. Shannon was …

Water Festival 2019 is now in the books. It’s always a fun time, and it draws people from all over southwestern Michigan. Every year it seems to get better and better. It’s fun from the start of the parade on Thursday at 7 PM, until the final firework hits the sky later Saturday evening. I had the honor of being …