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The chairman of a local economic-development corporation said the past six years of economic growth should continue for the foreseeable future. Ken Jones, chairman of St. Joseph County EDGE, said the diversity of St. Joseph County’s business community is strong, to the extent that it is significantly insulated from the economic bumps other jurisdictions experience. With the jobless rate in …

Glen Oaks Community College has announced Anita Lopez-Schlabach, is the recipient of the ACT postsecondary champion award, in recognition of her work helping students navigate their education and career journey. Lopez-Schlabach advises students in the St. Joseph County Early Middle College program – a job that takes her daily from one high school to another to meet with students and …

Fire destroyed a home in Nottawa Township last weekend. Three departments responded to the 58000 block of Covered Bridge Road about 4:30 p.m. Saturday. First-arriving personnel found the home engulfed in flames as well as stored ammunition going off inside the residence. Authorities said the homeowner was working in a shed when he noticed the house ablaze. Officials believe a …

Authorities have identified the victim who died in a single-vehicle crash early Saturday in Mottville Township. Constantine resident Cody Hayden, 34, died at the scene of the incident, which occurred shortly before 3 a.m. on Indian Prairie Road, near Harrison Road. His passenger, a 31-year-old Constantine man, was taken to Elkhart General Hospital after suffering non-life-threatening injuries. His identity has …

Two Elkhart police officers who were caught on video repeatedly punching a handcuffed man have been placed on unpaid administrative leave. A federal grand jury last month indicted Cory Newland and Joshua Titus of the Elkhart Police Department on a charge of depriving Mario Ledesma of his rights through excessive force. Police video shows them punching Ledesma after he spat …

With just three games to go in the regular season, the Kalamazoo Wings are inching closer to locking up spot in the postseason. On Friday night, the K-Wings kicked off their weekend with a game against the Indy Fuel at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis.   A goaltender and defensive battle brewed in this contest as neither team was able …

A Constantine man died over the weekend in a single-vehicle accident in Mottville Township. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department said deputies were called shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday to Indian Prairie Road, where a vehicle went off the roadway near Harrison Road. According to a department media release, the vehicle was traveling west on Indian Prairie when it appears …

February’s unemployment rate in St. Joseph County was eight-tenths of a percent lower than the previous month. The monthly labor-market analysis by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget showed the county’s 3.8 percent February unemployment rate marked a decrease from January’s 4.6 percent. St. Joseph County was below the state unemployment average, which was 4.1 percent in February. …

Michigan Department of Transportation has launched a new, online dashboard to make information about the condition of all bridges on state and local road systems easily accessible to the public. Replacing a more limited version from 2018, the Michigan Bridge Conditions dashboard is now online, providing data on more than 11,000 bridges across the state. Matt Chynoweth, head of the …

The Cass County Sheriff’s Department is asking for help in locating a man who has been reported missing. Authorities said Larry Waldschmidt, 78, has been missing since last Wednesday from his home in Dowagiac. Once aware of the situation, family members immediately consulted the sheriff ’s department for assistance. Waldschmidt was most recently seen working in his yard about 5:30 p.m. …