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An Edwardsburg woman was injured in a one-vehicle crash in Cass County’s Jefferson Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were called around 7:30 Wednesday morning to the 60000 block of M-62. Investigators learned that 19-year-old Courtney Houser was driving north on M-62 before losing control of her vehicle on an ice-covered portion of the roadway. The vehicle went off the …

Registration is open for the 2018 Triple Creek Color Dash 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk. The annual event, in collaboration with the 62nd annual Three Rivers Water Festival, takes place at 9 a.m. June 16. This year’s race will feature a new route, and will start and finish at Scidmore Park. Participants are encouraged to take their time …

Glen Oaks Community College has announced its next guest as part of the school’s 2017-18 Viking Speaker Series. Inge Auerbacher, author of the book, “I Am A Star – Child of the Holocaust,” will speak at 6 p.m. March 21 at the Three Rivers High School Performing Arts Center. Auerbacher and her parents were one of the few families who …

Defendants in Michigan would be compelled to listen to victim impact statements under legislation that moved through the House Thursday. The House passed the bill 105-2 in honor of the late Rebekah Bletsch, a 36-year-old who was murdered in 2014 while jogging on a western Michigan road. In December, Bletsch’s convicted killer, Jeffrey Willis, spurred outrage for walking out during her family’s …

A judge has sentenced a northern Indiana man to the maximum 130 years in prison for the fatal shootings of two Michigan brothers. Twenty-eight-year-old James Ross Jr. of Goshen was sentenced on two counts of murder Thursday after a jury convicted him last month. Ross was charged with killing 29-year-old Antonio McClain and 25-year-old Anthony McClain of Saginaw, Michigan, in …

Here I am.  Waiting for my new human friend.  My sister and I are available for a new home.  I am the smaller one.  I am about four months old, a tailess, intact female.  The ladies here have been wondering if I am part manx.  I am sweet and cuddly. My docket number is BIO18-000044, at the St. Joseph County …

Applications for seven additional medical marijuana facilities were approved Monday by the Constantine Village Council. Permits were approved for: JTD Distribution, a grow facility on Industrial Drive; MBWII, a provisioning center at 135 S. Washington St.; Constantine Products, a grow-and-processing facility at 675 Centreville Road; Constantine Products, a provisioning center at 160 N. Washington St.; and Pure Provisioning, a grow …

A Mendon man has been appointed to a county committee. During Tuesday’s 12-minute meeting, St. Joseph County’s board of commissioners agreed to appoint Mendon resident Ivin Riddle to the Department of Health and Human Services Board. He was recommended to the post by Kelly Hostetler, St. Joseph County United Way’s executive director. Commissioners on Tuesday also adopted the county treasurer’s …

The Michigan Primary Care Association has awarded Sen. John Proos its “Champion for the Medically Underserved” award. The annual award recognizes state and local leaders for their work in promoting and protecting affordable, quality health care for Michigan’s medically underserved population. Proos said he is proud a bipartisan criminal-justice reform that enacted in 2017 that focuses on meaningful rehabilitation. As …

Officials from the National Weather Service said the St. Joseph River in Three Rivers is expected to fall below the 7-foot flood stage on Sunday. As of Thursday at 8pm, the river was at 7.6 feet and falling.