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Sturgis City Commission members last week approved a bid for road milling and resurfacing projects. The tasks are on schedule to occur over the summer. A bid in excess of $720,000 from Northern Construction Services Corporation was approved. Sturgis City Manager Andrew Kuk said work will be performed on three streets and will be done as part of the 2023 …

Here are six Rules of Life I wish I had known when I was younger: Always speak less than necessary. Life is a balance between holding on and letting go. What we think, we become. A great man is hard on himself. A small man is hard on others. The future depends on what we do in the present. What …

An armed intruder was shot by a would-be victim during an incident Friday evening in Constantine Township. State Police troopers responded around 10 p.m. Friday to the 60000 block of Maple Road, west of Constantine, in response to an attempted breaking-and-entering. Investigators said the homeowner told them he had shot a male intruder who was armed with a knife and …

A Michigan girl was able to escape an attempted kidnapping when her brother used a slingshot to strike the would-be attacker, authorities said this week. Mlive.com reports that the Michigan State Police arrested the accused assailant in the city of Alpena on Wednesday. The 17-year-old’s name has not been released though he has been charged as an adult with one count …

An Indiana woman and her son were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Constantine Township. Michigan State Police troopers said the incident occurred Thursday at the intersection of U.S. 131 and North River Road. According to investigators, a 27-year-old woman from Kosciusko County stopped her car on North River Road before attempting to proceed through the intersection. Her vehicle was …

With the end of the COVID public-health emergency this week, the Three Rivers Health Department is no longer offering in-person COVID testing. Anyone still wishing to test is encouraged to use any of the self-testing kiosks. One is located outside at Covered Bridge Healthcare in Centreville, the others are outside the health departments in Sturgis and Three Rivers. There is …

Sturgis City Commission members voted this week to approve the city’s 2023 street rehabilitation project. The city received a single bid by the May 1 deadline, submitted by Northern Construction Services Corp. of Niles. Its bid was for about $720,000. The three segments in the project are South Orange Street from Wenzel to West South Street; South Nottawa Street from …

Pedal Across America has included a St. Joseph County community as a stop on its weeklong, cross-state bicycle tour this summer. Cyclists attempting the journey will arrive in Centreville June 19 and stay at the county fairgrounds. The tour starts June 17 in New Buffalo and continues to Niles before arriving in Centreville. The route will continue into Homer, Napoleon, …

St. Joseph County officials are considering an agreement with a neighboring county regarding year-round disposal of household hazardous waste. During Tuesday’s executive committee meeting, county administrator Teresa Doehring said St. Joseph County is interested in working out a deal with Kalamazoo County, allowing St. Joseph County residents to dispose of household hazardous waste and recycle electronics at Kalamazoo County’s permanent …

Now that the recently charged suspect in the 1988 death of Cathy Swartz has died in jail by suicide, investigators fear questions in the case will never get answered. WOOD-TV has reported that Robert Waters, 53, died on Saturday at the Beaufort, South Carolina, County Detention Center just days before Michigan police were planning to pick him up. WOOD said …