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NEW YORK (AP) — Young people afraid for their futures protested around the globe Friday to implore leaders to tackle climate change, turning out by the hundreds of thousands to insist that the warming world can’t wait any longer.
Marches, rallies and demonstrations were held from Canberra to Kabul...
PENN TOWNSHIP — At approximately 9:12 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19 the Cass County Sheriff’s Office was called to investigate a personal injury crash on Paradise Lake Road near Jeffries Street in Penn Township.
Rollie Robert White, 28, of Elkhart was driving southbound on Paradise Lake Road on a...
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — The St. Joseph County Association of REALTORS® (SJCAR) has named Monte Anderson as its 2019 Realtor® of the Year. This award is given in recognition of outstanding leadership and service for the association, the community and the real estate industry.
Award winners were chosen...
LANSING — The legislature’s proposed school aid budget could signal a shift toward funding universal preschool for all four-year-old Michigan children.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made that a campaign promise. She proposed $85 million toward expanding that program in her budget. And last week House and...
CENTREVILLE – Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson today announced the Secretary of State Mobile Office will visit the St. Joseph County Grange Fairgrounds on Friday, Oct. 4, for a veteran stand down. The office will provide voter registration, identification and other services for veterans and other...
CENTREVILLE — Tucked away in the corner across from Kidde Land at the St. Joseph County Grange Fair has been one of the newest and biggest draws to this year’s fair, a draw that can bring laughs and smiles to the whole family.
The Pork Chop Revue is a free 20-minute animal comedy and variety show...
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — The strike against General Motors by the United Auto Workers is playing out amid a corruption scandal inside the UAW that has caused distrust of the union leadership among many rank-and-file members.
On picket lines at plants across the country, many of the 49,000 workers have...
Nate Hightree, 8, of Three Rivers poses beside a goat at the St. Joseph County Grange Fair Wednesday in Centreville. Nate will turn 9 on Friday, Sept. 20 and the Commercial-News would like to wish him a very happy birthday.
State residents are being strongly advised by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to protect themselves from mosquito bites as four additional cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) have been confirmed in Southwest Michigan — including two that were fatal.
MDHHS is...
CENTREVILLE — St. Joseph County Road Commission Manager John Lindsey announced during his report at the road commission’s work session Wednesday that road work on Constantine Road will begin today, Thursday, Sept. 19.
The project will crush and shape the one-mile stretch of Constantine Road between...