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CENTREVILLE — As they return to in-person meetings on April 6, the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners weighed the possibility Wednesday of declaring a state of emergency due to COVID-19 case increases in the county.
Many counties across the state have issued similar declarations recently for...
MOTTVILLE — 911 dispatchers get hundreds, if not thousands, of emergency and non-emergency calls every day.
It isn’t every day, though, that a dispatcher has a call come in from a mother in labor needing help giving birth.
However, that’s what happened with St. Joseph County Central Dispatch...
THREE RIVERS — With the possibility existing of receiving a “Vibrancy Grant” from the Michigan Main Street program, the Three Rivers Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors discussed Thursday what project could be done with it so they could apply for the grant.
The Main Street Vibrancy...
CENTREVILLE — A Centreville public official was arraigned on embezzlement charges in St. Joseph County 3B District Court Thursday.
Carol Kotschevar, Centreville’s village treasurer, entered a plea of not guilty to two counts of embezzlement over $20,000 but less than $50,000 in two separate but...
MENDON — When friends Ashley Hescott and Jenny Thomas first started their home bakery business, Two Spoon Bakery, in Mendon in February, the two women considered it as a bit of a side hobby.
“We were kind of thinking it would just be a couple hours a week, getting an order or two a week, and we’ll...
CENTREVILLE — The administration of St. Joseph County and how it operates has changed plenty in the last 37 years.
Between county commissioners holding two hour meetings to conduct business to the creation of the county administrator position in 1991 and the three county administrators that have...
CONSTANTINE -- The Constantine village council adopted the 2021-2022 budget at a special meeting on March 29 with a 6-1 vote. Voting no was trustee Joe Faulkner.
Village manager Mark Honeysett said the taxable value of the village is $40,100,000, and set $4,036,719 as the budget amount.
The budget...
CENTREVILLE — As Centreville Public Schools prepares to build its strategic plan for the next five years, the public was invited Monday to give input on how the school creates their plan.
The school district hosted a public town hall for parents via Google Meet Monday night to discuss the plan and...
THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers police arrested a Sturgis man after a breaking and entering incident Friday.
According to the Three Rivers Police Department, at 8:15 a.m. Friday, officers were called to a breaking and entering in progress. The homeowner reportedly told police a subject broke into their...
LOCKPORT TWP. — The area of M-60 and Schweitzer Road in Lockport Township got a bit stinky late Wednesday morning after a manure truck turned over, causing some of its contents to spill out.
According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were called around 11:22 a.m. to the...