Cops & Courts
COLON — A Colon man is facing a homicide charge in the death of a woman earlier this month.
Michael Lafler, 35, was arraigned in St. Joseph County District Court Friday and charged with homicide in an Oct. 15 incident that took the life of 33-year-old Chelsea Wallen.
According to Colon police, on...
THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers will be on the lookout for a new police chief, and has hired a search firm to assist in the process.
According to a press release issued Tuesday, the CAUTION Group, based in Southgate, Mich., announced it would be working with the city to conduct its search for the new...
THREE RIVERS — St. Joseph County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a hit and run incident that occurred near the Three Rivers Municipal Dr. Haines Airport Tuesday evening.
According to the Sheriff’s Department, deputies were dispatched to a hit and run property damage incident at 6:56 p.m....
KALAMAZOO — A Kalamazoo County sheriff’s deputy with ties to the Three Rivers area was killed in the line of duty over the weekend.
According to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office, Ryan J. Proxmire, a 1999 TRHS graduate, Three Rivers resident and road patrol deputy for the department, suffered a...
CENTREVILLE — A 22-year-old Three Rivers man was sentenced in St. Joseph County Circuit Court last week in the shooting of a 17-year-old woman in Three Rivers in April of 2020.
Lee Parker Jr. was sentenced to a minimum of 17 years and six months and a maximum of 60 years for one count of assault...
THREE RIVERS — The driver of a semi-truck was hospitalized following a rollover crash on the south side of Three Rivers Thursday.
According to the Three Rivers Fire Department, the incident occurred around 9 a.m. on the curve of South Main Street near Sixth Street. The cause of the crash was...
CENTREVILLE — A brief status conference was held in St. Joseph County Circuit Court Monday in a church embezzlement case involving a Centreville public official.
Carol Kotschevar, the current Centreville village treasurer, made her first in-person court appearance Monday in the embezzlement case...
THREE RIVERS — An arrest was made Thursday in a shooting incident that happened earlier this month on the east side of Three Rivers.
According to the Three Rivers Police Department, 21-year-old Donovan Foster of Sturgis was arrested and charged with three counts of assault with intent to commit...
THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers police are seeking those involved in a shooting that occurred Monday night at Paul’s Pantry in Three Rivers.
According to the Three Rivers Police Department, at 9:06 p.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired in the parking lot of the corner store on East...
COLON — A 19-year-old Indiana man’s body was found Sunday after two days of searching following a drowning incident in Sturgeon Lake in Colon Saturday.
According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department, on Saturday at around 4:40 p.m., police responded to a call of an individual struggling in...