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An expansion of production space is expected to bring more than 90 new jobs to Mendon's International Automotive Components over the next two years.

Constantine village trustee Gary Mathers said Monday he would have a recommendation at the next council meeting for how to handle a continuing problem with the depletion of the village sewer fund.
Mathers is chairman of the village’s ad hoc sewer committee. One option he mentioned was raising residents’ water bills a second time.
In a memo to the council, Mathers stated in March 2012 the [...]

LaGrange, Ind., will get a new business in the near future.

Investigators from the St. Joseph County Area Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant Tuesday at 28658 Bonham Road in Colon Township.

The St. Joseph County Animal Control Advisory Board had a lengthy list of accomplishments in 2012.

Jeff Johnson, a Centreville Village Council member who led research into the possibility of the purchase of a police vehicle for the village, recommended the purchase of a Tahoe at a meeting Monday.

Quick thinking by Pleasant Lake residents and a prompt response helped rescue a man who fell through the ice Thursday morning in Fabius Township.

Cass County Drug Enforcement Team searched a home Thursday night in the 13000 block of Carter Lake Street in Porter Township, near Union.
A search of the property resulted in the seizure of methamphetamine, marijuana, illegal prescription drugs, methamphetamine lab components and firearms.
Blayne Wolf, 47, and Barbara Balentine, 52, were at the home when the search was conducted, and were arrested on [...]

A Fort Wayne, Ind., woman was killed in one-vehicle crash Saturday on U.S. 20, about a half-mile west of LaGrange.

The village of Constantine was without water for about two hours today.

At an public hearing Wednesday, the Sturgis City Commission discussed the need for a street repair.

St. Joseph County treasurer Judith Ratering has agreed to participate in a state program designed to assist homeowners who have fallen behind on their property taxes.

The LaGrange County Health Department and the Indiana State Department of Health are investigating a chickenpox outbreak at Shipshewana Scott Elementary School in Shipshewana, Ind.
According to LaGrange County Health Officer Dr. Tony Pechin, there have been five cases documented at the school.
The local health department held a special vaccination clinic Wednesday for those who had been excluded from school.

Constantine Village Council on Monday narrowly approved another hike in its combined water-sewer bill to residents and businesses.

St. Joseph and Cass counties are poised to split the services of an equalization director.

Members of the Centreville Village Council are facing crunch time as they prepare the 2013-14 budget.

Chandler McBride never fathomed this is how his senior year would play out.

Budget challenges for the village of White Pigeon have cost village office manager Carol Gilbert her job.

Every Thursday at 4:30 p.m. those who want to buy or sell hay, straw or firewood gather at Nottawa Lumber in Nottawa and Fred Schwartz of Schwartz Auctions sells the items to the highest bidder.
On Thursday, round bales of hay went for $100, a record high, Schwartz said. Square bales are selling for $6-$8 each.
The size of the auction varies by the week, he said. On Thursday there were seven loads of hay and eight loads of firewood. The week before probably about 10 of [...]

The 2013 snowman-making contest is an example of the kind of community-friendly event Daysia Sterner enjoys about living in White Pigeon.

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