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A federal appeals court said Friday that a jury should decide if officers used excessive force against a young man suspected of shoplifting and his mother when they entered a home without a warrant.

The “green roof” at Glen Oaks Community College seemed like a good idea when it was built in the mid-1960s.
But from the beginning, the vegetative roof leaked, said President Gary Wheeler.

Four big-ticket items at the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department auction of confiscated and drug-forfeiture property raised about half of the total amount grossed Saturday.

Zane Metzger, a 2010 Sturgis High School graduate, stopped by to see his sister Raven Hobson, who was in Laura Penner’s business class on Friday.
The thing is, Hobson hasn’t seen her brother since the summer of 2011 because he’s been with the U.S. Army in South Korea.
When Metzger walked in, Hobson was working on a project and didn’t notice at first. When she realized who it was she dropped her face into her hands and sobbed.

LaGrange County authorities are asking assistance from the community in a theft of 14 firearms, a combination of handguns and long guns, stolen from a home in northeastern LaGrange County.

Michigan State Police have issued an Amber Alert for 12-year-old Ryan William Mercie of Paw Paw.

Michigan State Police Paw Paw Post has canceled an Amber Alert for 12-year-old Ryan William Mercie. He returned home at 9 p.m. May 14.

A sign in the window at Save-A-Lot in Sturgis tells the story: The store has closed, as of Monday.

Two new fishing decks on either side of the Sturgis hydroelectric plant on the St. Joseph River are only the beginning of more than $1 million worth of amenities and natural preservation-measures by the city of Sturgis.

Nearly 20 residents spoke to Centreville Village Council on Wednesday in opposition to the Safe Routes to School sidewalk project.

It's a priceless photo-op, but for a serious cause.

The first sign of recovery for Curly’s Inc. was the removal of a pile of bricks and rubble from its East State Street location last week.

Two men, who allegedly stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of items then sold them as scrap, have been arrested, while a third is being sought in another state.

The value of farmland and the need for unobstructed irrigation are key factors behind fewer, lengthy tree lines that divide farm fields in St. Joseph County.

On Monday afternoon, Jean Singleton was riveted to The Weather Channel,

Residents in Colon no longer have to drive out of the village for a slice of their favorite pizza.

Irrigation in St. Joseph County has changed the way local farmers do business.

Local communities will celebrate Memorial Day with services and parades. Planned events include:

Bronson
At 9:30 a.m. the American Legion Post #259 begins the ceremonies at the gazebo park in the main four corners of town. At 10 a.m. a parade marches to Bronson City Cemetery for a ceremony which is repeated immediately after at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, south of town on Orland Road.

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Memorial Day is a day to remember those who died in service to the United States of America.
“I will always remember,” was the theme of Mike Wilson’s address Monday at ceremonies in Sturgis.

A 27-year-old Constantine man was airlifted to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo after a Friday afternoon crash.

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