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Fire at St. Joseph County Grange Fair causes $2.8M in damages
CENTREVILLE, Mich. (WNDU) - A fire over the weekend at the St. Joseph County Grange Fair has caused about $2.8 million worth of damage. The fire happened on Saturday and resulted in the loss of the fairgrounds’ historic Barn #42. Centreville Fire Chief Dave Miracle says the fire was...
‘I want a second chance:’ Former prosecutor convicted of drunk driving files for election
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI -- Three candidates with a history at the St. Joseph County prosecuting attorney’s office are running to be the prosecutor. John McDonough is among those seeking election, running for the office he lost in 2020 after an alcohol-related crash. If you purchase a product or...
Three Rivers residents charged with labor trafficking woman for 8 years
Three people from Three Rivers have been charged for allegedly having labor trafficked a now 33-year-old woman brought to the United States from India under the auspices of marriage, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday. Ikbahl Singh Machhal, age 40, Kartar Chand, 67, and Shila Devi, 66, all of...
National Day of Prayer event to be held in Centreville
CENTREVILLE – A group of St. Joseph County women has put together a local observance centering on the upcoming National Day of Prayer. The local observance starts at noon Thursday outside the county courthouse and is scheduled to last about an hour. Vicki Allen, one of a core group...
Black shopper sues Walmart over alleged racist self-checkout incidents in Portage
PORTAGE, MI -- A Black resident claims he was unfairly scrutinized and detained because of his race while using a Walmart self-checkout, and now he has taken the retailer to court alleging humiliation and other damages. Dereck Marshall, 60, is a Black resident of Portage. He filed a lawsuit in...
Where will the Amazon data center workers live?
NEW CARLISLE, Ind. (WSBT) — The recently announced Amazon Data Control Center is expected to bring roughly 1,000 jobs to the area and the town of New Carlisle will soon have to adjust. With the potential of thousands of people headed to St. Joseph County to fill those positions,...
Centreville, Marcellus split baseball-softball double dip
CENTREVILLE — Centreville and Marcellus split a double header each in baseball and softball on Monday. The Centreville softball team won both games, 13-2 and 12-11. Abbe Wherrett led Centreville in the first game. She clubbed a home run, collected three total hits and drove in three. LilyAnn Lutz scored two hits with four...
Get your household hazardous waste ready for this event
CENTREVILLE – It didn’t take long a year ago to answer questions about whether a weekday collection of household hazardous waste would result in fewer contributions. “We certainly found out people don’t mind doing this on a weekday,” said Pat Kulikowski, event organizer and a member of the St. Joseph County Solid Waste Committee.
Mendon, Schoolcraft softball claim doubleheader sweeps
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — It was an impressive Tuesday on the diamond for the Mendon Hornets and Schoolcraft Eagles, as both softball teams came away with sweeps against the Colon Magi and Hackett Catholic Irish, respectively. The Hornets swept Colon with a pair of five inning shutouts, 11-0 in Game...
Sturgis boys track still unbeaten in dual meets this season
STURGIS — The Sturgis track and field teams continued their strong seasons on Tuesday evening. It was senior night for the Trojans. The boys won 78-59 over Edwardsburg and 110-27 over Niles and remain undefeated in the dual meet portion of the schedule. The Wolverine Conference determines the championship one-third dual meets and two-third the conference championship. ...
Sturgis girls track sets school mark in 800 relay
STURGIS — Another record was set by the Sturgis track and field team on Tuesday. This one came via the girls, where the 800 relay was broken. The team of Tenley Banaszak, Hannah Garbine, Adison Nettleman and Keyanna O'Tey combined to run a new-school record of 1:45.65, breaking the old mark by .38 seconds. ...
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