Centreville, MI

ELKHART — A former Concord High School teacher has been charged with more than a dozen counts of sex crimes after he made sexual requests of and groped students during a class at the school in May, court documents say. The teacher, Andrew Cowells, 47, was fired from the Concord...

CASS COUNTY, Mich. – Two people were arrested after a search by the Cass County Drug Enforcement Team found methamphetamine and ecstasy, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office reported. On Wednesday, detectives performed a search warrant on a residence in the 70000 block of Oak Drive in Ontwa Township. While investigating,...

ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. – The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating an Elkhart man they believe is with 15-year-old Sydney Gunter, who was last seen on June 7. Gunter was last seen at an address in the Elkhart County area at 2:30 a.m. on...

LAGRANGE, Ind. – On June 21 at approximately 11:40 p.m., the LaGrange County Sheriff’s deputies arrived to the area of 1100 East and 300 North after receiving a call concerning a trailer with a John Deere Gator parked on it. When deputies arrived on the scene, they located and recovered...

KALAMAZOO, MI – The fire at an abandoned commercial building in Kalamazoo on Sunday is being investigated as suspicious. The fire was reported at 4:30 a.m. Sunday, June 20, at 20 Mills St. in Kalamazoo’s Eastside neighborhood. When Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers arrived on scene, the fire was...

SPRINGFIELD, Mich. — During a fight at Custer Party Store in Springfield, a man pulled out a knife and stabbed another man Tuesday, June 22, 2021. Calhoun County deputies said in a written statement that the victim was stabbed six to seven times in the back, and was taken to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo for treatment.

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI – After a child wandered out of a playground and into traffic at a Kalamazoo-area daycare, the state has suspended its license. The license for Heather’s Little Wonders Daycare, located near the intersection of North 44th Street and East D Avenue (M-89) in Ross Township, was suspended June 22, a news release from Licensing and Regulatory Affairs said. The department plans to revoke the license held by daycare owner Heather Putt, the release said.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety postponed a planned three-on-three basketball tournament and career fair Wednesday. Public safety representatives said June 23, 2021, the event would move to Saturday, July 17, three weeks after its planned date of Saturday, June 26. The event: PAL Program strengthens relationship...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Greenleaf Hospitality Group is hiring at all 14 of its dining, hospitality and entertainment businesses in the Kalamazoo area, and the company announced Wednesday it is increasing its starting minimum wage for all tipped and non-tipped employees. The company’s starting wage for all tipped employees has increased...

VICKSBURG, MI — The Kalamazoo Farmers Market is not the only market that has relocated temporarily as a result of renovations to the facilities along Bank Street in Kalamazoo. The Bank Street Flea Market, once held every Wednesday at the site, is also at a new locale. The flea market...

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County Administrator Bud Norman says the front doors of the Branch County Courthouse will be unlocked starting on Thursday. The front door has been locked to provide so that security could process citizens through the first level of COVID-19 screening. Norman says the County is discontinuing this level as of Thursday.

ONTWA TOWNSHIP — Two individuals have been arrested following a drug bust in Ontwa Township. The Cass County Drug Enforcement Team announced that on Wednesday, detectives executed a search warrant in the 70000 block of Oak Drive in Ontwa Township. Upon further investigation, detectives detained two individuals inside the residence....

Indiana State Police are, once again, issuing an alert for drivers to pay attention when approaching construction zones after a crash on the Indiana Toll Road. The collision happened late Tuesday afternoon, June 22, in LaGrange County when the driver of a semi pulling a car hauler failed to recognize stopped traffic alert of him and smashed into the back of another semi.

CONSTANTINE — A Father’s Day weekend tradition for the past several decades returned to Constantine this past weekend after a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Michigan Hydroplane Racing Association (MHRA) held their annual hydroplane boat races on the St. Joseph River at the Constantine American Legion Post 223 Saturday and Sunday.

On this episode of 'today I learned this about Kalamazoo', apparently bus racing is a thing around here. And it's popular!. Racing school buses around a track (or in some cases a figure 8) sounds like something that came straight out of Florida, but I'm here for it. This Saturday,...

THREE RIVERS, MI — The city of Three Rivers has received a $2 million grant to aid in the expansion of a local manufacturing plant expected to create 100 new jobs in the area. At least 51% of the 100 positions at American Axle & Manufacturing will be filled by...

Consumers Energy wants to close its remaining coal plants 15 years earlier than planned, the Michigan utility announced on Wednesday, June 23. The goal is to retire the company’s final five coal plants – which are near Holland and Bay City – by 2025 and buy four natural gas plants to replace the 2,000 megawatts of energy that would be lost.