Government

Sturgis Interim City Manager Andrew Kuk last week accepted an offer from the city commission to become city manager on a permanent basis. Kuk has served for more than 15 years as assistant city manager, assuming the interim primary role in January after former manager Mike Hughes accepted a new management position at a local manufacturing company. The city commission …

Michigan State Police troopers are investigating the larceny of a snowmobile trailer taken last month from a location in Sherman Township. Troopers were dispatched recently to a residence in the 64000 block of Prairie Lake Road, where the victim told authorities the theft occurred Feb. 18. The trailer is silver/aluminum in color, has a single axle and silver wheels. The …

Police in Calhoun County say an apartment resident acted in self-defense when he fatally shot a man breaking into his apartment. A person made a distress call about the break-in about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday from the Georgetown Estates Apartments in Battle Creek, police said. The intruder, Donald Richard Guthrie, age 40, of Fulton, was taken to Bronson Methodist Hospital in …

A Lockport Township man was released on a $60,000 bond Tuesday night following arraignment on six felony charges related to a raid on his Lockport Township home last weekend. Princeton Potts, 41, was arrested after a search warrant was executed at his residence in the 18000 block of South River Road, where officers found a large quantity of meth and …

Michigan State Police troopers are investigating a breaking-and-entering incident that took place in Sherman Township. Investigators were called to the 22000 block of Featherstone Road in response to the theft of multiple items – including a firearm – early Wednesday afternoon. Authorities said additional items were taken from a garage.

A bank in Cassopolis was robbed Monday. Cassopolis Police Chief Todd McMichael said officers were notified that a suspect entered Fifth Third Bank on South Broadway Street at 4 p.m. and demanded cash from a teller. After a teller filled some plastic grocery bags with cash, the suspect left on foot. Witnesses said he was wearing a motorcycle helmet. He …

Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a larceny from a vehicle incident that took place in Nottawa Township. Investigators said deputies were called Tuesday morning to the 22000 block of Riverside Drive. A number of undisclosed items were taken, authorities said.

St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite was arrested over the weekend on an alcohol-related offense in Schoolcraft Township. Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office officials said the 47-year-old Flowerfield Township resident was arrested after he was involved in a two-vehicle crash shortly before 2:30 a.m. Sunday on U.S. 131, south of West XY Avenue. Investigators said Lillywhite was headed south when his …

The 2022 deer hunting season has officially come to a close. Kicking off with the Liberty Hunt Sept. 9 and finishing with the urban deer hunt in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, which ended Jan. 31, it was a memorable season for Michigan deer hunting. It was a year of firsts in 2022, highlighted by the requirement that successful hunters …

When the texts began coming in about a shooter at Michigan State University, training that many students started receiving as schoolchildren automatically kicked in. They ran. They found a place to hide. They locked and barricaded the doors. They turned out the lights. Then they waited as a gunman who killed three students and wounded five more eluded police for about four hours. …