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Pedestrian died when struck by vehicle

A 68-year-old Cass County man died after he was struck by a vehicle last week in Porter Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were called shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday to U.S. 12 and Union Road in the community of Union. Investigators said a vehicle driven by Anne Lowry, 39, of Constantine, was heading west on U.S. 12 when it …

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Christmas light attraction opens

A popular tourist community in Michiana has opened its annual Christmas light display for the season. Shipshewana’s Lights of Joy, a drive-through experience featuring more than two million LED Christmas lights, opened over the weekend. Displayed in a newly expanded, mile-and-a-half-long symphony of various light scenes, Lights of Joy will re-open Friday and Saturday. After that, the lights will be …

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Sturges-Young Center for the Arts closes for rest of year

Sturges-Young Center for the Arts has announced it will be closed for the remainder of 2020 due to COVID- 19 restrictions. With the temporary discontinuation of indoor dining, the center will be closed to minimize operational costs, and help to keep patrons and staff safe. The weekly Sunday brunch will return in January. Auditorium officials said the FOP “Country Music …

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Michigan panel grants parole to man convicted of killing three

A man who was a teenager when he admitted killing three young women in 1972 has been granted parole by the Michigan Parole Board nearly a half-century after the slayings. The parole board notified the victims’ relatives that Brent Koster, 64, was granted parole on Nov. 10. The Kalamazoo area man will be released from prison on Jan. 21 after …

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Michigan leader: Trump didn’t ask for election interference

President Donald Trump did not ask Michigan Republican lawmakers to “break the law” or “interfere” with the election during a meeting at the White House, a legislative leader said Sunday, a day before canvassers plan to meet about whether to certify Joe Biden’s 154,000-vote victory in the battleground state. House Speaker Lee Chatfield was among seven GOP legislators who met with …

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Out and About – Week of November 23rd

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. We have been through some very difficult times since the arrival of Covid-19, yet we still have much to be thankful for, because we are working together to get through this difficult time. If you haven’t experienced this virus, you have an awful lot to be thankful …

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Michigan election staff recommend certification of Biden win

Michigan’s election agency on Friday recommended that the Nov. 3 results be certified next week by state canvassers, a decision that would bless Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump but likely not cool partisan strife over the vote. The recommendation was posted online with the formal Monday meeting notice of the Board of State Canvassers. The guidance came at …

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Michigan legislators meet with President Trump

President Donald Trump sought to leverage the power of the Oval Office on Friday in an extraordinary attempt to block President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, but his pleas to Michigan lawmakers to overturn the will of their constituents appeared to have left them unswayed. Trump summoned a delegation of the battleground state’s Republican leadership, including the Senate majority leader and House …

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Judge declines to halt Michigan’s new indoor dining ban

A judge on Friday declined to halt a three-week ban on indoor dining in Michigan that is one of the most recent coronavirus restrictions imposed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration. The state health department, meanwhile, reported a new daily high of confirmed COVID-19 cases, 9,779, and 53 additional deaths as the virus continued to spike. In his ruling, U.S. District …

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