St. Joseph County Commissioner Dennis Allen has been removed from the county board’s law enforcement committee. The measure was approved by a 4-3 vote during Tuesday’s board of commissioners meeting. Commissioner Rusty Baker proposed the motion during “Commissioner Comments.” He said Allen running for sheriff while serving as chair of the law enforcement committee is a conflict of interest. Allen, …

Former Fabius Township supervisor Ken Linn was sentenced Tuesday for a 2010 sexual assault. Nearly 14 years after the crime, Kalamazoo County Circuit Court Judge Barnard sentenced Linn to between 18 and 50 years, according to WWMT. Linn, 57, of Three Rivers, was previously found guilty of sexually assaulting a Sauganash Country Club golf cart beverage cart driver in August …

A 70-year-old man was found guilty of his ninth attempted bank robbery on Tuesday. WSBT-TV said South Bend resident Dennis Love wore a t-shirt that read “Cleverly Disguised as an Adult” while robbing Fifth Third Bank in Cassopolis Feb. 27, 2023. A Cass County jury convicted Love of bank robbery and larceny in a building. According to the Cass County …

Avelo Airlines has temporarily discontinued its non-stop service between Kalamazoo and Orlando. Airport director Craig Williams said the airline’s last flight between the two locations was April 8. He said no flights were canceled, as Avelo simply made tickets available through April 8 and not beyond. Williams said Avelo scaled back its Florida flights from several Midwest locations, citing the …

National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual “Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive” is less than a month away and volunteers are being sought by a Kalamazoo-based agency. Oliver Knuth, volunteer coordinator for Salvation Army of Kalamazoo County, said the collection is May 11. Carriers collect non-perishable food donations left by mailboxes and in post offices, and deliver them to local …

Sturgis city residents are being reminded the city’s department of public services started flushing hydrants this week as part of regular maintenance. Crews will flush hydrants today in the area south of West Chicago Road and west of South Nottawa Street. On Thursday, the area north of West Chicago Road and west of North Nottawa Street will be serviced. The …

Marvin L Fuller, age 88, of Constantine, died on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at Edgewood Nursing Home in Three Rivers. He was born September 17, 1935 in Mendon, a son of Orley and Evelyn (Criswell) Fuller. Marvin graduated from Constantine High School in 1953. On May 26, 1957 he married Josefa “Jo” Schreiber at the Constantine United Methodist Church. Marvin …

St. Joseph County will have the luxury of time and leeway to decide what to do with more than $800,000 in remaining funds it was issued through the federal government. During last week’s executive committee meeting, finance director Angie Steinman said she was recently provided an update on a matter related to American Rescue Plan Act money county officials have …

Volunteers will fan out across lower Michigan starting this weekend to give state highway roadsides their first cleaning of 2024. The program began in Michigan in 1990. Today, around 2,900 groups have adopted more than 6,000 miles of state highway. In a typical year, volunteers collect 60,000 to 70,000 bags of trash, an estimated $5 million value for the state. …

Here’s a reminder that the second phase of U.S. 131 roadwork begins Monday in southern Kalamazoo County. Michigan Department of Transportation’s Nick Schirripa said the work will impact traffic flow in and around the village of Schoolcraft, as well as at a key intersection further north at Shaver Road. The seven-month project comes after MDOT crews in 2023 completed the …