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The White Pigeon Collaboration Team has postponed its monthly meeting – originally scheduled for this evening – until next Tuesday. Team member Perri Saunders said the meeting will still begin at 6:30 p.m. at the White Pigeon Township Library. Saunders said the group is looking for ways to improve White Pigeon through representation that involves the library, village, school, township, …

Experts are meeting in Ann Arbor this week to discuss a tsunami warning system for the Great Lakes. Scientists say tsunamis happen on the lakes, although many are too small to notice. In fact, the lakes average 106 such events a year. In the oceans, tsunamis are caused by earthquakes. Great Lakes tsunamis result from rapid changes in barometric pressure …

An unidentified 34-year-old man was seriously injured early Monday when he was stabbed in the neck at a home on Constantine Street, just south of Broadway, on the south side of Three Rivers. St. Joseph County Prosecutor John McDonough said a 28-year-old man and the victim were arguing when the incident occurred. The victim was taken to Three Rivers Health …

State Rep. Aaron Miller has announced funding for two local trail projects were included in a bill approved last week by the Michigan House for recreation projects and land acquisition. Thanks to the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, an allotment in excess of $913,000 will pay for development of a trail from the Three Rivers Health Trail in the city …

An 18-year-old Elkhart man was not injured after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a house last week in Lockport Township. Sheriff’s deputies said the driver was heading east on M-60 when his vehicle went off the road shortly after 1:30 a.m. Thursday in an area near Haines Road. He told deputies he swerved to prevent his vehicle from …

The St. Joseph County Conservation District is seeking volunteers to assist with the second of its seven river cleanup events. The next cleanup will be Saturday on a stretch of the St. Joseph River from Jacksonburg Road in Leonidas Township to M-66. The three-mile route continues from a June 10 cleanup that started on North Farrand Road in Colon Township. …

St. Joseph County commissioners appear open to the idea of requesting the deed on a property being considered for senior housing and a new Commission On Aging headquarters. In response to a report presented by COA director Tim Stoll during Wednesday’s executive committee meeting, commissioners agreed that pursuing the former Three Rivers Inn hotel would be a worthwhile endeavor. The …

A 19-year-old Indiana man was involved in a motorcycle crash Friday last week in Fawn River Township. The victim, Brent Hershberger of LaGrange, was involved in the accident that took place on Kime Road near Stoney Road. Investigators said Hershberger misjudged a curve and crashed the cycle. He was thrown from the bike and later taken to Parkview LaGrange Hospital.

The Cass County drug enforcement team searched a home last week in the 54000 block of Indian Lake Road and discovered marijuana. Sheriff’s deputies said the June 8 raid yielded processed marijuana and marijuana growing outside in the garden. Officers also found several deer antlers, animal pelts and an untagged turkey in the freezer. The Department of Natural Resources was …

Authorities say a fire chief has died after he was struck by a passing vehicle while responding to a reported crash along I-94 in southwestern Michigan. The Kalamazoo County sheriff’s department says its officers and the Comstock Township fire department responded Wednesday night and found an unoccupied vehicle along the eastbound lanes. They were preparing to leave when the passing …