DETROIT (AP) — A "well-organized machine" of thieves appears to be behind the theft of tons of apples and pumpkins from orchards and farms in Michigan and Indiana, according to authorities.
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WHITE PIGEON, Mich. — A police officer from the Bristol Police Department fatally shot a man who rammed his patrol car following a pursuit across the state line into White Pigeon early Friday.
LANSING, Mich. — Aerial treatment covering more than 557,000 acres targeting 14 counties has been completed to help combat eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.
CASSOPOLIS, Mich. — A Cass County jury found a Cassopolis man guilty Wednesday of receiving and concealing a 1996 Ram pickup truck that had been stolen from an Elkhart business.
UNION, Mich. — A 19-year-old Shipshewana woman drowned in a Cass County lake Tuesday night while swimming with friends.
STURGIS, Mich. — An Elkhart man was arrested in Michigan following a vehicle pursuit Saturday afternoon.
THREE RIVERS, Mich. — Police are investigating the death of a 1-year-old girl who drowned Thursday in a pool at her home despite safety precautions taken by the family.
MASON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — An ATV crash on private property in the 20000 block of Old M205 in Mason Township injured an Edwardsburg man.
VANDALIA, Mich — A 50-year-old Aurora, Illinois, man was transported to Elkhart General Hospital in critical condition Saturday after being knocked off a dock by his sons and into the water at Donnell Lake.
NEWBERG TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 28-year-old man riding in the bed of a pickup truck fell out when the driver drove through a curve.
MARSHALL, Mich. — Two children were killed and two others were seriously injured Friday when a pickup truck rear-ended their horse-drawn carriage in Branch County's Algansee Township, police said.
A damaged truck sits on the side of the road after an accident involving a horse-drawn carriage on Friday, June 7, 2019 in California Township, Mich. Michigan State Police said the pick up truck was headed southbound when the driver rear ended an Amish, horse-drawn carriage. Two adults and f…
PORTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A Bristol man was injured Sunday morning in a hit-and-run crash in Porter Township, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.
PORTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A Cass County man was injured Saturday while standing inside his garage when a driver on the road lost control and crashed into the garage, according to Cass County Sheriff Richard J. Behnke.
JONES, Mich. — An Elkhart man drove into a pond after experiencing a medical issue Tuesday morning, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.
EDWARDSBURG, Mich. — Police were looking for subjects who fired shots through a window early Saturday and injured a homeowner who refused to come outside to talk with them.
DOWAGIAC, Mich. — Southwestern Michigan College’s $9.6-million nursing project remains on track for Nov. 1 completion, according to college officials.
DOWAGIAC, Mich. — Southwestern Michigan College student Ethan Pawelski, of Cassopolis, Michigan, earned a $2,500 scholarship as national Student Developer Champion for software development at the League for Innovation in the Community College’s conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
VANDALIA, Mich. — A woman hiking the trails at TK Lawless Park with her dog required the help of Cass County deputies after being unable to find her way out.
DOWAGIAC, Mich. — “Mean and surly.” Those are the words Raynelle Turpin wants on her husband’s tombstone.
CENTREVILLE, MICH. — It won’t be long before agricultural students will be gaining valuable first-hand experience actually farming over 65 tillable acres of ground on the campus of Glen Oaks Community College.
DELHI TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Sidestepping the debate over gun laws, Michigan’s law enforcement and education leaders on Thursday proposed a $120 million security plan that includes staffing schools with more police and counselors in light of last month’s shooting massacre at a Florida high school.
DOWAGIAC, Mich. — Southwestern Michigan College debuted its remodeled and enlarged art gallery at a reception on Feb. 14 by showcasing alumna Jessika Clement’s series of eight outsized oil paintings, “The Generous Deceit of Elusive Darkness.”
EDWARDSBURG, Mich. — The Edwardsburg Board of Education has officially begun their search for a new superintendent.
CASSOPOLIS — Join the SWxSW Corner CISMA for a free event on forest pests and tree health FROM 6 - 7 P.M. on Feb. 6 at the Cassopolis Main Library.
CASSOPOLIS, Mich. — A 40-year-old Edwardsburg, Michigan resident died Monday in a single vehicle accident.
LANSING, Mich. — In the capital of the U.S. auto industry, drivers have been slow to accept that more Americans are choosing bicycles over cars for commuting or for fun and exercise.
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Daniel Albert Dolan, 52, of Cassopolis, died Friday at the scene of a two car accident.
DOWAGIAC, Michigan _ Michigan Budget Director Al Pscholka celebrated his 57th birthday and construction of a $9.6-million nursing building Sept. 6 at Southwestern Michigan College.
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ELKHART COUNTY — Regional law enforcement agencies responded to multiple accidents involving injuries over the weekend.
CASSOPOLIS, MICHIGAN _ On Tuesday, the Cass County Prosecutor's office announced that 59 charges had been filed against a Union, Michigan man, who is considered by the court system as an habitual offender.
CASSOPOLIS, Michigan _ There has always been a certain mystique associated with the wild horses of the American West, perpetuated by old-style western movies, television shows and novels. This weekend in Cassopolis, Michigan, people will have the opportunity to capture a part of that mystiqu…
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MOTTVILLE, Mich. — A fire that raged in Mottville for five days was finally extinguished on Friday.
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MOTTVILLE, Mich. — A large fire burning at a mulch manufacturing facility north of Bristol could be seen for miles away.
CASSOPOLIS — A child died after a farming accident north of Cassopolis on Wednesday afternoon.
EDWARDSBURG — A Cassopolis motorcyclist was seriously injured after hitting a deer just north of Edwardsburg on Wednesday.
EDWARDSBURG — An Elkhart woman was injured after a car pulled out in front of her motorcycle, causing her to lose control and crash.
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CASS COUNTY, Mich. — A Bristol man was fighting for his life Friday night after a crash on U.S. 12 in Michigan that left a Cassopolis man dead.
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CASS COUNTY, Mich. — A Cassopolis man died and other person was seriously injured after a crash along U.S. 12 northeast of Simonton Lake on Friday.
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CONSTANTINE, Mich. -- A Plymouth woman was arrested after ramming a police patrol car and another car during a chase around Constantine, Michigan, late Wednesday.
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CASSOPOLIS, Mich. — A 2-year-old received serious head injuries from being mauled by a dog at a home near Cassopolis, Michigan, on Sunday.
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JONES, Mich. — An Elkhart woman is accused of running away from a crash inside a campground south of Jones, Mich., on Saturday evening while drunk.
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MASON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police say an Elkhart man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his father to death on State Line Road Monday evening.
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MASON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police say an Elkhart man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a relative to death on State Line Road on Monday evening.
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SHIPSHEWANA — Investigators have linked a Feb. 10 gun store burglary in Shipshewana to an expansive three-county web of criminal activity involving a Middlebury man who police say assaulted a Michigan State Police trooper.
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DOWAGIAC, Mich. — Southwestern Michigan College is preparing to break ground in May on a $9.6 million expansion of its Nursing and Health Education Building aiming to help the community college expand its programming and facilities for students in the Michiana area.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — A Middlebury man is accused of attacking a Michigan State Police trooper in Berrien County along with his brother on Monday.
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BRISTOL — A pickup truck stolen from the Bristol area, during the early morning hours of Sunday, was found hours later under water in Michigan.
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CASS COUNTY, Mich. — An invasive plant found around Southwest Michigan over the past several years stunts growth of native vegetation and could be fatal for developing Monarch butterflies.
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