SODUS — Three people who were involved in a fatal crash in Sodus Township earlier this week were identified by police Wednesday.

ST. JOSEPH — An emergency motion for a temporary restraining order against the Berrien County Health Department’s mask mandate in pre-K to 12th grade education settings was denied last week by Berrien County Trial Court Judge Dennis Wiley.

ST. JOSEPH — Allan Martin Jr. is remorseful and has the capacity for rehabilitation, a forensic psychologist testified Tuesday in a hearing that could potentially free him from prison.

John Egelhaaf knew he wanted to move to Southwest Michigan due to vacationing with his family in the area.

ST. JOSEPH — Berrien County commissioners may have no authority over the health department’s face mask mandate in schools, but that doesn’t mean they agree with the order.

ST. JOSEPH — When Michigan Lutheran High School Principal Matt Herbst saw the first of the construction vehicles arrive Thursday afternoon, he started jumping for joy while teaching class.

ST. JOSEPH — About 30 percent of Spectrum Health Lakeland staff members have just over a month before they must receive a COVID-19 vaccine or face losing their job.

ST. JOSEPH — A trial date has been set for a former Benton Harbor Boys & Girls Clubs employee who is accused of assaulting a St. Joseph High School student.

ST. JOSEPH — Royalton Township is in good financial condition, an audit presented by Kruggel Lawton CPAs stated.

ST. JOSEPH — The social district approved by the St. Joseph City Commission in May brought significant economic benefit to the downtown without causing any problems, the city commission learned Monday.

ST. JOSEPH — A free outdoor gym may one day be in Eaton Park in St. Joseph Township.

ST. JOSEPH — St. Joseph Public Schools is nearly at its pre-pandemic enrollment count.

ST. JOSEPH — Every day for Sherron Rimpson is different.

ST. JOSEPH — Berrien County residents can bring unwanted foam, electronics and household chemicals to the parking lot of Silver Beach County Park next weekend for recycling and safe disposal.

ST. JOSEPH — The Humane Society of Southwestern Michigan is doing its part to help up to 10 dogs displaced by Hurricane Ida to find new homes.

ST. JOSEPH — A two-day kayak journey to raise awareness against domestic violence started Friday morning at Silver Beach in St. Joseph.

ST. JOSEPH — The public is invited to help celebrate at the St. Joseph River Yacht Club this weekend as the boats come in for the Tri-State Regatta.

ST. JOSEPH — A Benton Harbor man will spend at least nine years in prison for the Dec. 8, 2020, shooting death of another man.

ST. JOSEPH — Dr. Sherry O’Donnell hasn’t slowed down since Aug. 14, when a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit Haiti.

ST. JOSEPH — United Federal Credit Union now serves over 180,000 members across six states. But at its founding, the bank was just a lockbox, stored in a Whirlpool building, a news release stated.

After 22 years as a St. Joseph city commissioner, including the last eight years as mayor, Mike Garey is setting down the gavel and stepping aside.

ST. JOSEPH — Fewer homes were sold in July, but the ones that did sell were well above the normal range.

ST. JOSEPH — A pop-up event to gather community input about the four historical statues to be placed in Benton Harbor and St. Joseph next year will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Purpose Church Ministries, 710 E. Main St., Benton Harbor.

ST. JOSEPH — Caitlin Sampsell may now be the director of Berrien County 911 Dispatch, but as a child, she never imagined herself in this career.

ST. JOSEPH — The St. Joseph school board voted unanimously Monday to require masks, regardless of vaccination status, as part of the district’s return-to-learn plan.

ST. JOSEPH — The donation came out of left field, for the two St. Joseph fields.

ST. JOSEPH — Superintendent Jennifer Fee emphasized Thursday that the St. Joseph school district will be adaptable with its fall COVID-19 guidelines.

ST. JOSEPH — Masks are back in session.

ST. JOSEPH — A Dial-A-Ride bus collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Niles and Botham avenues in the early afternoon Wednesday.

ST. JOSEPH — Royalton Township officials laid building blocks for their banking switch from TCF Bank to United Federal Credit Union on Tuesday.

ST. JOSEPH — The St. Joseph City Commission has authorized city staff to apply for an Economic Development Administration grant to help fund the reconstruction of Upton Drive from the St. Joseph River to Momany Drive.

ST. JOSEPH — The St. Joseph City Commission has joined in on a plan to establish a Harbor Coalition that would coordinate the dredging of the upper portion of the St. Joseph River and future waterway projects.

ST. JOSEPH — Chalk it up to Mother Nature.

ST. JOSEPH — The mobile command center for the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office isn’t very mobile anymore and needs to be replaced, county commissioners were told Thursday as they toured the vehicle.

ST. JOSEPH — The trailers that have been at the center of a years-long dispute between Royalton Township and Patricia Quattrin have been sold, township officials confirmed this week.

ST. JOSEPH — Hanson Logistics, a temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics provider, was acquired by Lineage Logistics, the company announced Thursday.

ST. JOSEPH — Cornerstone Alliance revealed a long-awaited project Tuesday to show visitors that Southwest Michigan is the place to live, work and thrive.

ST. JOSEPH — Six candidates are moving on to the November general election to contend for three seats on the St. Joseph City Commission.

ST. JOSEPH — Caroline Tubman couldn’t view money the same after coming home from the Dominican Republic.

ST. JOSEPH — For years, St. Joseph Township has included a vactor truck in its future capital equipment planning to be used for sewer cleaning and emergency sewer backups.

A typical day in the life of Kevin Hester can include an early morning stop at the beach to pray, a shift as a Berrien County sheriff’s deputy or corporal for the St. Joseph Department of Public Safety, answering calls to serve people as pastor of The Shore Church in St. Joseph, and leading …

ST. JOSEPH — Chalk artists will take over Broad Street in downtown St. Joseph next weekend for the annual Chalk the Block event.

ST. JOSEPH — Spectrum Health, the parent health system of Spectrum Health Lakeland, will require all of its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

ST. JOSEPH — St. Joseph City Manager John Hodgson received a glowing evaluation, a contract extension and a raise all in one night.

ST. JOSEPH — U.S. Rep. Fred Upton’s candidate committee had more than $600,000 in receipts from Jan. 1 to June 30, according to Federal Election Commission reports filed Monday.

ST. JOSEPH — The St. Joseph City Commission gave its nod of approval Monday for an incoming restaurant to apply for an on-premise tasting room license.

BENTON HARBOR — The Bicentennial Bridge on Main Street was shut down for repairs for roughly four hours Monday.