Warnings: 44
April 4 at 7:38 a.m., a complaint was made about a vehicle passing a stopped school bus with lights flashing at the intersection of Luce Hill Road and Bouchard Road
April 4 at 11:53 a.m., a resident along South Marshall Road reported an internet scammer had contacted them looking for money.
April 4 at 12:39 p.m., police documented a family member who was asked to leave and left willingly from a residence along South Main Street.
April 4 at 3:39 p.m., a car hit a cyclist at the intersection of Pucker Street and West Hill Road. The cyclist was transported by Stowe EMS to Copley Hospital while the driver was issued a ticket for failing to yield while making a left turn.
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NILES â The old Pucker Street hydroelectric dam on the Dowagiac River is all gone, except for a retaining wall that contractors will remove this year. Demolition crews left by early March, and now crews must finish removing sediment, shift the river slightly to the west at the site and build a rock-strewn âriffleâ to improve fish habitat, the cityâs utilities manager, Jeff Dunlap, said.
If weather cooperates, he said, the city hopes to finish the nearly $12.5 million project by the end of the year.
The damâs removal had begun in September 2019 after several years of planning, pegged as critical since the aging structure, at some 90 years old, hadnât been used for more than 20 years and was a safety hazard. The opened river will allow fish species like steelhead, Chinook salmon, coho salmon, brown trout, white suckers, and walleye to finally reach upstream to 159 miles of river and tributaries, according to the Southwest Michigan Planning Commissi
Pedestrian on M51 killed retrieving her vehicle’s tire Photo courtesy Berrien County Sheriff\ s Office
BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. A woman whose tire came off her vehicle was killed when she crossed M51 to retrieve the tire, according to the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office.
Around 7 a.m. Thursday, first responders were called to M51 near Pucker Street for a vehicle crash.
When they arrived, they found 56-year-old Veronica Gary lying in the roadway.
She was transported to the hospital where she was later pronounced deceased.
The investigation revealed Gary’s rear tire had come loose while she was traveling north on M-51. As she pulled off the roadway, the tire came off the car and rolled across the roadway.