Tony Wittkowski

The Southwestern Michigan Association of Realtors is pictured above.

More than 200 homes were sold in April, marking a first for the year in the Southwest Michigan housing market.

Police seized more than 31 firearms, along with cocaine, more than 100 Diazepam pills, and additional firearm components Monday at a Pipestone Township home.

Former prosecutor fills vacancy in pursuit of public service

Maarten Vonhof, director of the School of Environment Geography and Sustainability at Western Michigan University, explains how radio signal telemetry is used to search for tagged box turtles at Sarett

Maarten Vonhof, director of the School of Environment Geography and Sustainability at Western Michigan University, shows off a tagged box turtle Friday at Sarett Nature Center. The equipment helps Vonhof track the movements of box turtles on Sarett’s wildlife sanctuary.

St. Joseph resident and artist Kim Wood is currently working on several summer murals near Wally & Gertz along Silver Beach in St. Joseph.

STEVENSVILLE — A former Lincoln Township police officer has pled no contest to falsifying salvage vehicle inspections, according to the Michigan Attorney General’s Office.

BENTON HARBOR — The Present Pillars Foundation will host an Expungement Opportunity Fair next month at The Pillar Center in Benton Harbor.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Five years ago, Sarett Nature Center staff members began to realize they had an abnormal amount of box turtles throughout the Benton Township wildlife sanctuary.