Michigan on Wednesday recorded all-time high COVID-19 case counts, reporting nearly 13,000 a day — almost a third more than the peak set more than a year ago. The two-day average was 12,929, some 3,100 infections above the nearly 9,800 from a single day in November 2020. The explosive growth came as the state already grapples with a fourth, months-long …

Gerald Melville, age 98, of Marcellus, passed away peacefully at home with his family on Tuesday, December 28, 2021. He was born October 20, 1923, in South Bend to Edmund Marshall Melville and Mabel Johnson Melville. He graduated from Three Rivers High School and served in the US Army from 1943 to 1946 and is a WWII Veteran. His first …

Beverly Jean Sherburn, age 79, of Mendon, passed away on Monday, December 27, 2021 at ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital. Beverly was born January 16, 1942 in Marcellus to Raymond and Twilla (Oxley) Wright. She graduated from Marcellus High School in 1960. On September 17, 1960 she married Leland Glea Sherburn, Jr. in Roseland, IN. They had been married for 60 …

Jean A Wilson, age 80, of White Pigeon, died on Monday, December 27, 2021. Arrangements by Farrand Funeral Home.

Luella Blanche (Whitmill) Hein, age 95, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Dec. 24, 2021 at home. Lou, as she was affectionately called, was born Oct. 18, 1926, in Temperance, Michigan, to Blanche (Teall) and Orin M. Whitmill. After graduation in 1944, she met and married Herman H. Hein on July 14, 1945 in Washington, D.C. They …

Kevin Mark Gillette, age 63, of Sturgis, passed away on December 21, 2021 at Bronson Battle Creek Hospital due to to complication of COVID-19. He was born January 14, 1958 in Bryan, Ohio son of Clyde and JoAnn (Collins) Gillette. Kevin was a lifelong Sturgis resident and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class or 1976. In 1978 …

Sharon Ann Marks Marchand, age 55, of Sturgis, passed away on December 24, 2021 at her home. She was born April 15, 1966 in Sturgis, daughter of the late Jerry and Dianna Carol (Bauman) Marks. Sharon resided most of her life in Sturgis. On September 24, 2017 she married Scott Marchand in Sturgis. She had been employed by Thurston Woods …

A 39-year-old Three Rivers resident died after being struck by a car while crossing a street in Three Rivers. According to a department media release, local police officers were called shortly after 5:30 p.m. Monday to the intersection of North Main and Cushman streets. The pedestrian was crossing North Main Street when struck by a southbound vehicle. The pedestrian was …

Michigan public schools can use non-teaching staff as substitute teachers the rest of the academic year under a law designed to address a shortage during the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday that she signed the bill last week, calling it a “temporary stopgap” in a letter to lawmakers. It lets secretaries, paraprofessionals and other school employees without a teaching certificate work as …

An animal shelter in southeast Michigan has been inundated with hundreds of parakeets. The Detroit Animal Welfare Group in Romeo said in a Facebook post that the small, colorful birds were dropped off Thursday night, The Detroit News reported. “We were in shock also but could not turn them away as they were all crammed in seven cages and smothering each …