Classes resumed Monday without incident for Three Rivers High School students. The high school on Friday last week was placed into what district officails called a “soft lockdown” around 10 a.m. due to a school threat. Students at the high school were released for the day at 11:30 a.m. as a precaution. Superintendent Ron Moag said the district was able …

Michael Ray Zolen passed away on Friday, November 22, 2019 with loved ones close by his side.  He was born on September 15, 1964 in South Haven to Steven Zolen and Renita (Norman) Larkin. Mike graduated from Three Rivers High School in 1982. Mike’s work career began in Three Rivers at Wellington’s Paint Store, then moved to Kauszler’s  Hardware, and …

Megan Lee Miholer, age 45, of Three Rivers died unexpectedly on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 in Grand Junction, Colorado from complications of her long battle with kidney disease.  She was born in Three Rivers on February 5, 1974 to Thomas L. Miholer, Jr.  and Mary (Mathews) Miholer ( O’Connor). Megan grew up in a close knit neighborhood on Pine Street, …

It has been rumored that if you really want to see “Fall Colors”, you need to travel out east during the month of October. I discovered this to be more fact than fiction. The last weekend of October, found us traveling to Lebanon, Pennsylvania for a family reunion. Lebanon is east of Pittsburgh near Hershey. We traveled twelve hundred miles …

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Mary Kowalik, age 72, of Mendon, died Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019 at Ascension Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo with her family at her side. She was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany on Aug. 4, 1947 the daughter of John and Irene (Poetek) Ziolkowski. The family immigrated to the U.S. in 1951 and settled in the Kalamazoo area. She was married to …

Kenneth Gene Hargett Sr., age 84, of Sturgis, passed away Monday morning, November 18, 2019, at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. He was born June 26, 1935, in Augusta, Kentucky, son of the late Albert and the Rev. Mary Agnes (Bower) Hargett. Kenneth resided in Sturgis for the past 50 years, coming from College Corner, Ohio. On May 21, 1955, …

Patrick W. Welch, age 63, of Three Rivers, passed away November 1, 2019, due to complications of recently diagnosed Melanoma Cancer. The son of the late Homer and Virginia Welch, Patrick was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. Patrick attended West Seattle High School Class of 1974 and became a reservist in the National Guard. He spent many years working …

Marc David Yunker, age 75, of Sturgis, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. He was born Nov. 1, 1944, in Sturgis, to the late Paul and Grace (Brown) Yunker. Marc was a lifelong Sturgis resident and a 1963 graduate of Sturgis High School, where he excelled in athletics, especially wrestling. He furthered his education …

Ronald (Ron) Lee Summers, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2019, at the age of 76, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Centreville on September 26, 1943, to William Ronald and Evelyn Etna (Hill) Summers. Ron grew up in Leonidas, working at his parents Shell station.  That’s where he realized his love of cars and painted his …