Like a good neighbor, my insurance company has given me a few suggestions about what not to store in my basement. I don’t have a basement, but for those who do, I’m passing these ideas on to you, and I don’t even sell insurance. Jot these down, then pass them on to your neighbors: If your basement is unfinished and …

Indiana Michigan Power has restored power to 94 percent of customers who lost service on Sunday and is working to restore the remainder. Crews have restored power to all South Bend/Elkhart area customers affected by Sunday’s high winds. In Muncie, Marion and Fort Wayne combined, fewer than 100 customers remained to be restored as of 4 p.m.  Monday.  I&M is …

After falling to the Cincinnati Cyclones by a score of 5-1 on Wednesday evening, the Kalamazoo Wings continued their four-game road trip as they headed to Independence, Missouri for a Saturday night match-up against the Kansas City Mavericks. Brandon Anselmini got things going early in the first period for the K-Wings as he found a loose puck in front of …

Lawmakers who want Michigan to no longer automatically try 17-year-olds as adults are pointing to its outlier status as among the reasons to pass bipartisan bills to “raise the age.” Michigan is among four states whose default is to treat 17-year-olds as adults in criminal proceedings. There is a growing consensus that 17-year-olds are better off in the juvenile justice …

Margaret L. Wayne, age 93, of Three Rivers passed away on Friday, February 22, 2019 at Grace Healthcare Center. She was born on September 5, 1925 the only daughter of Clarence and Maude (Munser) Becker. Margaret was united in marriage to Richard E. Wayne. In the early years of her marriage she babysat many young children of working parents. Later …

Police say a northern Indiana pilot died after his small plane hit power lines and crashed in a farm field in northern Indiana. Elkhart County Sheriff Jeff Siegel says 55-year-old Neal Myers of Middlebury died in the crash Thursday night about 2 miles east of Goshen Municipal Airport. FAA spokesman Tony Molinaro told The Goshen News that Myers was practicing …

Michigan State Police and utilities are warning people high winds could cause power outages on Sunday. The National Weather Service says a high wind watch is in effect from Saturday night through Sunday night in southern and eastern Michigan including the Thumb region. It says sustained west winds of 30-40 mph with gusts as high as 60 mph are possible. …

Myrtle “Sally”Carroll, age 92, of Constantine, died on Friday, February 22, 2019 at Grace Health Care of Three Rivers. She was born November 8, 1926 in Harrison, Maine a daughter of Robert and Grace Higgins. On July 26, 1952 Sally married Franklin R. Carroll at Holy Cross Church in Rochester, N.Y. Surviving are her daughters:  Suzanne Manzo of Bolivia, NC, …

Jack William Armstrong, age 61, of Marcellus, passed away Thursday afternoon, on February 21, 2019. Jack was born May 13, 1957, in Charlevoix, Michigan the son of Joseph Allen and Melva Marie (Pardee) Armstrong. On February 26, 1977, he married Kay M. Valitchka, in Jones, whom together had one daughter: Carrie (David) Hiemstra of Marcellus, who survives. Also surviving is …

A Michigan woman who wrote a letter to her family in 1974 has been reunited with the tattered note after it was finally delivered to the home where her family lived years ago. WOOD-TV reports that Mary Vaughan Brady of Grand Rapids received the letter Thursday. The man who now lives at the home, Evan Koons, found the worn and …