About 25 kids who are part of the Three Rivers Area Mentoring program participated in Saturday’s “Reeling in the Future” fishing event on Corey Lake. The ninth annual event allowed participants to spend the morning with volunteers who offered their time, watercraft and fishing expertise. TRAM executive director Bobbi Schoon said for many of the participating kids, the experience was …

School officials in Colon are asking prospective volunteers to consider lending a hand during the upcoming annual Magi Pride Days. The event is dedicated to helping spruce up school buildings and grounds for the start of the academic year. This year’s two-day Magi Pride Days are 3 to 8 p.m. Aug. 13 and 14. Organized by Paige Smolarz, the sprucing-up …

The Rev. Terry Cropper Jr., pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Three Rivers, offered the invocation on the House floor to open the legislative session last week. Cropper was the guest of State Rep. Aaron Miller, who joined the pastor and House Speaker Kevin Cotter on the rostrum for the invocation.

Barbara Jean Guhl, age 74, of Three Rivers, formerly of Schoolcraft, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2015 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Caledonia, MI., on July 4, 1941 the daughter of the late Arthur S. and Nina B. (Vester) Burke. Mrs. Guhl has been a long time resident of Schoolcraft where she was …

A man suspected of stealing a pig topiary in Kalamazoo has turned himself in and offered an apology. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports surveillance imagery of the man walking with the pig in tow spurred a social media hunt after being posted by the nonprofit Kalamazoo in Bloom, which decorates Kalamazoo and Portage with flowers and animal topiaries. Monika Trahe, the …

State wildlife officials say testing has turned up a second case of chronic wasting disease in a wild deer. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Friday a 2-year-old male found near Lansing in Meridian Township tested positive for the contagious, fatal disease that attacks the brains of infected deer and elk. It was less than a mile from the …

A Saginaw man is continuing a near century-old effort to clear the name of his great-grandfather, a Maryland doctor who was convicted of helping former President Abraham Lincoln’s killer escape after the 1865 assassination. Tom Mudd and 75 relatives will meet Friday for a family reunion at Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park. The long shuttered prison, located on …

An openly gay United Methodist pastor has gotten married several days after he says he was forced to resign. The Kalamazoo Gazette and South Bend Tribune report the Rev. Benjamin Hutchison married Monty Hutchison Friday in Cassopolis outside southwestern Michigan’s historic Cass County Courthouse. Guests included about 30 ministers. The 31-year-old says he resigned Monday from Cassopolis United Methodist Church. …

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and others on Saturday helped mark the bicentennial of the true end of the War of 1812 on Mackinac Island. Snyder took part in a ceremony in Marquette Park near Fort Mackinac. He was to be joined by Canadian Consul General Douglas George and Eric Hemenway of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians. The event, …

When customers first step in Grundy’s Ace Hardware in Howell, most ask where Bobbi the cat is. “That is seriously the first thing people would ask: ‘Where is Bobbi?’ ” laughed Grundy’s owner Cliff Grundy. “She was the center of attention.” Bobbi was the store’s 21-year-old calico cat that would greet customers and expect belly rubs in return, according to …