A lifelong educator vastly familiar with Colon Community Schools will finish the academic year as its superintendent. Following a 25-minute special board meeting Friday, members of Colon Community Schools’ Board of Education agreed to offer Jay Newman a contract to serve as the district’s chief through June 30. The decision was made in light of first-year superintendent Vic Bugni announcing …

Sunday’s 52nd Mendon Dust-Off benefitted from ideal weather and strong interest from the owners of old and classic cars. Event organizers estimated about 900 cars were a part of the event, which attracted hundreds of spectators to Mendon High School. Sponsored by the Three Rivers Classic Antique Restorers Club, the show is widely acknowledged as the first major car show …

An employee at South Main Shell in Three Rivers was assaulted during an armed robbery early Friday. Police said a man hit the clerk with a handgun during the robbery, which occurred around 2 a.m. An undetermined amount of merchandise was stolen. Police have recovered a mask and gun used in the robbery. Those items were found by a police …

The Cass County Sheriff ’s Department is investigating a single-vehicle crash that occurred around 10 p.m. Tuesday on Calvin Center Road. Richard Farkas, 55, of Edwardsburg, told deputies he tried to avoid hitting an animal. That caused him to drive off the road, cross back over the center line before overturning in a ditch on the west side of the …

Guy Henry Smith, age 80, died Sunday, April 26, 2015 in Kalamazoo. In accordance with family wishes cremation will take place and no public services will be held at this time.  Arrangements by Hohner Funeral Home.

Geological experts say a small earthquake centered in southwestern Michigan has been felt around the state as well as across the Upper Midwest. U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Paul Caruso said the 4.2-magnitude temblor was recorded at 12:23pm Saturday and its epicenter was about 9 miles southeast of Kalamazoo near Galesburg. There were no reports of damage or injuries despite being felt far …

Michigan wildlife regulators are reminding people to keep their distance when observing newborn animals this spring. It’s common to see baby foxes, rabbits, deer and other wildlife this time of year. But the Department of Natural Resources says people sometimes take the critters home in the mistaken belief that they’ve been abandoned. Wildlife technician Katie Keen says newborns have a …

Virginia Mae Burkhardt passed away on May 1, 2015 at her home in Ellicott City, Maryland with her husband Walter and her son Robert at her side. Virginia was born on April 23, 1925 in Chicago to Robert Lyle and Lura Mae Campbell. During her childhood years, her family, like others, were greatly affected by the Great Depression. When the …

The Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education has voted to not offer a contract next school year to a trio of administrators: middle school principal Brad Coon, middle school dean of educational services Kevin Hamilton and athletic director Pete Anderson. The decision was made during a special board meeting Wednesday and sparked an immediate backlash Thursday, as more than …

The Michigan Department of Transportation wishes to advise motorists of a significant project it is starting next week. A six-mile stretch of U.S. 131 from Broadway Road south to the Constantine bypass will be repaved, with work set to begin Monday. The $1.9 million project is expected to finish by May 22, according to MDOT’s Nick Schirripa. As a result …