Members of St. Joseph County’s Board of Commissioners have agreed to keep their twice-a-month meetings at 5 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Meanwhile, the five-member commission also decided this week to continue staging its executive committee meetings at 8 a.m. the Wednesday before a commission meeting. Matters discussed during the executive committee sessions are typically in-depth …

Rolland T. Camp, age 98, of Three Rivers, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 at his home. He was born in Midland, MI on Oct. 22, 1916 the son of Arthur and Bernice (Owen) Camp. Rolland graduated from Ypsilanti High School in 1935. He worked at Camp Publishing Co. and Ford Motor Co. Rolland was married to Maxine Leona Hartman on …

Police have lifted an evacuation order for a three-mile area around a stretch of I-94 in Kalamazoo County that is closed in both directions due to two pileups involving as many as 150 vehicles with at least one death reported. According to initial reports, as many as 50 semis are involved in the pileups including one that was hauling 40,000 …

Nearly 20 people in Michigan have now died from complications associated with the flu. Health officials say five people have died in Oakland and Washtenaw Counties. There have been nine recent deaths in Kent County and at least four people have died in Kalamazoo County of influenza-associated illnesses. None of the deaths were children. The Michigan Department of Community Health says influenza A …

A number of employment agreements were approved this week by the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners. Cathleen Carpenter, Dawn Gest, Alex Milliman, Heather Teadt and Nancy Gamble will serve as Juvenile Day Treatment monitors for $14 an hour through May 30. In a separate personnel matter, Kimberly Jent was hired as COA home-care aide at a rate of $10.70 …

Glen Oaks Community College’s athletic program has announced a special event taking place between women’s and men’s basketball games later this month. Athletic director Steve Proefrock said the kick off to Glen Oaks’ 50-year anniversary will take place Jan. 31 between games against Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Proefrock said the program will feature the raising of a banner for the …

A nationally known pageant contestant returned to her roots Wednesday. Mekayla Diehl, a 2007 White Pigeon High School alumna, was the guest speaker at the White Pigeon Rotary Club meeting. Diehl, an Elkhart resident, represented Indiana in last June’s Miss USA Pageant. She placed in the top 20. With high school students from the White Pigeon Rotary’s Interact Club present, …

J.H .“Jay” Kelley, Sr. ,age 75, of White Pigeon went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 7, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on February 18, 1939 in Perryville, AR the son of Rudy and Lucy (Dancer) Kelley. On June 21, 1956 he was united in marriage to his loving wife, Janette (Swihart) …

Larry Lee Malsch, 71, of Three Rivers, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, as a result of an accident on Shavehead Lake. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 12 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10 at Clark Chapel and Cremation Services, 405 Center St., Dowagiac, officiated by Father Kevin Covert. Visitation will be held from 10-12 p.m. …

Helene Lillian Hull, age 92, of Centreville, passed away Tuesday, January 6th, 2015 at Fairview Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre, Centreville.  Helene was born in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, on March 21, 1922, a daughter of John and Martha (Kolecki) Zygar.  On June 11, 1946, she married Carl George Hull, Sr. in Pennsylvania.  He preceded her in death on December 29, 2008.  …