Three Rivers police said they have positively identified the woman responsible for starting a fire at Walmart earlier in the summer June. Though the woman’s name was not disclosed, police said they know who she is and are in the process of finding her for questioning related to the June 23 fire that forced the Three Rivers store to close …

The St. Joseph County United Way benefitted from a three-hour roof-sit event Wednesday staged by Sturgis Hospital. Due to inclement weather, however, the fourth annual event was modified; would-be sitters instead assembled in the Sturgis Woman’s Center made phone calls soliciting donations. Their effort netted more than $22,000 in pledges.

State police have released the name of an Indiana woman charged with drug-related offenses following a one-car accident earlier this week. Katie Ann Shepherd, 20, of Shipshewana, was a passenger in a car involved in an accident around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday on Featherstone Road, near Burgener Road. Troopers investigating the incident found her to be allegedly in possession of methamphetamine, …

Betty L. Lung, 87, of Sturgis, diedMonday, Sept. 8, 2014, at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis.Memorial services will be held at a later date. Farrand Funeral Home of White Pigeon is in charge of arrangements.

Adele C. Shook, age 91, of Fulton, died Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. She was born in Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia on Oct. 10, 1922 the daughter of James and Gertrude (Rowe) Hoy. After graduation from high school she worked briefly for the Sydney Herald. It was in Sydney that she met her future …

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State police on Tuesday arrested an Indiana woman for a number of drug-related offenses following a single-vehicle accident in Florence Township. According to a media release, the 19-year-old woman was a passenger in a car involved in an accident around 10:45 p.m. on Featherstone Road, near Burgener Road. Troopers investigating the incident found methamphetamine, marijuana and a Schedule 4 drug …

A Constantine man was injured after he was involved in a single-vehicle accident earlier this week in Constantine Township. State police said 81-year-old William Skelton was driving south on Brick Chapel Road at 6:30 p.m. Monday when his vehicle left the roadway near Garber Road, crossed the centerline, drove through a ditch and came to rest after striking a tree. …

Wayne E. Green of Cadillac passed away Sunday morning, September 7, 2014 at his home. He was 75. He was born July 1, 1939 in Vandalia, Michigan to Paul D. and Gladys E. (Burkett) Green.  Wayne attended Cassopolis High School and worked as an auto salesman for many years before starting his own contractor business, Waja Builders. He attended Temple …

Officials from Three Rivers Health on Tuesday oversaw the rededication of the Hospice Riverside Memorial Gardens. The event marked the new location of the gardens, which are now at Riverside Cemetery. The memorial was originally created on South Main Street at the Three Rivers Health Hospice. But Hospice subsequently moved to the hospital campus off West Broadway Street. Amenities at …