A paddle boat was reported stolen from a Fishers Lake residence Monday afternoon. State police said the manually powered boat was stolen between Thursday and Monday from a residence in the 14000 block of Lakeshore Drive. The watercraft is made of fiberglass, has two seats and tubes for flotation.

Three Rivers City Commissioner Carolyn McNary was selected as mayor pro-tem for the second consecutive term. The action came during Monday’s organizational and administrative-review meeting, when Mayor Tom Lowry and at-large commissioner Linda Gearhart were sworn in for two-year terms. They fended off challenges during last week’s general election to claim their seats on the board. For Lowry, it starts …

Jesse J. “Jim” Kindig, 76, of Marcellus, passed away Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013 at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center. He was born Aug. 1, 1937 in Vestula, Ind. the son of Harry J. and Elsie V. (Blough) Kindig. On June 29, 1957 in Jones he married Janice Y. Martineau who survives. He served in the United States Air Force …

Three Rivers Health is happy to announce Rick Boomsliter, RN, for the Emergency Department and Nathan Atteberry, Analyst, for the Information System Department have been chosen as the Employees of the Quarter. In addition, 79 employees at Three Rivers Health received 115 awards for their Excellence in Actions. Rick was nominated by his fellow employees for his compassion and dedication …

This past weekend was another weekend spent in “God’s Country”. My wife and I attended a seminar held at the R.A. MacMullan Center near Roscommon, Michigan. We’ve both attended seminars there in the past, so we were looking forward to this opportunity to gather once again with about one hundred of our closest friends, enjoy some great food, share a …

Two Sturgis High School graduates have reported they are safe after surviving Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Elsa Thomasma  and Carter Brown sought refuge in the city of Tacloban, which was the largest municipality hit by last week’s typhoon. The two, who are 2008 Sturgis High School graduates, have been overseas in a humanitarian capacity through GoAbroad Philippines. Diane Brown, …

A number of people gathered Friday at Washington Park in Constantine to remember Jodie Parrack on the six-year anniversary of her death. With luminaries displayed around the park, several people in attendance released helium-filled balloons with notes attached, and sky lanterns were also let afloat. The lifeless body of the 11-year-old Parrack was found on Nov. 8, 2007, at Constantine …

A 25-year-old Marcellus man was treated at Three Rivers Health for injuries he sustained in a one-car accident over the weekend in Fabius Township. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department said Christopher Laughlin lost control of his vehicle Saturday in the vicinity of Hoffman and Day roads. His vehicle crossed the center line, went off the roadway and struck a …

A Cass County man has entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill to the charge of second-degree murder. Cass County Prosecutor Victor Fitz said Edward J. Hensley killed his sister, Martha Sexton, in June 2012. Sexton was found stabbed to death in her home in Mason Township. The following month, Hensley was ordered to undergo a forensic examination to …

A second suspect has been named in the murder of a University of Michigan medical student. According to a report by WMMT-TV in Grand Rapids, 21-year-old Shaquille Jones of North Charleston, S.C., is the second man named in the homicide death of Paul DeWolf. 20-year-old Joei Jordan of Sumter, S.C., was the first suspect whose name was made public on …