Centreville Elementary School will have 10 new iPads this academic year, thanks to a donation from the Monsanto Fund. The third of three donations made to St. Joseph County-based recipients took place prior to Monday’s Centreville Board of Education meeting. Angie Shotwell and Michael Ochsner, representing Monsanto’s Constantine plant, presented a ceremonial check to Superintendent Rob Kuhlman and board president …

The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Colon man after he was involved in a motorcycle crash Friday. According to a department media release, the 45-year-old man was driving north on North Centerville Road when he lost control and drove off the roadway near Mintdale Road. The man was wearing a helmet and refused medical treatment. Deputies found that …

State Police say a woman and another person were running across the highway in Kalamazoo County when she was hit by a semi and then run over by a Michigan Department of Transportation truck. It happened on Eastbound I-94 near 9th Street in Texas Township shortly before 11:00 P.M. Monday night.  The freeway was closed for a few hours while …

Next Monday, September 2, is Labor Day. Some of you may travel up to the Mackinac Bridge for the annual bridge walk. Others, like me, will prefer to stay home and off the dangerous highways. Be assured that you don’t need to head north to walk a bridge. The Three Rivers Woman’s Club will host their Third Annual Historic Three …

The more than 1.2 million Michigan residents who will travel this upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend will find the average gas price rose seven cents a gallon this week. Triple A Michigan says the current statewide average is just under $3.62 per gallon, but that’s 31 cents less than this same time last year. Among the cities it surveys, the …

Gregory L. Dimos, age 46, of Jones, passed away Monday, August 26th, 2013 at his home, following a long battle with cancer. He was born in Elkhart, IN on December 31, 1966, a son of Loren and Sonja (Frisby) Dimos. Greg graduated from White Pigeon High School in 1985 and attended Grand Rapids Community College and Ivy Tech. On August …

Janet Irene Wing, age 76, of Three Rivers, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, August 25, 2013 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on December 12, 1936 in Three Rivers, MI. the daughter of the late Clarence and Lillian (Withers) Miller. Janet has been a life long resident of Three Rivers graduating from Three Rivers High …

James L. “Jim” Kulp, 76, of White Pigeon, passed away from a brief illness on Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, at 3:50 p.m. at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born Sept. 21, 1936 in Mottville Township to the late Russell and Irene (Tavenier) Kulp. On March 3, 1979, he married Barbara M. (Kronewitter) Johnson in Mottville. She survives at home. He …

Betty Lou Hull, 63, of Mottville Township, White Pigeon, died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013 at Borgess Medical Center. She was born Aug. 26, 1949 in Three Rivers the daughter of Richard and Margaret (Becker) Wayne. She lived in Mottville Township the past 46 years coming from Three Rivers. She married Roger L. Hull on Oct. 14, 1967 in Three Rivers. …

Harold “Smitty” Smith, 88, Wildwood, FL passed away on August 21, 2013 under the loving care of his family and staff of Lane Purcell Hospice House in Sumterville, FL. Mr. Smith was born on May 29, 1925 in Bristol, Indiana. He was a retired Inspector for Three Rivers Rubber Factory in Three Rivers, Michigan and was a proud veteran of …