In their 46-year history, the Kalamazoo Wings have been affiliated with several NHL teams. From 1974-1987, the K-Wings were the farm club of the Detroit Red Wings.  The K-Wings added the Philadelphia Flyers and Vancouver Canucks to the mix in 1984.  In 1987, things changed for the K-wings as the Red Wings, Flyers and Canucks were out and the Minnesota …

James Franklin Wiseman, age 84, of Marcellus, passed away in the early morning on Thursday, August 1, 2019 surrounded by family. James was born January 31, 1935, in Bell Point, West Virginia, the son of Charles F. and Hazel M. (Phoebus) Wiseman. On April 17, 1954, he married Marie Lou Houseworth, in Three Rivers. Together they had four children; two …

Michigan Department of Transportation officials have released details regarding the weekly construction update on the U.S. 131 improvement in Three Rivers. Stage 2 traffic pattern remains in place, meaning motorists are using portions of the southbound U.S. 131 lane for two-way traffic. That includes two-way traffic at the Rocky River bridge, north of the project. Workers this week plan to …

Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a hit-and-run incident that took place last week in Constantine Township. Deputies were called shortly after 8 a.m. Friday to Youngs Prairie Road near the intersection of Zerbe Road. The victim told authorities a pickup struck the rear of her car on Youngs Prairie Road. The driver then fled the area. The pickup is described as …

An Indiana woman was injured following a three-vehicle incident at Kessington Road and U.S. 12 in Cass County’s Mason Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies responded at 2 p.m. Friday to a personal-injury accident. Investigators found that 18-year-old Haley Harmon, of Elkhart, turned left from Kessignton Road onto U.S. 12. A vehicle traveling west on U.S. 12 and driven by …

The Michigan State Police have identified the man killed in a motorcycle accident Sunday night in Constantine Township. Troopers said that Spencer Minor, 28, of White Pigeon, was killed in the accident. He was riding his motorcycle southbound on U.S. 131 when another vehicle turned into his pathway, causing the accident. Minor was thrown from his bike into oncoming traffic. …

The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget says jobless rates during June were up six- to eight-tenths of a percentage point in southwest Michigan. Employment in St. Joseph County rose by 275 people from May, but is down by 200 compared to June 2018. There were 27,575 with jobs in June, but with the labor force increasing by 425, …

Beginning Monday (August 5th), there will be some bridge work being done on Business U.S. 131 in Constantine. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is going to be treating the surface of the US-131 bridge that covers the St. Joseph River. According to a press release from MDOT, the work is scheduled to be completed by Wednesday, Aug. 28. The …

Two people were arrested in White Pigeon on drug charges Tuesday evening. The incident happened in the 500 block of E. Chicago Road in the village limits. A 52-year-old White Pigeon man and a 38-year-old Sturgis woman were both arrested at the scene. The man faces charges of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house while …

Police say two men and a woman have been killed and a second woman has been wounded in shootings at a northern Indiana apartment complex. Elkhart police say one of the dead men is the suspected shooter. Elkhart County Homicide Unit Cmdr. Mark Daggy identified the dead victims as 66-year-old Gail Shields, her boyfriend, John Malk, along with the suspected …