Joan H. Wolfe, age 75, died Monday, April 1, 2019 at Heartland Healthcare Center in Three Rivers where she had resided the past six months. She was born in Battle Creek on Nov. 30, 1943 the daughter of Delbert and Marjorie (Paradine) Wolfe. Joan graduated from Coldwater High School with the Class of 1962. She was employed at a foster …

Helen Lee, formerly of Three Rivers, age 50, died on Friday, March 29, 2019. She was born on March 22, 1969 in Seoul, South Korea, the daughter of Dr. Shoon Hie and Yang Ja Lee and has lived in the area for most of her life. Helen graduated from Three Rivers High School and Kalamazoo College and will be remembered …

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sandra Kay (Hartzell) Schulz on Thursday March 28, 2019 after a long battle with COPD. Sandra passed at home with family present. Sandra was born in Three Rivers on June 18, 1945 along with twin brother, Larry J. Hartzell, to Dorothy and Calvin Hartzell. Sandy is survived by her …

Clara C. Miller, age 95, of Middlebury, died at 10:28 a.m., on Sunday, March 31 at Waterford Crossing Health Center, after a brief illness. She was born on Sept. 12, 1923, in Mark Center, Ohio, to Mose B. and Amanda (Miller) Shrock. On Dec. 9, 1943 in Hicksville, Ohio, she married Edward C. Miller; he died March 21, 2010. Surviving …

Fire destroyed a home in Nottawa Township last weekend. Three departments responded to the 58000 block of Covered Bridge Road about 4:30 p.m. Saturday. First-arriving personnel found the home engulfed in flames as well as stored ammunition going off inside the residence. Authorities said the homeowner was working in a shed when he noticed the house ablaze. Officials believe a …

Authorities have identified the victim who died in a single-vehicle crash early Saturday in Mottville Township. Constantine resident Cody Hayden, 34, died at the scene of the incident, which occurred shortly before 3 a.m. on Indian Prairie Road, near Harrison Road. His passenger, a 31-year-old Constantine man, was taken to Elkhart General Hospital after suffering non-life-threatening injuries. His identity has …

With just three games to go in the regular season, the Kalamazoo Wings are inching closer to locking up spot in the postseason. On Friday night, the K-Wings kicked off their weekend with a game against the Indy Fuel at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis.   A goaltender and defensive battle brewed in this contest as neither team was able …

A Constantine man died over the weekend in a single-vehicle accident in Mottville Township. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department said deputies were called shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday to Indian Prairie Road, where a vehicle went off the roadway near Harrison Road. According to a department media release, the vehicle was traveling west on Indian Prairie when it appears …

February’s unemployment rate in St. Joseph County was eight-tenths of a percent lower than the previous month. The monthly labor-market analysis by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget showed the county’s 3.8 percent February unemployment rate marked a decrease from January’s 4.6 percent. St. Joseph County was below the state unemployment average, which was 4.1 percent in February. …

Michigan Department of Transportation has launched a new, online dashboard to make information about the condition of all bridges on state and local road systems easily accessible to the public. Replacing a more limited version from 2018, the Michigan Bridge Conditions dashboard is now online, providing data on more than 11,000 bridges across the state. Matt Chynoweth, head of the …