The Three Rivers Health Board announced Friday CEO Bill Russell has tendered his resignation. Board chairman Larry Clark said David Shannon will step in as interim CEO effective immediately. Russell has been with the hospital for nine years, succeeding Matt Chambers after Chambers stepped down in July 2009. Shannon, meanwhile, has most recently served as transitional president and CEO of …

Fort Wayne-based Indiana Michigan Power has received the Emergency Assistance Award from The Edison Electric Institute for outstanding work assisting customers impacted by Hurricane Harvey in August 2017 and Hurricane Irma in September 2017. Days after Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas, 40 I&M energy employees, including line workers, foresters and safety and health representatives, offered their expertise. Weeks later, nearly …

With more widespread use of flashing green lights on state and local winter maintenance vehicles, motorists across Michigan can spot plow trucks more easily, even during whiteout conditions. In this second winter since the Michigan Legislature passed a bill allowing public maintenance vehicles to use flashing green lights in addition to the traditional flashing yellow, city public works departments, county …

Patsy Emma Baker, age 83, of Constantine, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 12th, 2018 at Grace Healthcare Nursing Home. She was born in Constantine on April 8, 1934 the daughter of the late Johnny and Lorene (Smith) Leister and her step-mother, Pearl Camphues. Patsy was preceded in death by her husband James “Bud” Baker, and one sister Lois Munson. …

Police say a man broke into an apartment and attacked the mother of his 13-year-old child with a sword. The Battle Creek Police Department says the 35-year-old woman is in serious condition after being stabbed multiple times early Friday with a 3-foot sword. She was taken to a hospital, where she underwent surgery. The sword was found at the scene. …

Harold Roy Dillen, age 70, of Sturgis, passed away early Wednesday morning, Jan. 10, 2018, at Heartland Health Care Center in Three Rivers. He was born May 19, 1947, in Sturgis, a son of the late Gerald and Juanita (Prestidge) Dillen. Harold was a longtime Sturgis resident and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1965. He …

Ida Jane Smith, age 75, of Burr Oak, passed away Wednesday morning, Jan. 10, 2018, at Fairview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Centreville. She was born June 17, 1942, in Des Moines, Iowa, a daughter of the late Gerald and Esther (Galenback) Sanford. Ida resided in the Sturgis and Burr Oak area since 1971, coming from the Chicago area. In September …

June Marie Summey, age 93, of Sturgis, passed away Wednesday evening, Jan. 10, 2018, at Heartland Health Care Center in Three Rivers. She was born Sept. 16, 1924, in Olivet, a daughter of the late John and Ruth M. (Boals) Mecklenburg. Mrs. Summey resided most of her life in the Sturgis area and was a graduate of Lima High School …

Jennifer Leach, age 46, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, at Parkview LaGrange Hospital in LaGrange, Ind. She was born July 9, 1971, in LaGrange, Ind., to Richard Baker and Linda (Smith) Girard. She was a graduate of Sturgis High School in Sturgis. She married Doug Leach. He survives. Jennifer had worked at Miller’s Super Valu for 18 years in the …

Two St. Joseph County residents were arrested this week on drug-related offenses following the execution of a search warrant at a location in Sturgis. Members of the St. Joseph County Area Narcotics unit responded Wednesday to a tip of suspected drug activity in the 200 block of West West Street. Investigators arrested a 46-year-old Sturgis man and a 43-year-old woman …