The city of Sturgis has hired Jamie Eymer as the new executive director at the Sturges-Young Center for the Arts. Eymer joined the center as event coordinator in June 2022. She has experience in marketing, sales, hospitality and event rentals at SYCA. Eymer told the city she looks forward to filling the spaces at building with more rentals and SYCA-hosted …

A medical emergency is the likely cause of a four-vehicle crash last week in Cass County. Edwardsburg Police officers were summoned at 3:30 p.m. Thursday to an area on Main Street, just west of M-62, where a 42-year-old man lost control of his vehicle. It rear-ended a car driven by a 60-year-old man. The second vehicle collided with an eastbound …

The victim of a car-versus-pedestrian crash earlier this week in the Three Rivers area has been named by the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department. Undersheriff Jason Bingaman said 16-year-old Three Rivers resident Emma Jean Thomas died at the scene. The incident occurred shortly before 10:30 p.m. Monday at U.S. 131, near the Broadway Road intersection. The driver of the vehicle …

It’s officially autumn.  I can see the leaves changing color.  I came in with my roommate and she got adopted.  I am a little lonely without her. She watched out for me as I am  hesitant on anything new.  I am a one year old male, my Rabies Vaccination just given 9-21-2023.  I would like my new Someone to take …

Through a combination of pledges and gifts from hundreds of donors, Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy has met the “$125,000 Challenge” from the Carls Foundation. Funds from the challenge are being earmarked toward the protection and stewardship of the 457-acre LaGrange Valley Wetlands – formerly known as Lake LaGrange property. The conservancy has the additional $250,000 it needs to purchase, protect …

Limited details are being released about a car-versus-pedestrian fatal crash Monday night in Fabius Township. According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were called around 10:30 p.m. to U.S. 131, near the Broadway Road intersection. The pedestrian, a 16-year-old female from Three Rivers, succumbed to her injuries after being struck by a car. Her name is not being …

Sturgis city officials held multiple meetings Monday and appear ready to move forward with an offer to purchase Sturgis Hospital. Officials authorized city manager Andrew Kuk and city attorney TJ Reed to execute and approve a letter of agreement between the city, the hospital and Asker Corp., to sell the hospital to the for-profit entity, based out of Southfield, for …

An Indiana man was injured in a motorcycle crash last weekend in Cass County’s Milton Township. Sheriff’s officials responded shortly before noon Sunday to Fir Road, just north of Redfield Street. Investigators said Elkhart resident Harry Kiste, 66, was driving his motorcycle on Fir Road when he lost control and was forced to lay it down in the roadway. Kiste …

A Decatur resident was injured in a motorcycle crash last week in Cass County’s Volinia Township. Cass County Sheriff’s officials said deputies were called shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday to Lawrence Road in an area near McKenzie Road. Investigators said James Hurd, 67, of Decatur, rode his motorcycle over loose gravel, resulting in him losing control of his motorcycle. Hurd …

Two Kalamazoo residents were arrested following a pursuit that started last week in Branch County, stemming from an incident in Coldwater. According to Branch County Sheriff’s deputies, the incident started around 11 a.m. Friday on Old U.S. 27 near Central Road. Deputies were investigating a larceny incident in Coldwater and the vehicle fit the description of a car involved, investigators …