The Sturgis Fire Department responded to a commercial structure fire late Tuesday at the north end of town. The incident occurred at Cobalt Holdings in the 1000 block of North Centreville Road. First-responding crews reported smoke from the north end of the building and determined that a piece of machinery was on fire. Upon entering the building, firefighters observed heavy …

Authorities say a multi-day search for a car that crashed into the Kalamazoo River in Battle Creek has come up empty. Dive teams, police officers and firefighters searched starting Saturday after the crash was reported shortly before 5 a.m. that day. The search continued Tuesday with officers, boats, a dive team and officials from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. …

As snow and ice cover recede from Michigan lakes, officials say people should be prepared to see dead fish or other aquatic creatures in the water. The Department of Natural Resources says winter conditions often cause die-offs of fish, turtles, frogs, toads and crayfish. Martha Wolgamood of the Fisheries Division says “winter kill” is common, particularly in shallow lakes with …

A former Western Michigan University football player has pleaded guilty to armed robbery. Court documents say a plea agreement calls for 19-year-old Ronald George of Pittsburgh to continue cooperating with police, and prosecutors have agreed to drop charges of home invasion and larceny. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports George entered the plea March 3. George is scheduled to be sentenced May …

Mrs. Lynnette “Lynn” Mae Coburn, age 71, of Three Rivers, passed away suddenly on Sunday, March 5, 2017 at Borgess Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. She was born on March 4, 1946 in Princeton, IN.; the daughter of Mr. Lawrence and Mary Elizabeth (Peters) Blood. Lynn graduated from Princeton High School in 1964. She continued her education and …

A dashcam chase video has been released by police following a weekend incident.  A Three Rivers man and two Indiana residents face a number of charges after an attempted armed robbery in Three Rivers.  Click here for the video. According to a Three Rivers Police Department media release, officers responded Saturday to the 200 block of River Drive in response …

The world is filled with critics. We are all critics in some way, and there are some people who get paid for their critical expertise. We have restaurant and movie critics, to name just two, but I have never heard of a “Restroom Critic”. Now this would be something I might be successful in pursuing. I’m pretty sure this newspaper …

Speed and alcohol were likely factors in a single-vehicle accident last weekend in Branch County’s Batavia Township. State police were called around midnight Saturday to Ember Road, near Wheeler Road, in response to a car that had crashed into a tree. The car was being driven east on Ember Road by a 23-year-old Bronson man. Investigators said he lost control …

An unknown amount of cash was stolen from a church last week in Branch County’s Coldwater Township. State police were called at 5 a.m. Friday to the 200 block of Lockwood Road in response to a breaking-and-entering incident. The theft occurred between 6 p.m. Feb. 26 and 5 a.m. Feb. 27.

Authorities say two people remain hospitalized following an apparent carbon monoxide poisoning that killed an 11-year-old girl at a southern Michigan building that was serving as a makeshift home. The Calhoun County sheriff’s department says the victims were found Thursday night in Springfield and a generator powering a kerosene heater caused carbon monoxide to accumulate inside the structure. The department …