Hi! My name is Denozo and I am a tiger and white male cat. I’m about 7 years old and I have the best of everything – I’m already neutered, I am declawed on my front paws and am litter-trained. I have never been outside so I am a real inside baby. And, I LOVE my shark house that I’m …

Bonnie Jean Shepherd, age 83, of Big Fish Lake, Marcellus, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2016. She was born January 8, 1933 in Elkhart, IN the only child of Robert LeRoy and Susan Janetta (Fager) Vickers. On January 17, 1965 she married Henry Shepherd who preceded her in death on September 22, 1997. Bonnie was an active member of the …

A Constantine resident urged county commissioners to consider an allocation in their 2017 fiscal year to making the promotion of tourism, business and industry a county function. Rebecca Shank, at Tuesday’s meeting, suggested commissioners during their budget process in coming weeks put the duties of promotion and tourism under some aspect of the county. She proposed its parks and recreation …

A section of St. Joseph County lost power Tuesday morning as a result of two transformers malfunctioning. Erica Putt, communications consultant with Indiana Michigan Power, said the outage primarily affected residents in the Constantine and Three Rivers areas. She said the problems originated from the State Street transmission station in Three Rivers and a station in the Florence Industrial Park, …

Authorities are citing alcohol and excessive speed as factors in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning in White Pigeon Township. State police said 26-year-old White Pigeon resident Larry Krotzer was driving west on Fawn River Road at 12:10 a.m., when the SUV he was driving went off the roadway and struck a utility pole near the intersection of Lima Road. …

Three Rivers Health is pleased to announce Dawn Arnold, Nutritional Services; Gayle McLeod, Materials Management; Liz Satterlee, Nursing Infomatics; Shannon Hampsten, Human Resources; and Jackie May, Acute Care, for being selected as our Employees of the Quarter for the third quarter of 2016. Three Rivers Health Employee of the Quarter celebration took place Wednesday, October 19, with a western/cowboy theme. …

Evelyn M. Gardner, age 93, of Marcellus, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2016. She was born November 26, 1922 in Climax, MI the daughter of Clarence C. and Melva (Geren) Pierce. On August 2, 1942 in Marcellus, MI she married Henry Eugene Gardner who preceded her in death in 1997. Evelyn has been a resident of Marcellus since 1942. She …

Rosemary Currier, age 72, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, following an extended illness. Rosemary was born Jan. 29, 1944, in Chicago, to James and Elizabeth (McDonnell) Hora. Rosemary moved from the Chicago area to Centreville at age 7. She graduated with the class of 1962. …

Welcome to November! This is a very busy month for all of us, beginning with a week from today, Tuesday, November 8. November 8 is Election Day, a day when only the foolish will stay home and not cast a ballot. I don’t care if you vote for a write-in candidate named Bugs Bunny, as long as you vote. You …

Sheriff’s department investigators were called last week to a Park Township residence in response to a breaking-and-entering situation. According to a department media release, deputies were called shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday to the 17000 block of Marcellus Road, where a residence and several outbuildings were broken into. The victim speculated the incident occurred between Oct. 21 and Oct. 24. …