The 60th Mendon Kiwanis Showboat is underway, and organizers, including Dale Eickhoff, took a unique approach to establish the Showboat’s 2016 theme. Eickhoff said Showboat officials have gone back and picked out songs and jokes used in the previous 59 shows. This year’s Showboat theme, he said, is “Still Crazy After All These Years.” The oldest song dates to 1958, when …

The St. Joseph County United Way has started focusing on food donations for Thanksgiving baskets, and it is hoping local companies will consider staging food drives to help with the 2016 holiday. Last year, 150 local families received Thanksgiving food baskets thanks to donations from local companies and individuals, United Way Executive Director Kelly Hostetler said. For the past few …

Authorities say a 10-year-old boy has died after being struck by a vehicle while crossing a street in Kalamazoo County. Police in Kalamazoo Township say the boy was trying to cross Wednesday night in an area where there was no crosswalk or stoplight. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His name …

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 …