Entering Saturday nights contest against the Quad City Mallards, the Kalamazoo Wings (5-6-0-1) were coming off back to back to back shutout losses at the hands of the Wheeling Nailers, Toledo Walleye and Cincinnati Cyclones. The last goal the K-Wings scored was back on November 4th when the K-Wings beat the Brampton Beast 5-3. Scott Henegar scored at the 5:05 …

Authorities have identified two bicyclists injured when a pickup truck struck them as they rode with two other bicyclists in southwestern Michigan. The Kalamazoo County sheriff’s department says 50-year-old Mathew Sides of Plainwell and 44-year-old Andrea Fore of Kalamazoo suffered non-life-threatening injuries. They were struck Thursday night in Alamo Township. The pickup’s driver did not stop. Valerie Litznerski was among …

Police officers have pulled a man from a Calhoun County river after his car plunged into the waterway. WOOD-TV reports that the car went into the Kalamazoo River in Battle Creek shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday. The driver was out of the car and floating down the river when officers arrived. He told officers that he couldn’t swim. The television station …

An Eaton Rapids man has found the author of a note dropped into a bottle and sent into the Grand River 35 years ago. Nathan Foote found the bottle last week while he was cleaning debris out of the water near the Smithville Dam, the Lansing State Journal reported. It was covered in duck weed and was brown with age, …

A Michigan man who authorities say was trying to return more than 10,000 cans and bottles for 10 cents apiece is avoiding jail time. The Livingston Daily Press & Argus of Howell reports Brian Edward Everidge of Columbiaville was ordered Thursday to pay $1,230 in fines and court costs following his earlier guilty plea to one count of beverage return …

Juanita Joanne Schmidtendorff, age 87, of Constantine, passed away on Friday, November 11, 2016 at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. Juanita was born in Peru, IN, on February 26, 1929, a daughter of Arthur and Mary (Hall) Black. She graduated from Bristol High School in 1947. On August 16, 1947, she married Harold Schmidtendorff in Dowagiac. He preceded her in …

William Dash Graham Anglemyer, an angel that was taken to heaven on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, the precious son of Kevin and Cari Anglemyer. He was preceded by two siblings, one brother and one sister. He leaves to cherish his loving memory, parents; sister, Jesalique Graham, brother, Blake Anglemyer, grandparents and many extended family. Graveside services will be held at …

David William Sprister, age 64, a lifelong resident of Sturgis, passed away Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. He was born July 18, 1952, in Sturgis, a son of the late William David and Marlene Lou (Kisseberth) Sprister. David was a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1970. After high school, he was …

Keith Balyeat, 79, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, at his home in Sturgis, surrounded in love by his wife, children and stepchildren, following a long-fought battle with congestive heart failure. He was born July 1, 1937, to R. Clyde and Irene Balyeat. He graduated in 1956 from White Pigeon High School. In 1962, he received a diploma in …

David Casterline has been named the Executive Director of Three Rivers Health Foundation. Casterline worked for more than 22 years at Armstrong International as the Corporate Director of Communications and has been a fixture in the community serving on numerous volunteer boards and organizations over the years. “We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Casterline,” said TRH Chief Executive Officer …