KALAMAZOO, MI – The Kalamazoo Wings are in the market for a new assistant coach as Sam Ftorek is leaving the K-Wings to become the head coach of the Roanoke Rail Yard Dogs of the SPHL. Ftorek became the assistant coach of the K-Wings this past season after retiring from playing, which he did for 17 years. The native of …

Charlotte May Nicholas, age 69, of Sturgis, Mich., passed away Saturday, April 30, 2016, at the home of her daughter Monica in Sturgis. She was born May 1, 1946, in Battle Creek, Mich., daughter of the late Clyde F. and Edna Charlotte (Morse) Whipple. Charlotte had resided in Sturgis for the past 38 years. She also lived in Union City …

The Kalamazoo Wings just wrapped up their 42nd season of professional hockey at the Wings Event Center, but the schedule for next season has already been released. Kicking off their 43rd season on the road, the K-Wings travel to Norfolk, Virginia to take on the Admirals on October 14 and 15. This will be the K-Wings first ever visit to …

Stanley L. Outman, age 89, of Leonidas, died Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. He was born on the family farm in Leonidas on March 17, 1927 the son of Lloyd E. and Elda M. (Hagelgans) Outman and was lifetime resident of Leonidas. He attended the Leonidas Bible Church and was a veteran of the U.S. …

Operators of southwestern Michigan’s Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant say one of its units is back online after being shut down for routine refueling and maintenance. Plant spokesman Bill Schalk says the Unit 1 reactor is connected to the transmission grid after a 36-day outage that began last month. The Herald-Palladium of St. Joseph reports workers also completed several large …

Seventeen-year-olds can’t vote, drop out of school or buy cigarettes in Michigan. But they’re automatically prosecuted, sentenced and locked up as adults if they commit a crime. That could change after a bipartisan push to raise Michigan’s age for adult offenders from 17 to 18 received a major lift in the Legislature. The Republican-controlled House approved a 20-bill package this …

Michael Caywood and Joseph Haas, the shareholders of Dresser, Dresser, Haas & Caywood, P.C., are pleased to announce that effective May 1, 2016 the name of the firm will be changed to HaasCaywood PC. The firm will remain at its current office location at 112 S. Monroe Street in Sturgis. HaasCaywood PC is a general practice law firm that provides …

Wilma May Holtom, age 89, died on Thursday, April 28, 2016. In accordance with family wishes cremation has been conducted and interment of cremains will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 28, 2016  at Riverside Cemetery. Arrangements by Hohner Funeral Home,.

State Rep. Aaron Miller has praised bipartisan passage of the House budget for the coming fiscal year, noting every school in St. Joseph and Cass counties will receive the maximum per-pupil increase in state funding. Miller, who serves as chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State Police, said all schools in the 59th House District will receive a $120 …

St. Joseph County Clerk and Register of Deeds Lindsay Oswald has forwarded a media release detailing legislation signed by Gov. Rick Snyder. The new legislation will prevent private companies from charging exorbitant fees for copies of deeds that are available from their county Register of Deeds for only $1 per page. Amy Bissell, president of the Michigan Association of Registers …