Authorities have issued citations to 20 drivers following a series of crashes along snowy I-94 in southwestern Michigan earlier this month that left two people dead. State police First Lt. Dale Hinz tells the Kalamazoo Gazette that citations were mailed this week to the drivers of four commercial vehicles and 16 passenger vehicles. The Van Buren County prosecutor’s office also …

Fewer Michigan schoolchildren are getting immunization waivers, a drop that state health officials attribute to a year-old rule that requires parents to first talk with a local health department about the risks of not being vaccinated. Preliminary numbers released by the state Thursday show nearly 8,000 fewer waivers from the last school year, a 41 percent decline from about 19,100 …

Wilma Marianne Knecht, age 87, of Three Rivers passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at Borgess Medical Center. She was born in Solingen, Germany on January 16, 1929 and moved to the United States in 1958. If light could be a person If love would never die If laughter healed a broken heart If …

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State police were called this week to investigate the theft of diesel fuel in Colon Township. According to an agency media release, troopers responded at 9 a.m. Wednesday to the 6500 block of Middle Colon Road, where an unknown quantity of fuel was siphoned from a large holding tank. The suspect’s vehicle is a white, midsize pickup with lettering near …

Two area high school students have been nominated by U.S. Rep. Fred Upton to United States Service Academies. In all, Upton made 16 service academy nominations for the 2015-2016 academic year. The group of young men and women has excelled academically and athletically in their respective schools and have gone through an extensive selection process, Upton stated in a media …

Seven county residents graduated this week from the Swift and Sure Sanctions Probation Program, while other participants were promoted to the next phase of the program. Circuit Court Judge Paul Stutesman, who oversaw the ceremony, called Tuesday’s event a big day for the Swift and Sure program and for the graduates. As each graduate stepped up to receive their achievement …

Arnold S. Long, 85, Nottawa, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at Borgess Medical Center. He was born in Ney, OH on August 15, 1930, a son of James and Jenny (Lumpkins) Long. Arnold served in the National Guard. In 1955, he married Rhea High in Angola, IN. Arnold held many jobs throughout his life, retiring from Process Metals in …

Kenneth R. Reish, age 90, of Marcellus, MI passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2016. He was born April 30, 1925, in Marcellus the son of Leo E. and Fannie G. (Beadle) Reish. On July 20, 1957, in Benton Harbor, MI he married Glina L. Henderson who preceded him in death. Kenneth graduated from Marcellus High School in 1944. He was …

  Robert Lee Gray, 77, of Sturgis, passed away Sunday morning, Jan. 24, 2016 at the Heartland Health Care Center in Three Rivers following a long, difficult battle with Lewy Body Dementia. Robert (Bob), a founding faculty member at Glen Oaks Community College (GOCC), is remembered as a man who passionately loved music; and dedicated his life to teaching, mentoring …