Three Rivers Health Chief Executive Officer William Russell has announced the addition of Hospital Physician Partners, a new emergency-services partner to staff and manage the hospital’s emergency department. Hospital Physician Partners currently works with more than 100 hospitals across the country. Russell said the partnership is a good fit for Three Rivers Health and the community. Hospital Physician Partners is …

Organizers of a benefit dance in Burr Oak over the weekend are calling the fundraiser a success, as more than 60 people attended Saturday’s event. Committee members for the Burr Oak Heritage Festival staged the dance. Proceeds will cover the fourth annual community celebration in St. Joseph County’s smallest community. The 2012 Burr Oak Heritage Festival is slated to take …

Three of six people involved in a single-vehicle accident Sunday on M-60 in Leonidas Township were treated for minor injuries. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department said Donald Korff II, 40, of Marcellus, was traveling east on M-60 when his van hit an icy patch in the roadway near Jacksonburg Road. The van spun out and crashed into a tree. …

Lamar William Kane, age 74, of Burr Oak, passed away Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at Sturgis Hospital. He was born Nov. 27, 1937, in Sturgis, a son of the late Harry and Stella (Sites) Kane. Lamar had been a resident of Burr Oak his entire life. On June 10, 1959, he married Alta K. Barkman. He was a veteran of …

John Willard Wright of Royal Oaks, Calif., and formerly of Mendon, passed away at age 75 on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at his home. John was raised in Mendon and joined the Army in 1955. He and his family moved to Salinas, Calif., in 1962. He worked as a carpenter throughout his adult life and in 1974 started his own construction …

The Kalamazoo Wings, proud member of the ECHL, two-time defending North Division Champions, reigning Eastern Conference Champions and National Hockey League affiliate to the Vancouver Canucks and New Jersey Devils and American Hockey League’s Albany Devils, announce the K-Wings return home for three games this week. The K-Wings will begin a four-game week this Tuesday, February 14th with a 7 …

Mr. Charles C. Pomeroy Sr., age 86, of Marcellus, formerly of Lake Templene and Portage, went home to be with his Lord on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 30, 1925 in Kalamazoo, the son of Grant and Letha (Newton) Pomeroy. Mr. Pomeroy served his country in the U.S. Navy during World …

Phyllis M. Bauman, age 88, of Sturgis, Mich., passed away Thursday evening, Feb. 9, 2012, at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. She was born Oct. 13, 1923, in Constantine, Mich., a daughter of the late Howard and Ruth (Linn) Bauman. Phyllis resided in Sturgis since 1986 coming from Boston, Mass. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in …

A Sturgis-area resident who played a part in the arson that destroyed Welch’s Steak and Ribs three years ago was sentenced last week to two years in federal prison. Following proceedings at U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Jason Lumbard was sentenced Friday. The 29-year-old Howe, Ind., resident, who had close ties to Sturgis, was arrested, tried and convicted after …

A Constantine-area resident was sentenced to one year in jail and put on probation for three years for her role in the methamphetamine-related death of an Elkhart woman. Tammy Wisk, 47, was sentenced Friday by Circuit Court Judge Paul Stutesman. She was cooking meth in an outbuilding on Millers Mill Road with Trina Kyle in October 2010. The lab exploded …