Sturgis city electric crews are expecting to restore power to all customers, other than those with service repair needs, by the end of the day June 16. Remaining outages will be related to reconnecting homes that had damage to customer equipment, following repair. Customer equipment includes anything from the service point to the home, excluding Read More…
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Sturgis Hospital to close June 19
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director STURGIS — After years of financial struggles, Sturgis Hospital announced it will close, effective at noon June 19. Closure comes after more than 100 years in service. In the announcement, the hospital’s leadership stated that financial challenges facing rural health care providers preceded their decision to close. That includes declining reimbursement Read More…
Sturgis still rebounding from Thursday storms
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director STURGIS — Residents of Sturgis are still recovering Monday morning from damage sustained in severe storms that rolled through the area last week. On Thursday, severe thunderstorms rolled through parts of St. Joseph County, causing power outages, downed lines and downed trees in a few areas. According to St. Joseph County Read More…
Local 2093 ratifies new contract with Dauch/AAM, strike ends
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — After two weeks of striking, a new bargaining contract with Dauch Corporation (also known as American Axle) in Three Rivers has been officially ratified by United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2093. In a ratification vote held Sunday among all members of the local union at Dauch in Three Read More…
Jeff Daniels honors Steve Tucker at Michigan Theater
By Elizabeth FersztContributing Writer Chelsea-native, actor Jeff Daniels took the stage at the Michigan Theater of Jackson (MTJ) on Thurs. June 11, at 5-7 pm in a community-wide, free celebration of the return of Steve Tucker, Executive Director of the theater. Tucker mingled with guests before the event started, in the cordoned-off parking lot on Read More…
Back-to-back titles for Mendon softball with win over Brown City
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director EAST LANSING — The title defense has been completed. The greatest generation of softball players at Mendon High School ended its four-year run on top of the softball world once again, as the Hornets defeated Brown City 6-2 in Saturday’s MHSAA Division 4 state finals at Secchia Stadium on the campus Read More…
No. 1 Hornets back in state finals with nail-biting win over No. 2 Hillman
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director EAST LANSING — Friday’s matchup between the top two softball teams in Division 4 was just as advertised. In a close, low-scoring game, it was the Mendon Hornets winning a pitcher’s duel between a couple of the best in the state, taking a 2-1 victory and moving on to their third Read More…
Hackenberg’s 15 Ks propel Marcellus to first-ever state finals
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director EAST LANSING — Marcellus has officially arrived on the biggest stage in high school sports. Led by the phenomenal pitching of junior Cale Hackenberg, the Wildcats advanced to their first-ever state baseball finals appearance with a 4-0 shutout win Friday over Painesdale-Jeffers in the MHSAA Division 4 state semifinals at Michigan Read More…
Colon softball mercied by Gobles in D4 regional semis
By Steve Eldridge MENDON — Colon squared off against the Gobles Tigers last Saturday in the Division 4 girls regional softball regionals, and came up on the short end of a 14-1 score. The game was played in Mendon, and the start of the game was moved up to 12pm due to early-morning rain showers.The Read More…
Golf Finals Roundup Schoolcraft 11th at D3 finals
BATTLE CREEK — Schoolcraft’s boys’ golf team took home 11th place at the MHSAA Division 3 state finals at Bedford Valley in Battle Creek Friday and Saturday.The Eagles shot a 338 in the first round and 334 in the second round, improving from their first-round performance, for a final team score of 672 on the Read More…