http://www.wlkm.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:42:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Environmental Protection Agency says it believes more than a million gallons of oil may have leaked this week into a major southern Michigan waterway that leads to Lake Michigan.  The estimate reported Wednesday night from the EPA exceeds earlier estimates from the company responsible for the spill into Talmadge ... http://www.wlkm.com/?p=14640 Michigan's governor says efforts by the company responsible for a more than 800,000-gallon oil spill making its way down the Kalamazoo River are "wholly inadequate."  Gov. Jennifer Granholm's remarks Wednesday evening in a teleconference came as a state police official who conducted a flyover of the site said the oil ... http://www.wlkm.com/?p=14637 Victor C. Knoff, age 68 of Three Rivers, died Wednesday July 28, 2010 at Kairo’s Dwelling Hospice Home in Kalamazoo. He was born in Chicago, IL on Nov. 4, 1941 the son of Sigfried and Lena (Notaro) Knoff. Victor has lived in Three Rivers for most of his adult life. ... http://www.wlkm.com/?p=14635 Roberta Donabelle Walter, 81, of Three Rivers, MI., passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at Borgess Medical Center of Kalamazoo following a brief illness. She was born on July 29, 1928 in Centreville, MI. the daughter of William Willis and Eleanore (Schumm) Walter. Ms. Walter was a graduate of Three Rivers ... http://www.wlkm.com/?p=14633 A ceremony to recognize the founders of the largest manmade lake in St. Joseph County is scheduled to take place at 5 p.m. Friday. Representing the co-founders of Lake Templene will be Floyd and Marie Templin. The husband and wife are the only surviving founders of the 1,050-acre lake, which was ... http://www.wlkm.com/?p=14630 The former owner of a jewelry store in Sturgis was shot and killed at his business in Florida earlier this week. Investigators from West Palm Beach said John Lauseng (LAW-sing) was ambushed by two men as he arrived at his jewelry store. Police said following a brief scuffle, Lauseng was shot ... http://www.wlkm.com/?p=14627 Three Rivers Community Schools has called a special meeting for 8 a.m. Monday at Superintendent Roger Rathburn's office. The lone agenda item indicates a "resolution to borrow" will be contemplated by the district's seven-member board of education. The unidentified expense ties in to an energy-conservation project approved by the board earlier ... http://www.wlkm.com/?p=14625 Southern Michigan is learning that devastating oil spills aren't limited to the Gulf Coast.  Crews were working Wednesday to clean up an estimated 877,000 gallons of oil that coated birds and fish as it poured from a pipeline leak into the Kalamazoo River.  Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm toured the area ... http://www.wlkm.com/?p=14620 Leona Elizabeth Wegner, age 97, of Sturgis, passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at Sturgis Hospital. Leona was born Aug. 25, 1912, in Sturgis, a daughter of the late August and Ella (Schweder) Siefert. On Nov. 24, 1934, she married Harold C. Wegner in Sturgis. He preceded her in death on May ... http://www.wlkm.com/?p=14617 Cellular coverage in a pocket of U.S. 131 between Constantine and White Pigeon could be back to normal within a month. The second of two communications towers is expected to be fully installed by the end of the week in an area north of Dickinson Road in Constantine Township. Dave Ritzer, who ... http://www.wlkm.com/?p=14614