The Columbia Township Board of Trustees has inked a "first alarm" agreement between its fire department and South Haven Area Emergency Services.

Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL Shawn and Jessica Cope, of Kalamazoo, a son. Maegan Judge and Mavrick Aldridge, of Plainwell, a son.

A convicted murderer from Allegan County has lost her appeal. Dena "Winky" Thompson had petitioned the state Court of Appeals to overturn convictions stemming from the December 2007 murder of her ex-husband Troy Tyo.

Mother, 79, died of injuries from being pushed down stairs PAW PAW - A Gobles man was sentenced Monday to five to 15 years in prison for the death last year of his 79-year-old mother.

State police have released the names of two people involved in a fatal crash in Van Buren County on Thursday.

Police say a 50-year-old woman believed to have died while driving before crashing her car into an oncoming pickup truck Thursday is from Bloomingdale.

All branches of the Van Buren District Library will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.

The new chairman of the Van Buren Road Commission is Chester "Chip" Ray of Gobles.

Health insurance premiums for Kalamazoo-area teachers are averaging $15,845 this year, and employees are contributing an average of 6.5 percent, or $1,034, towards those costs, according to data collected by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

GOBLES, Mich. A veteran of World War Two brought history to life on Thursday in Gobles.

A 29-year-old Gobles man is in the Kalamazoo County Jail awaiting a review of allegations that he was manufacturing methamphetamine in home he was staying at on the city's southwest side.

Standing on her back porch just north of Gobles one summer morning in 2008, Mann Eytcheson saw something strange pop out of the woods and into the field.

Weekend snows have brightened the spirits of Kalamazoo area ski resort operators hoping to attract vacation crowds later this week.

GOBLES, Mich. A Gobles man has admitted that he killed his mother. James Bachelder recently pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his 79-year-old mother Joan.

Betsy Wahmhoff Perales couldn't keep from smiling Monday as she watched 1,000 Michigan-grown Christmas trees being loaded into FedEx Freight trucks for delivery to military families at bases in Kansas, Oklahoma and North Carolina.

GOBLES, Mich. New information is emerging about when the newest troops could arrive on the ground in Afghanistan.

The National 'Trees For Troops' Campaign has set a goal to send 16,000 trees to 16,000 troops during the holiday season.

A nursery in Gobles is collecting Christmas trees for soldiers this weekend. For the third year in a row, Wahmhoff Farms is accepting donations for the "Trees For Troops" program, which sends free Christmas trees and greeting cards to military families all over the world.

Donations of fresh-cut Christmas trees for the troops are being collected this weekend for distribution to military bases by Dec.

Shoppers may have delivered the best Christmas gift for retailers this season: turning out in droves at Black Friday sales.