According to population estimates released March 26 by the US Census Bureau and analyzed by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, population growth rates have slowed in many Indiana communities in 2014. Statewide, Indiana added approximately 26,140 residents in 2014, a 0.4 percent increase from 2013. In comparison, Indiana …read more.

Beverly Jennings, 87, of Rochester, went home on Feb. 23, 2015. She was born in North Muskegon, Mich., to George and Beatrice Olsen Mecher. She was the fourth daughter born to the union. While growing up in Muskegon, Bev enjoyed spending the summers at the Lake Michigan Shore with her niece’s Nancy and Ruth Anne. …read more.