Clarice Jean Guth, age 90, formerly of Sturgis, passed away Friday evening, Dec. 30, 2022 surrounded by her family at her home in Gobles. According to her wishes, private family services will take place and interment will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery. Hackman Family Funeral Homes of Sturgis have been entrusted with the arrangements.

A southwestern Michigan man was sentenced Tuesday to at least 12 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty in the 2017 death of an infant he had been babysitting. A Kalamazoo County Circuit Court judge sentenced Bryant Rolland Jr., age 37, to 12 1/2 to 40 years in prison in the death of 11-month-old Jaceyon Downey. The Kalamazoo man had …

Greggory Keith Griffith, age 60, of Jones, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, January 1, 2023. He was born August 10, 1962 in Hammond, Indiana to David, who preceded him in death, and Betty Griffith who survives. Gregg was a graduate of Minonk-Dana-Ruthland High School in Minonk, IL, and attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. In 1998 he moved to Michigan …

Hazel Marie Weaver, age 56, of Marcellus, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2022 at home, surrounded by her husband, her best friend and her sister-in-law. She was born in Ohio on June 13, 1966 the daughter of John Sexton and Joann (Emmett) Jacobs. On June 1, 2001, in Cass she married Darron Lee Weaver, who survives her in death. Hazel …

Doris J. Robbins, age 99, of Sherwood, passed away Monday, January 2, 2023, at her home. Doris was born August 14, 1923, in Sherwood Twp. a daughter of the late Louis and Mary (Knox) Thrams. Doris had made her home in Sherwood all her life graduating from Sherwood high School as salutatorian of her class.  She was a homemaker and …

Maryann Piotrowski, age 75, of Centreville, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2022 at Fairview Living and Rehabilitation Center in Centreville. She was born November 9, 1947 in Detroit, a daughter of Mary Christ and John Widon. Maryann obtained her GED in Mt. Clemens. She married Eugene Piotrowski, they later divorced. Surviving Maryann are her daughter Marsha Piotrowski, Cassopolis; grandchildren Brittney …

Authorities have identified two men who died after being shot when a man fired a gun in celebration during a fireworks display at a New Year’s part y in western Michigan. The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that the shooting killed David Reed, 35, of Waverly Township and Jason McCreary, 40, of Sutter Creek, California. Reed, who was shot in …

Merle L. Carter, age 78, of Constantine, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023 at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. He was born August 2, 1944 in Schoolcraft, a son of Chester and Marguerite (Hoyt) Carter. Merle attended Centreville Schools. On December 21, 1963 he married Marian L. Roberts in Centreville. Merle had worked for Denton Mills, Fairview Nursing Home, …

Daniel John Markum, age 53, of Jones, unexpectedly passed away Thursday, December 29, 2022 at his home following a brief illness. He was born February 2, 1969, in Elkhart, the son of William John and Emma Jane (Alwine) Markum, and graduated from Three Rivers High School with the Class of 1987. Daniel worked as a machinist at Armstrong International in …

November’s unemployment rate in St. Joseph County decreased by three-tenths of a percent from October. Figures from the monthly labor-market analysis by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget show St. Joseph County’s unemployment rate fell from 4.3 percent in October to 4 percent in November. St. Joseph County’s November 2021 unemployment rate was 3.4 percent. In addition, Cass …