A number of local entities, including the villages of Burr Oak, Centreville and Constantine, featured uncontested races. In Colon, six trustee candidates vied for three seats to Colon Village Council. Winners were Jodi Gross, Dillon Baker and Marvel Delp. They were challenged by David Senkewitz, Donald D’Water and Thomas Whitford. Gross and Delp are incumbents. In Three Rivers, Lucas Allen …

A trio of candidates ran for one partial-term membership to the Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education. The three, Jack Coleman, Nichole Cover and Anne Riopel, were write-in candidates and the winner had not been determined as of late Tuesday night. The term expires at the end of 2024. Meanwhile, five people ran for four seats to Centreville Public …

Republican Rick Shaffer will return to serve two years as a member of the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners. In the only contested race to the seven-member board, Shaffer fended off Democrat Erin Schultes for the newly created Precinct 1, which comprises Lockport and Florence townships, and the city of Three Rivers.

Brandon Lee Shetterly, age 19, of Constantine, passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2022 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Brandon was born in Sturgis on November 10, 2002, a son of Gregory and Paula (Trine) Shetterly. He attended Constantine Schools and graduated from Michigan Youth Challenge Academy in Battle Creek in 2019. Brandon enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing hockey, …

Pearl Sue White, age 74, of Sturgis, passed away Monday evening, November 7, 2022 at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was born November 2, 1948 in Sturgis, daughter of the late Alfred and Catherine (Swartz) Pagels. Pearl was a lifelong Sturgis resident and graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1966. Pearl retired from Thurston Woods Village …

Cheryl Ruth Newman, age 70, of Sturgis, passed away Sunday evening, November 6, 2022 at the home of her Sister Vicki in Centreville. In accordance with her wishes cremation has taken place. A gathering of family and friends to honor the life of Cheryl Newman will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 Sunday, December 4th, at the Hackman Chapel of …

Rosemary Elizabeth “Mimi” Klinger, age 79, of Klinger Lake, Sturgis, passed away Thursday morning, November 3, 2022 at Thurston Woods Villa in Sturgis. She was born September 22, 1943 in Wabash, Indiana daughter of Donald D. and Beatrice A. (Young) Klinger. Rosemary had her home at Klinger Lake since the mid 1980’s moving full time to the lake in 2003 …

Sandra Jean Timm, age 82, of Three Rivers Michigan, passed away on November 1, 2022. She was born on May 23, 1940. Preceded in death by her husband Harvey Allen Timm, mother Frances Marie Watson, father Norris Lorenzo Watson, sister Nancy Lou Watson, daughter Judith Kay Timm and son Steve Wayne Timm. Sandra is survived by her son-in-law; Stanley Ray …

Sharon Lynn Zitnik, age 92, of Sherwood Michigan, passed away early Saturday morning, November 5, 2022, at Glen Arbor Hospice Residence of Battle Creek. Sharon was born a daughter to the late Lynn and Matie (VanAken) Whitmore, in Battle Creek on July 1, 1930. Sharon graduated from Colon high school with the class of 1948. She would live in the …

Thelma R. Eymer, age 91, of Bristol, Indiana died on Sunday, November 6, 2022 at Riverside Village in Elkhart. She was Born on February 1, 1931 in Nottawa Township, Michigan the Daughter of Leo and Elta (Frohriep) Warkentine. She lived in Bristol since 1961 coming from St. Joseph County, Michigan. She was a Homemaker and employed at Patchwork Quilt as …