Ruth M. Burmeister, age 90, of Burr Oak, passed away on Monday, August 1, 2022, at her home after a brief bout with brain cancer. Ruth was born on January 23, 1932 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a daughter of the late Edward and Mildred (Horton) Buhrow. Ruth attended Oshkosh High School. She then married Harry L. Burmeister. He would precede her …

Barbara Ann Adams, age 83, of Vicksburg, died Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at Glen Arbor Hospice in Battle Creek. She was born in Clinton, Illinois on January 3, 1939 the daughter of Floyd and Opal (Mills) Miller. The family moved to the Vicksburg area in 1953, and Barbara graduated from Vicksburg High School with the class of 1957. She was …

A Mendon Township man defeated incumbent Kathy Pangle from the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners following Tuesday’s primary election. Unofficial results show District 3 challenger Rusty Baker topped Pangle by a margin of 55 percent to 45 percent. Baker still has a general election ahead of him in November. Barring an unlikely upset in that contest, Baker will secure …

The race for St. Joseph County Commission’s District 4 featured two challengers seeking to replace Dan Czajkowski, who is stepping down after a six-year run. White Pigeon resident Luis Rosado had a narrow victory over Constantine Township’s David Hayslip. Unofficial results show Rosado secured about 53 percent of the votes to Hayslip’s 47 percent. Rosado said he vows to commit …

The St. Joseph County Transportation Authority received strong support in its request for renewing one-third of a mill to continue operations at their current level. The request was approved by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. The Three Rivers-based agency was also successful in 2010, 2014 and 2018 in identical requests. They, too, were supported by roughly a 2-to-1 margin. Agency director …

With most precincts reporting, Jonathan Lindsey appears to have defeated incumbent Kim LaSata in the Republican race for State Senate District 17. By late Tuesday, Lindsey had a margin of 61 percent of the vote to LaSata’s 39 percent. Meanwhile, Steve Carra was on his way to re-election to the Republican nomination for the State House District 36 seat. As …

Captain Raymond Walter (Butch) Modrzynski was born May 15, 1926, in Rogers City, MI to Stanley and Frances (Romel) Modrzynski. He passed away at Bowman Place in Three Rivers on Thursday, July 28, 2022, at the age of 96. Butch was the second oldest of 12 children, attended St. Ignatius Catholic School, and then Rogers City High School where he …

Robert Lee Sinclair of Vicksburg, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at the age of 95. He was born in Hannibal, MO on February 7, 1927, the fourth son of Ernest and Etta (McNeal) Sinclair. As a child growing up on a farm during the depression there was a lot of hard work to do, this was especially true …

A judge blocked enforcement of a 1931 Michigan ban on abortion Monday, just hours after the state Court of Appeals said county prosecutors were not covered by a May order and could enforce the prohibition following the fall of Roe v. Wade. Oakland County Judge Jacob Cunningham stepped in at the request of attorneys representing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat …

Francis Bruystens of Three Rivers, passed away on August 1, 2022, at the age of 87.  Francis “Fritz” was born on July 20, 1935 in Chicago, the son of Herbert and Johanna (Gerritsen) Bruystens. Fritz loved the challenge of putting a puzzle together.  He had a large collection of puzzles.  Fritz also loved to go fishing, camping, and work in …