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 …

Margurite Jane Hartman, age 95, died in Three Rivers on Sunday, July 31, 2022. In accordance with family wishes, cremation will be conducted and she will be interred at Riverside Cemetery. Arrangements by Hohner Funeral Home.

COVID-19 really put our lives in a tailspin. I don’t recall anything in my that has affected our lives as much as the COVID pandemic. Over the past two years, COVID-19 has caused some rather unusual symptoms throughout our bodies and research has shown that our fingernails and toenails are not immune. Here are several of those symptoms: Changes in …

Paulette Lauraine Hutson, age 79, of Marcellus, passed away on Monday, July 25, 2022 at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 11, 1943, in Buchanan, the daughter of Paul and Dorothy M. (Weaver) Roberts, and graduated from Marcellus High School with the Class of 1961. Paulette earned her associates degree in accounting from Southwestern Michigan College …

Robert Bruce Gallup, age 93, of Sturgis, passed away early Sunday morning July 31, 2022 at his home. He was born December 11, 1928 in Coldwater, son of the late Willard Bruce and Margaret A. (Whaley) Gallup. Bob resided in Sturgis most of his life. From 1962 to 1988 his job with Ross Laboratories took him to Columbus, Ohio and …