Don R. Mieras, age 90, of Sturgis, passed away Thursday evening, August 4, 2022 at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. He was born January 29, 1932 in Sturgis, son of the late Harry and Gladys (Wall) Mieras. Don was a lifelong Sturgis resident and graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1950. On October 1, 1955 he married …

Manuel De Jesus Rodriguez, Jr.,  age 73,  of Sturgis, passed away Tuesday afternoon, August 2, 2022 at his home. He was born January 14, 1949 in Mission, Texas son of the late Manuel and Rosalia (Gonzalez) Rodriguez. Manuel resided in Sturgis for the past 50 years coming from Mission, Texas. On February 20, 1971 he married Maria E. Trevino in …

Charlotte Anne Wojtowicz, age 82, of Three Rivers, died July 25, 2022, in Three Rivers. Services for Charlotte will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, August 11 at Eickhoff Farrand Halverson Chapel, 305 Rock River Ave. in Three Rivers. Charlotte never married but loved visiting relatives with her family and could often be seen at Frosty Bowling Lanes in Three …

Karl H. Engle, Sr. age 84, of Colon, passed away on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at The Laurels of Coldwater. Karl was born on June 10, 1938, in Sturgis, a son to the late Karl and Francis (Stickney) Engle. Karl Graduated from Burr Oak High School with the class of 1956. He then worked as a machinist and had worked …

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 …