Lee Gero Happel, age 81, of Sturgis, passed away early Saturday morning, January 29, 2022 at Parkview Randallia Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was born October 4, 1940 in Sturgis, son of the late Clifford and Vera (Bennett) Happel. Lee was a lifelong Sturgis and Burr Oak area resident and a graduate of Burr Oak High School with the class …

Gyms, movie theaters and other businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic would receive state grants under a $185 million spending bill that won initial legislative approval Thursday. The 96-6 vote in the House came more than a month after the Legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer enacted $409 million in aid for businesses that lost money — funded with federal discretionary COVID-19 aid. …

Geraldine D. “Gerry” Summey, age 90, of Sturgis, passed away early Tuesday morning, January 25, 2022 at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. She was born July 19, 1931 in Chicago, daughter of the late Joseph and Della (Plopa) Savicz. Gerry moved to Three Rivers in 1948 coming from Chicago where she was a graduate of Chicago St. Louis Academy High …

Valerie Kay Reinbold, age 75, of Colon, passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2022 peacefully at home surrounded by family. A memorial service will be held at 12:00 Noon on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at the Sherwood Free Methodist Church, 414 S. Main St., Sherwood, MI. Visitation will be held at the Sherwood Free Methodist Church just prior to the …

Joey A. Linton, age 61, of Constantine, passed away at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 after a brief illness.  Joey was born in Elkhart on April 4, 1960, a son of George Edwin and Mary (Conner) Linton. He graduated from Constantine High School in 1978 and went on to study business management at Ivy Tech. …

Chianne Jean Lash, age 47, of Paw Paw, and formerly of Mendon, died Thursday, January 20, 2022 at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was born in Sturgis on July 24, 1974 the daughter of Stanley and Nancy (Dunithan) Stienbarger. She graduated from Mendon High School with the class of 1993. She attended the Branch Career Center and became a …

A semitrailer was left dangling from an Indiana Toll Road overpass for hours Wednesday after it slid off the tollway amid icy, frigid conditions that caused other accidents, state police said. A car traveling in front of the FedEx semitrailer lost its traction and skidded about 9 a.m. Wednesday, prompting the truck’s driver to swerve near Mishawaka, just east of …

Deaths exceeded births in Michigan in 2020, a rare result influenced by COVID-19, statistics show. “We can blame a lot of deaths on COVID,” demographer Kurt Metzger told the Detroit Free Press, “but the fact is the trend of increasing deaths and decreasing births is a problem for Michigan outside of COVID.” Slightly more than 117,000 people died in 2020, while …

Mary Sue Liston, age 71, of White Pigeon, passed away suddenly at home on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. She was born November 28, 1950 in Berrien Township, MI, a daughter to the late John Burnau and Sarah (Robbins) Burnau. She married her first husband LeRoy Davis on June 15, 1969 in White Pigeon. He preceded her in death in 1978. …

Patricia A. Paul, age 84, passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Bronson Commons – Skilled Nursing Center in Mattawan. Pat was born September 1st, 1937 in Coldwater, and was daughter to Anthony and Gigi (Lopez) Warkoczeski. She was married to the love of her life, Mitchel B. Paul on August 22, 1959. Together they lived in central Indiana …