Two men have been convicted in the 2019 torture-slaying of a northern Indiana woman whose body was found inside a trash bin dumped in southern Michigan. An Elkhart County jury found Donald Owen Jr., 22, and Mario Angulo Jr., 20, guilty of murder Thursday in the October 2019 and killing of 31-year-old Kimberly Dyer at a house in Elkhart. The …

Michigan residents who visit secretary of state offices will always need an appointment, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said Thursday, making permanent a change that was made to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Gone are the days when a person could walk into a branch and wait in line. Benson called it an “antiquated, inefficient, take-a-number system that …

Barbara L. Stump, age 85, of Sturgis, passed away Thursday evening April 29, 2021 at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was born October 25, 1935 in Sturgis, daughter of the late Howard and Freda (Day) Adams. Barb was a lifelong Sturgis resident and graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1953. On July 10, 1954 she married …

Ralph Krzyzanski, age 73, of Colon, passed away Monday, April 26, 2021 at Glenn Arbor Hospice Residence after fighting a short battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis. Ralph and his family were able to enjoy and celebrate the last 6 months of life before a short 3 days of comfort with hospice. Ralph was born on January 31, 1948, in Bronson, a …

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday announced a plan to tie the lifting of coronavirus restrictions to Michigan’s vaccination rate, setting specific benchmarks that must be reached to return to normal. As more people get shots, she said, the state will allow office work, relax and ultimately end indoor capacity limits, and lift a health order designed to curb COVID-19. About …

A sheriff’s deputy bitten by a dog in southern Michigan killed the animal and then fatally shot the angry owner who confronted him with a knife, state police said Thursday. The incident happened Wednesday night in Hillsdale County’s Reading Township after the deputy responded to a call about a dog on the loose. “When the deputy made contact at the …

A Kalamazoo chiropractor who opposed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home orders when the coronavirus pandemic struck and helped with an effort to repeal her emergency powers announced Wednesday that he will run against the Democrat in 2022. Garrett Soldano, a Republican, last spring started a Facebook group called “Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine” that gained roughly 380,000 members before the social media …

In honor of Arbor Day, the St. Joseph County Commission on Aging invited Carolyn Grace from the St Joseph County Conservation District and Ashley Ives, a Farm Bill Specialist from the US Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to visit our Enrichment Centers on Thursday, April 29. In addition to giving away white pines to our COA members, Carolyn …

Dale Bowlby went home to be with the Lord early Monday morning, April 26, 2021 at Borgess Hospital following a battle with colon cancer. Dale was born to Forrest C. Bowlby and Lydia Amber Reames on December 29, 1929 in a small village called Corey, Michigan. On April 26, 1952 he was wed to Bernadeen Swartz at the United Methodist …

If you haven’t already done so, you only have a day or two to stop by Main Street Cafe and wish Darlene a very HAPPY RETIREMENT. After twenty-six years, she’ll finally be able to pour her own cup of coffee and sleep in an extra hour or two. Who knows, she might even be the keeper of the light at …