Members of the White Pigeon Community Schools Board of Education appointed Leonard Hinkson to fill a seat vacated by Clayton Bell. Hinkson’s appointment will last 10 months. If he wants to serve the remaining two years of Bell’s term, he will have to be elected in November. He said he wants to support the district’s motto of “every student, every …

No injuries were reported after a semi tractor-trailer caught fire last week on a highway in Branch County. Michigan State Police troopers were dispatched at 4:40 a.m. Friday to a report of a Fed Ex truck on fire in the northbound lane of Interstate 69 near the weigh station in Ovid Twp. The semi, a double trailer, was transporting nitric …

A Michigan legislator has introduced a bill that, if eventually passed and signed, would prohibit the declawing of cats unless it is for a clear medical or therapeutic reason. The Detroit News reported Friday that House Bill No. 5508 could make Michigan the second state to ban declawing cats, following New York. State Rep. Nate Shannon, a Sterling Heights Democrat, …

Construction is expected to start this spring on a project more than doubling Indiana Michigan Power’s electricity production from solar energy sources. The Fort Wayne-based company has won approval from Indiana officials for the solar farm planned for the Granger area just northeast of South Bend. Completion for the project is expected later this year and is expected to generate …

Carol J. Fair, age 95, of Centreville, passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at her home. She was born on November 16, 1924 in Sturgis, a daughter to the late Samuel L. and Rhea (Arver) Cook. Carol was a lifelong resident of the Sturgis and Centreville areas and a graduate of Sturgis High School in 1942. On January 8, …

Rosa Lee Harmon, age 89, of Three Rivers, died peacefully at home on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. She was born in Dunbar, Oklahoma one of six children born to Roy and Blanche (Tarbutton) Bryant. She was married to William Harvey Harmon on Aug. 24, 1945 in Forrest City, Arkansas. They moved to Three Rivers in 1955 and Rosa worked at …

Deborah Lee (Crabtree) Johnson, age 64 of Centreville, died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 in a motor vehicle accident in Nottawa Township. She was born in Three Rivers on June 13, 1955 the daughter of Joel and Margaret (Bubetz) Crabtree. She graduated from Mendon High School with the class of 1973 and attended Western Michigan University. Deb was self employed and …

James Douglas Weiss,  Jr., age 49, of Burr Oak, died on Sunday, February 16, 2020 at Sturgis Hospital. He was born December 21, 1970 in Southfield,  a son of James D. and Patricia (Perrin) Weiss. Jimmy attended Constantine Schools and graduated from Howe Military School in 1988. He received his auto mechanic degree from ITT in Ft. Wayne and also …

Kenneth Earl Arend of Sturgis passed away on Wednesday, January 19, 2020 following a brief illness. Visitation will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at First Presbyterian Church, followed by a Celebration of Life Service at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to First Presbyterian Church or Sturgis Foundation/Sturgis Neighborhood Program. Arrangments by Hackman Family …

Mary Belle Spence, age 56, of Sturgis, passed away Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. Arrangements will be announced by Hackman Family Funeral Homes.