William “Bill” Allen Kline, age 69, of Three Rivers, passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2019 at  Bronson Methodist Hospital following a very brief illness.  He was born on July 28, 1949 in Three Rivers, the son of the late Charles and Geraldine (Fitch) Kline. Bill graduated from Three Rivers High School and furthered his education at Glen Oaks and …

Sturgis Hospital has fired Rob LaBarge, its president and CEO. Little information is available about the situation other than the action took place during the hospital board’s monthly meeting Monday. Longtime hospital administrator John Mayer will replace LaBarge in an interim capacity until a permanent replacement can be found. LaBarge has been under scrutiny after the hospital announced in late …

Chris Gerbers has been selected as principal at Sturgis Middle School. Gerbers has served 16 years as an administrator, teacher and coach for the past 16 years in Indiana. He had been a school administrator the past 11 years and comes to Sturgis from Hamilton, Ind., where he served as junior and senior high school principal the past three years. Gerbers …

A project at Glen Oaks Community College has turned into an award-winning undertaking. College president David Devier said Jones and Henry Engineers, Frederick Construction, and Glen Oaks Community College received the “Public Works Project of the Year — Environmental” award by the American Public Works Association, Southwestern Michigan Branch. Supplying and treating water for the new Devier Student Suites became …

The city of Sturgis is continuing its city-wide snow emergency, which went into effect Sunday. Due to the high snowfall level, any vehicle parked on a city street will be towed. By ordinance, parking is prohibited on all city streets during such a declaration. Any vehicle parked in violation is subject to a citation with a fine of $50 and …

The annual “Point-In-Time Count” will take place statewide Wednesday. Locally, the event will include service agencies and community partners in St. Joseph County collecting information about homeless individuals they encounter during business hours. In addition, the St Joseph County Housing Task Force is preparing to count people who are homeless or unsheltered on the streets and in shelters countywide from …

Aaron Wallace “Wally” Krontz, age 87, of Sturgis, passed away early Sunday morning, Jan. 27, 2019, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. He was born Sept. 15, 1931, in Colon, a son of the late Aaron Wallace and Mary Grace (Melchi) Krontz. Wally enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1948, serving in the Korean War with the 23rd Regiment of …

David Alan Jenks, age 76, of White Pigeon, passed away Saturday morning, Jan. 26, 2019, at his home. He was born April 6, 1942, in Elkhart, a son of the late Harold and Mary Louise (Overlease) Jenks. David resided in White Pigeon since 1993, coming from Elkhart, where he was a graduate of Elkhart High School with the class of …

David John Marshall, age 71, of Burr Oak, went to be with the Lord Friday morning, Jan. 25, 2019, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. He was born June 18, 1947, in Latrobe, Pa., a son of the late John Kenneth “Kenny” and Anna Roberta “Bobbie” (Lorenc) Marshall. David was a graduate of Greater Latrobe Sr. High School and Western …

Mary Margaret “Marge” Magnus, age 77, of Athens, passed away on Saturday, January 26th, 2019, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Marge was born August 22nd, 1941, in Mishawaka, to Wayne and Kathleen (Klein) Good. Before her family’s move to Sturgis, her early childhood years in Mishawaka were spent enjoying time on her Grandma and Grandpa Klein’s farm. …