Gregory Richard Reed, age 68, of Centreville, died Monday, Sep. 2, 2019 at his home following a long illness. He was born in Sturgis on Feb. 20, 1951 the son of Richard and Nancy J. (Sweet) Reed. Greg graduated from Centreville High School and later attended trade schools for Oldsmobile and Kawasaki Motors. He was a former service manager at …

Joan Eva Conrad, age 61, of Mendon, died Monday, Sept. 2, 2019 at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was born in LaGrange, IN on March 20, 1958 the daughter of Albert and Ellen (Church) Hill. She attended LaGrange Schools and later graduated from the Sturgis Adult Education program. Joan worked for Eaton Corp. near Galesburg until their shut-down. She …

M. Celeste Happel, age 98, of Eugene, Oregon and formerly of Mendon, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. She was born on the family farm on Aug. 6, 1921 the daughter of the late Leon and Gladys (Klein) Happel. Celeste attended the Hall Country School and graduated from Mendon High School in 1939. She also graduated from Western Michigan …

Lawrence D. Lane, age 91, of Three Rivers, died on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 at Rose Arbor Hospice following an extended illness. He was born on July 10, 1928 in Three Rivers, the son of Lawrence F. and Adilla S. (Clark) Lane. He was a resident of St. Joseph County and Three Rivers all of his life. He was employed …

A Three Rivers woman with a history of community involvement has been named interim director of the Three Rivers Public Library. Bobbi Schoon was named to the position during a special meeting Thursday. She steps in after Lynn Schofield-Dahl announce earlier in the week her resignation. Schofield-Dahl declined to state why she chose to resign, stating only that it was …

Sturgis Hospital has been working with Ascension Borgess to take over Sturgis Medical Group. Hospital officials said last week they hope to have an agreement finalized as quickly as possible, hospital board vice president Joe Haas told Sturgis city commissioners at their meeting Wednesday. Ascension Borgess would rent Medical Commons 1 and some of Medical Commons 2, and purchase the equipment. …

Centreville Public Schools Board of Education members last week approved TowerPinkster as the architect of record for 2019-20, as the district looks to enter phase 3 of a bond project. Superintendent Stephanie Lemmer and board president Jeff Troyer, however, will meet with TowerPinkster regarding concerns the district had in the first two phases of the project, such as drainage issues …

A state police patrol car was struck while its driver was on patrol over the weekend along Interstate 94 in Calhoun County. According to a department media release, the trooper was driving in the westbound lane at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Beadle Lake Road, which is exit No. 100. The trooper had been patrolling a construction zone …

About 39% of Michigan communities that approved a recreational marijuana ballot measure last year have since introduced local bans that prohibit businesses selling pot. Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued emergency rules in July giving local authorities six months to introduce bans before it starts to accept applications for business licenses Nov. 1. MLive.com reports that 308 of the 792 cities …

State officials say the 40th cougar report in Michigan since 2008 has been confirmed. The confirmation was made after an image of a cougar was captured Aug. 17 on a trail camera on public land in the Upper Peninsula’s Delta County. Michigan Department of Natural Resources large-carnivore specialist Cody Norton visited the area and substantiated the report. Another trail camera …