Kenneth Wayne Motheral, age 73, of LaGrange, passed away on December 29, 2025 at his home. He was born May 14, 1952 in Centralia, Washington, son of the late Gail and Joyce (Morton) Motheral. Ken had resided in LaGrange since 2005, having moved from Sturgis. On July 4, 1988, he married the love of his life, Sandra Kaye Callis, in …

Robert “Bob” LeRoy Standard, age 86, of Three Rivers, Michigan, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at Beacon Hospital of Kalamazoo. Bob was born on October 2, 1939 in Woodhull Township, Michigan, the son of Marion and Vera (Johnston) Standard, Jr. He spent his early childhood in the Lansing area before moving to California in his teenage years, where …

Raymond “Ray” Earl Payne, 46, of Osceola, Indiana, passed away at his home on Sunday, April 19, 2026. He was born on August 2, 1979 in Michigan City, Indiana to August and Evelyn (Becker) Payne, Sr. Ray spent his early childhood in Three Oaks, Michigan, before moving to Tennessee, where he graduated from Bradley Central High School in Cleveland, Tennessee. …

Michael Rae Bowersox, known to many as Mike, passed away on Friday, April 17, 2026, in Three Rivers, at the age of 78. He was born on September 5, 1947 in Sturgis, and lived a life marked by humor, warmth, and a spirited nature that touched the hearts of those who knew him. Mike was the kind of person who …

A gracious and loving lady, Ann Dundek Gerst, age 99, of Decatur, Texas, passed from this earth to join her Heavenly Father on March 22, 2026, in Bridgeport, Texas. Ann was born on October 13, 1926 in Chicago to Andrew Behro Dundek and Anna (Marko) Dundek, both of whom immigrated from Czechoslovakia around 1913 at the age of 18. She …

Kevin Lee Stroup passed away in Constantine on April 9, 2026 at the age of 60, and is remembered with love for the kind, thoughtful, and friendly spirit he shared throughout his life. Kevin was born on October 1, 1965 in Three Rivers. He was the son of Gene Stroup and the late Betty Sue Stroup. He grew up surrounded …

Pamela Hodges Braham, age 82, of Sturgis, Michigan, passed away on April 9, 2026 at Thurston Woods Villa in Sturgis. She was born December 31, 1943 in Sturgis, daughter of the late William G. and Joycelyn (Hodges) Braham, M.D. Pam spent her early years in Sturgis and graduated from Sturgis High School with the Class of 1962. She went on …

Park Township residents will be asked whether to support a millage request dedicated to local road improvements. Township board members recently agreed to move forward with an August 4 request to seek four-tenths of a mill for improvements to Moorepark Road, and portions of Parkville and Thompson Lane, among others. Park Township had funding through a local road millage from …

A teenager was injured in a one-vehicle crash last week in Cass County’s Porter Township. Sheriff Clint Roach said deputies were called at 7:45 p.m. Friday to an area of Bellows Road, south of Sweet Road. Investigators said a 16-year-old Edwardsburg resident was driving south on Bellows Road and his vehicle collided with a log in the road. The driver …

Two Cass County men have been charged with drug-related offenses after they were arrested last week in Mason Township. Sheriff Clint Roach said deputies paired up with Cass County Drug Enforcement Team to execute a search warrant Friday at a residence in the 19000 block of Stateline Road. Authorities arrested a 57-year-old man and a 36-year-old man. They face charges …