A local business owner, members of a family farm and a panel of elected officials were recipients of awards presented Wednesday by the St. Joseph County Conservation District. Jeff Pant, owner of Fawn River Kayak Guide and Rental, was named the conservation district’s volunteer of the year. Henry, Ricardo and Martha Miller, of Florence Township-based Villa Miller Farms, were recognized …

State Rep. Aaron Miller announced this week that a state grant has been awarded to reconstruct a portion of Wade Street in Sturgis. Miller said the Michigan Department of Transportation has awarded a $259,000 Transportation Economic Development Fund grant for work on Wade Street from South Centerville Road to a location just east of Clark Street. The roadwork will accommodate …

Investigators from the St. Joseph County Area Narcotics unit on Wednesday executed a search warrant that led to the arrest of three people. According to a department media release, the incident took place in the 67000 block of Klinger Lake Road in White Pigeon Township. Investigators had received information about possible methamphetamine production and distribution from a residence. A search …

An area corn grower has been honored as a state winner in the 2014 National Corn Yield contest sponsored annually by the National Corn Growers Association. Schoolcraft resident Ronnie Landis placed first in the state in the No-Till/Strip-Till Non-Irrigated Class with a yield of 250.6410 bushels per acre. The hybrid used in the winning field was a Dekalb brand product. …

A 42-year-old Sturgis man was taken to a Kalamazoo hospital after he was found unconscious in a city street. Officers were called shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday to the 300 block of North Clay Street regarding a motorcycle accident. The man was lying in the street with his motorcycle nearby. He was taken to Sturgis Hospital and subsequently to Bronson …

Once thought to be dead, legislation that would increase the speed limit to 80 miles per hour on some outstate rural freeway sections in Michigan is being resurrected in the state House. Representative Brad Jacobsen says I-69 between Flint and Lansing, areas north of the Saginaw/Bay City area and US-131 around Cadillac would seem logical for inclusion in the measure. But …

Luada Durham, age 95, of Three Rivers passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Riverview Manor Nursing Home. Luada was born in Des Ark, AR to Gus Washington and Rosa Ann (Hill) Parham. She was one of eight children, Elijah Nathaniel, Lagertha, Cornelia, Rev. Elisha Miles, Rosetta, Bobbie Gus & William Howard Parham, whom all preceded her in death. …

Wilma K. Foreman, 71, of Constantine, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, following a short illness. She was born Dec. 13, 1943, in LaGrange, Ind., a daughter of Raymond and Marie (Hamilton) Cleveland. She was a Constantine area resident since 1977, coming from White Pigeon. She was employed by General Motors in Three Rivers for …

Virginia L. Welch, age 84, died Thursday, March 25, 2015 in Sturgis. In accordance with family wishes cremation has been conducted and there will be no public services at this time. Arrangements handled by Hohner Funeral Home.

  Hi, my name is Reva. I am about two years old. I have a short, soft coat that is red. I like people, am active but settle down and behave inside. I walk nice on a leash. I really want my own person to walk. My docket number is #12531 at St. Joseph Co. Animal Control Shelter located at …