A 10-year-old boy was fatally injured while driving an all-terrain vehicle on private land in St. Joseph County. The sheriff’s department says the crash happened about 3:20 p.m.  Wednesday in Nottawa Township, about 10 miles north of Sturgis. It says that Dakota Yoder was driving fast when his four-wheel vehicle flipped on top of him in a field. It says emergency …

Wallace William “Bill” Sandberg, age 69, of Constantine, passed away at his home on Wednesday, December 17th, 2014.  Bill was born in Chicago, IL on February 17, 1945.  On March 11, 1972, he married Patricia Bambrick in Chicago. They were later divorced. Bill graduated from Harper High School in Chicago.  He worked shipping and receiving at Harter Corporation in Middlebury, …

During their final meeting of 2014 Tuesday, the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners made reappointments to six different panels. Returning for three-year terms to the Animal Control Advisory Board are Suzanne Lee, Laura Barley and Rick Shaffer. John Bippus was approved to continue on as a member of the St. Joseph County Road Commission Board. Bippus, who is currently …

Residents of the Maple Crest Motel in Sturgis were displaced after a fire Tuesday night. Sturgis Fire officials said heavy smoke was coming from the roof of the building when they arrived on the scene around 6:45 p.m. Four units suffered severe damage from the fire, which appears to have started in an attic area. Residents in other units were …

A garage was damaged in a hit-and-run incident reported Monday in White Pigeon Township. State police were called to the 68000 block of Klinger Lake Road to investigate. The property owner said the incident occurred within the past week. The vehicle struck the garage then proceeded south on Klinger Lake Road, according to investigators.

A 29-year-old Cassopolis woman was injured after she was involved in a three-vehicle accident Wednesday morning in Cass County. Sheriff’s department officials said Ryan Rosalee Deckard, failed to slow down as she approached two vehicles that had stopped for a school bus shortly before 7:30 a.m. on M-60 in Newberg Township. Deckard drove into the back of a vehicle driven …

Strong player support pushed sales of Michigan Lottery tickets to a record of nearly $2.6 billion in the 2014 fiscal year, the 10th straight year of $2 billion-plus sales. Lottery officials say sales this year eclipsed by 4.8 percent the previous record of just under $2.48 billion set in 2013. The record sales were due primarily to a 10.5 percent increase in …

Barbara J. Wagner, 78, of White Pigeon, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014 at her home following a short illness. She was born on Aug. 16, 1936 in Cook County, Ill., the daughter of Robert and Lillian (Topal) Diesniess. She moved to White Pigeon area when she was 12 years old from Parkridge, Ill. Graduate of White Pigeon High School in …

Hello. My name is Bobbie and I am a female short-hair calico cat, about 8 months old. I am very friendly and like people. It surely would be nice to have a new family to love at Christmas. Please visit me and see how cute I am. My docket number is 12405, at the St. Joseph County Animal Control Shelter …

The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners has agreed to provide additional funding to support a proposed trail project designed to run between Three Rivers and Fabius Township. At the request of Lindsay Oswald, a member of the River Country Recreational Authority, the commission committed $23,400. Coupled with $5,000 offered by the city of Three Rivers Tuesday, the proposed trail …