Approval to fill two positions at the sheriff’s department and authorization to a change in employment status for three Juvenile Day Treatment Program monitors was issued by the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners Tuesday. The action means the sheriff’s department can proceed with filling a full-time corrections officer spot and a full-time road patrol position. Also, the employment status …

Clifford Merle Ditmer, Jr., age 58, of Nottawa, and formerly of Burr Oak, lost his hard-fought battle with cancer Saturday, May 16, 2015, at home, surrounded by his family. Clifford was born Nov. 3, 1956, in Sturgis, a son of Clifford Merle Ditmer Sr. and Dale (Woodman) Webster. Survivors include his loving wife, Loreane (Conley) Ditmer of Nottawa; his mother; …

Harriet Emeline Altland, formerly of White Pigeon, died March 15, 2015, in Mancos, Colo. She was born Dec. 12, 1922, in Centreville to Millard Roland and Bessie Elizabeth (Brown) Snow. She graduated from Centreville High School and then St. Camillus School of Nursing at Borgess in Kalamazoo in 1945. In 1947, she married the love of her life, William J. …

The internet is full of remedies: everything from curing toenail fungus to preventing baldness. Some of these remedies actually work, and some are just plain crazy and could be harmful to your health. I have several skin tags on my upper body that I’d really like to get rid of. As a matter of fact, one physician in town refers …

A shared superintendent with Bronson Community Schools is an option members of the Colon Community Schools Board of Education have agreed to investigate. The seven-member board Monday decided to consider a partnership with its neighboring district and its first-year leader, Teresa Belote (buh-LOAT). The measure was endorsed as Colon Community Schools is searching for a new school chief after Vic …

A Three Rivers man faces seven counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct after he was bound over to circuit court last week. Cary Jones, 46, was charged following his alleged infractions at the Abracadabra Daycare facility in Three Rivers, where his girlfriend was the owner. Last week’s proceedings took place in St. Joseph County District Court, where five children between …

Laura Marie Briggs, age 83, of Three Rivers passed away on Friday, May 15, 2015 at Bronson Methodist Hospital. She was born in Plover , WI the daughter of Edwin D. and Georgina (Gemberling) Slack. Laura was a resident of Three Rivers for over sixty years. She was employed for many years as a retail manager of Spiegel’s in Kalamazoo. …

Dorothy “Dotty” A. Roberts, age 65, passed away suddenly on Friday, May 15, 2015 in Saginaw, MI. She was born in Saginaw, MI on March 19, 1950 the daughter of the late John and Janice (Polzin) Szarenski. Dotty received her Bachelor’s of Science degree in nursing from the University of Michigan. She moved to the Three Rivers area in 1982 …

Naomi A. (Bontrager) Kauffman, age 49, of Mendon, Mich., passed away, Saturday, May 16, 2015, at her home, after a two-year battle with cancer. She was born June 13, 1965, in Sturgis, a daughter to Alvin LaMarr and EstherMarie (Miller) Bontrager. She married Edward R Kauffman on July 6, 1989. Naomi was a homemaker and a member of the Old …

Kristine Anne “Kris” Reid, age 64, of Sturgis, Mich., passed away Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at home. She was born May 11, 1950, in Three Rivers, Mich., a daughter to the late Douglas J. and Elizabeth (Meyer) Bullock. On Sunday, May 11, 2008, Kris and Mike celebrated their 25th anniversary at Sandal’s Whitehouse in Jamaica. To make the day even …