Clifford L. Lloyd, age 67, of Sturgis, passed away early Tuesday morning, Jan. 14, 2014, at his home. He was born April 15, 1946, in Sacramento, Calif., a son of the late Clifford and Evelyn (Deweese) Lloyd. Cliff resided in Sturgis since 1977, coming from Somerville, Mass. On Jan. 13, 1968, he married Irene Mary MacDonald in Somerville. She died …

Helen Joan Milliman, age 76, of Burr Oak, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at home. She was born May 25, 1937, in Sturgis, a daughter of the late Leon Burr and Pauline B. (Baldwin) Keeslar. Joan graduated from Bronson High School with the class of 1955 and had been a resident of Bronson and Burr Oak all of …

A man fatally shot two women in a northern Indiana grocery store and was waving a gun at a kneeling store manager when police officers arrived and killed the gunman, authorities said Thursday. The manager and another employee at the Martin’s Super Market in Elkhart escaped unharmed despite confrontations with the gunman Wednesday night, Indiana State Police Sgt. Trent Smith …

Lore Anna Oman, age 78, of Sturgis, passed away Sunday afternoon, Jan. 5, 2014, at her home. In accordance with her wishes, cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Sturgis. Mr. Tom Shultz will officiate. Burial of the ashes will take place at a later …

The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners agreed to keep its meetings at 5 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays of the month. The matter was resolved during Tuesday’s meeting. The exceptions to the 2014 schedule are the first meetings in August and November, which will be moved one day earlier to not conflict with primary and general elections. On …

Slick roads may have been a factor in a Wednesday morning, two-vehicle crash in Lockport Township. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department said Hollie Chaffee, 36, of Three Rivers, was northbound on Lutz Road when she lost control of her vehicle near the intersection of M-86. Her vehicle was struck by a southbound automobile driven by Michael Marker, 49, of …

Two Sturgis residents were served felony warrants Tuesday on charges of breaking and entering, and felony burglary. The Sturgis Police Department said Timothy Pelfry, 32, and Kendra Rustad-Hojara, 21, were taken to the St. Joseph County Jail following their alleged involvement in a Dec. 26 incident at an apartment in the 700 block of Gateway Court. A tip to police …

A multi-family residence was destroyed by a fire last weekend in Sturgis. The blaze started around 12:30 a.m. Saturday in the 500 block of West Congress Street, according to Sturgis Fire officials. The occupants evacuated safely but the extent of damage was too great and has left the structure uninhabitable. The Sturgis Fire Department received aid from three additional agencies, …

Authorities say a man suspected of wearing a mask when he set a fire inside a southwestern Michigan Walmart store before stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of electronics has killed himself in northern Indiana. The St. Joseph County, Indiana sheriff’s department says 31-year-old James Turns fatally shot himself Tuesday night. Berrien County, Michigan Undersheriff Chuck Heit says authorities got a …

John Henry Coffman, age 76, of Three Rivers, passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Bridgeport, Alabama on June 25, 1937 the son of the late Levi and Edna (Lawson) Coffman. On Jan. 25, 1963 John married the love of his life, Dianne Marie Forton. They lived …