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 …

Fr. Jack D. Bowling, 85, of Sarasota, Fla., Howe, Ind., and Raymond, Maine, husband for 60 years of Louise (Foster) Bowling, passed away peacefully Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at The Village at South Farms, Middletown, Conn. Born Jan. 7, 1929, in Huntington, W.Va., a son of the late Oakley Denver and Mae (Vincent) Bowling. Fr. Bowling is a graduate of …

Lori Gwen Miller, age 51, of Sturgis, passed away Friday evening, Jan. 10, 2014, from injuries sustained in a house fire. She was born August 6, 1962 in Sturgis, Michigan daughter of Lloyd G. and Vivian (Watson) Steiner. Lori resided her whole life in Sturgis and she was a graduate of White Pigeon High School with the class of 1980. …

Lauren Raymond “Ray” Pike Jr., age 80, of New Paltz, N.Y., passed away Friday night, Jan. 10, 2014, at Borgess Medical Center after a short illness. He was born July 6, 1933, in Frontenac, Kan. Ray was a former longtime resident of Sturgis. He was a truck driver for most of his life and served in the U.S. Navy as …

Dorothy Evelyn Seabold, age 100, of Sturgis, passed away early Monday morning, Jan. 13, 2014, at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. She was born May 15, 1913, in Elkhart, Ind., a daughter of the late Norman and Clara (McLain) Kreider. Mrs. Seabold resided in Sturgis since 1931, coming from Elkhart, Ind. On July 11, 1931, she married Kenneth P. Seabold …

Lola Pearl Palmer Richards, age 87, of Sturgis, and formerly of Burr Oak, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 at Thurston Woods Village. She was born July 1, 1926, in Pittsford, a daughter of the late Arthur and Florence (Ettinger) Palmer. On Aug. 22, 1959, she married Russell “Gene” Richards in Bryan, Ohio. He passed away Jan. 29, 1992. They …