A St. Joseph County agency had to return more than $200,000 it was given by a fellow department earlier this year. Members of the Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services of St. Joseph County were told during their monthly meeting Tuesday that more than $211,000 it was issued in April by the Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority would …

A Howe, Ind., woman sought medical treatment at a Kalamazoo hospital after she was involved in a two-vehicle accident Monday in Fawn River Township. State police said the woman was a passenger in a vehicle driven north on Big Hill Road by her husband, 30-year-old Matthew Case. Case failed to stop at Fawn River Road and struck a westbound vehicle …

A Nautilus marine battery was stolen from a pontoon boat between June 3 and 23 at Portage Lake in Mendon Township. The victim told sheriff’s officials the pontoon was partially pulled up on shore and it appears the suspect unhooked boat wiring from the battery. Value of the battery was estimated at about $100.

The contract for Constantine Public Schools Superintendent Chuck Frisbie was extended into 2016 by district officials this week. Frisbie, who has served five years as chief of the county’s third-largest school district, will remain on board at least through the end of the 2015-16 academic year. District officials gave Frisbie a glowing review during Monday’s board meeting. The 51-year-old Frisbie, …

Glenn E. Lovejoy, age 96, of Constantine, MI , passed away Monday June 24th, 2013 at Borgess Medical Center. He was born in Middlebury, IN on April 3, 1917, the son of Ezra and Matilda (Roderick) Lovejoy. Glenn graduated from Middlebury Public Schools. He served his country during WWII in the Army Infantry. He was a member of the Middlebury …

Ruth Lewis, 99, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at the Mason Nursing Home in Warsaw, Ind. She was born on Nov. 4, 1913 to Ira and Sarah (Foreman) Franklin on a farm south of Three Rivers on Roys Road. Ruth was one of nine children. She lived in the Three Rivers area all of her life with the exception …

A 42-year-old Porter Township man faces up to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of stalking and assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, by a Cass County jury earlier this month. Cass County Prosecutor Victor Fitz said Shawn Lockmondy will be sentenced July 12 in Circuit Court after the two-day jury trial …

State Rep. Matt Lori last week applauded his House colleagues for approving a bill he introduced to reform the Medicaid system while expanding coverage for nearly half a million needy Michigan residents. The measure cleared the House with strong bipartisan support, Lori said. The reform includes several safeguards, which will provide those who come under the new guidelines to obtain …

Two longtime Sturgis residents were named its citizens of the year during a Monday kick-of dinner for the second annual Sturgis Fest community celebration. Claudia Pahls and Larry Franks were honored during the event. Pahls has been an educator at Sturgis High School since 1980, most recently serving as a career prep coordinator. Franks is past president of Burr Oak …

A 28-year-old St. Joseph County man suspected of robbing the Centreville Shell Mart has been arrested in Chicago. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department said Chicago Police arrested Demetrius Banks Saturday night outside a residence in the city. Banks was caught in the backyard of a residence where police were called to report a suspicious person on the property. Banks, …