The St. Joseph County Road Commission was recognized during a recent gathering of members of the County Road Association of Michigan. The IMPRESS Award was issued during the 2019 Highway Conference last month. IMPRESS acknowledges county road agencies for demonstrating innovation with special projects in communications, operations and collaboration. The award captured by the Centreville-based agency recognizes the project “Post-Tensioning …

Three Rivers Health has announced that Dr. Orlando Landrum will host a free seminar in which he will present revolutionary Interventional Orthopedic treatments at the medical facility. The seminar begins at 11 a.m. Saturday and will be staged in the St. Joseph and Portage River conference rooms. Advances in the use of orthobiologics make invasive orthopedic surgeries unnecessary for many …

A 19-year-old Sturgis man was arrested on a charge of domestic assault following an incident last week in Sturgis. Officers were notified by Sturgis Hospital staff at 3:30 p.m. Saturday that a patient was being treated for what appeared to be injuries caused by a domestic situation. Police went to the residence, located in the 300 block of West West …

Democratic state Rep. Jon Hoadley is launching a campaign to unseat longtime Republican U.S. Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan. Hoadley, who announced his run Monday, has represented the Kalamazoo area since 2015. He says he’s tired of “watching those with so much tell the rest of us that we haven’t earned anything at all.” Upton has been in Congress for …

Three people were arrested on drug-related offenses last weekend following a traffic stop in Lockport Township. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department said deputies in the early morning hours Sunday attempted to stop a vehicle for an improper-plate violation. It was eventually stopped on Lutz Road, near Hoshel Road. Upon making contact with the occupants, deputies suspected narcotics played a …

Two area residents were arrested early Sunday in Sturgis after an alert homeowner reported seeing suspicious activity near his car parked in his driveway. Sturgis officers were called at 3:30 a.m. to the 1300 block of Rolling Ridge. Upon making contact with the individuals, police located stolen property. A 20-year-old Sturgis man was arrested for larceny from a motor vehicle, …

A bridge-replacement project that will impact traffic on M-66 in Colon Township will begin next week. Michigan Department of Transportation said the bridge over the abandoned New York Central Railroad will be replaced, with work starting Monday. The bridge is on M-66, just north of the M-86 split east into the village of Colon. A detour will take traffic to …

LeRoy Ernest Newton, age 44, of Marcellus, died Saturday, April 6, 2019 at the Three Rivers Health Emergency Room. He was born in Kalamazoo on June 2, 1974 and was a lifetime resident of southwest Michigan. LeRoy graduated from White Pigeon High School in 1992. He enjoyed working on his customized truck, kayaking and fishing. He especially enjoyed cooking for …

Mary Martha Denney, age 98, of Sherwood, died Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Drew’s Place in Coldwater where she had resided the past 18 months. She was born in Grant County, Indiana on Jan. 22, 1921 the daughter of Frederick and Goldie Mae (DeHoff) Denney. She was a graduate of Athens High School and attended Augerbright Business College. Mary had …

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has agreed to settle a lawsuit over a ban on so-called ballot selfies. Joel Crookston, a voter in the Kalamazoo area, sued in 2016 to try to stop Michigan’s ban on taking photos of marked ballots or publicly exposing them. Lawyers won’t talk about the deal until details are filed in federal court on May …