State Police troopers are investigating the theft of a trailer taken sometime between 12:30 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday from the 10000 block of Lucas Road in Fabius Township. The 16-by-7-foot enclosed trailer is black in color with tandem axles. There were four ladders, two 23-foot aluminum poles on top and it was loaded with tools, according to authorities.

They tell me this is a new year.  I have been here a while and I hope I will get a new home soon.  I am an orange and white Male and I will need my neuter surgery.  I like to play with toys and I will love on anyone with a dignified purr.  I don’t know how old I …

Glenn Eugene Miller, age 72, of Constantine, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at his home. He was born July 19, 1946 in Goshen, son of the late Willis and Susen (Bontrager) Miller. Glenn resided in Constantine since May of 1972 coming from Burr Oak. His early life was lived in Fairview, Michigan where he was a graduate of Fairview …

The oncology treatment center at Sturgis Hospital will remain open, hospital officials announced Monday. Oncology services had been among those expected to close in Sturgis as part of a restructuring announced last month. Hospital president and CEO Rob LaBarge said the opportunity to keep the service open is possible through a cooperative partnership with Ascension Borgess Hospital. Ascension Borgess will do …

State Sen. Kim LaSata has announced she has opened her office in Lansing and is ready to serve her constituents in the 21st District. LaSata, who was elected to succeed term-limited John Proos, said she welcomes comments from the district’s constituents and encourages anyone visiting Lansing to stop by her office. Her Capitol Building office is S-310 and its phone …

St. Joseph County 3-B District Court is staging a ceremony at 3 p.m. Friday to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the Michigan district court system. Among the guests expected to take part in the event are judges Jeff Middleton and Rob Pattison, retired Judge William Welty, and retired administrators David Recher and Carol Frohriep. The post was originally filled by …

Briah Stevens, a second-grader at Wenzel Elementary School in Sturgis, gave up her own Christmas gifts so one of her classmates could receive presents. Back in early December, Stevens heard one of her friends say she wasn’t going to have a Christmas this year because her family couldn’t afford gifts. Stevens explained the situation to her mother and asked that …

Floyd G. Hodges, age 97, of Sturgis, passed away Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, at Sturgis Hospital. Floyd was born Dec. 3, 1921, in Cowan, Tenn., a son of the late Howard E. and Effie J. (Grandstaff) Hodges. Floyd grew up in Colon, graduating from Colon High School with the class of 1942. He moved to Sturgis in 1948. On Sept. …

Additional revenue from the state has given St. Joseph County Road Commission a fund balance of more than $6 million. As a result, the agency is planning to do extra work in the upcoming year. Included in budgeted expenses are work on the Kalamazoo Street Bridge in White Pigeon at $2.2 million and at least $3.5 million on 22 miles …

A 46-year-old man has been arrested in connection with two recent bank robberies in the Michiana area. Dwight Neal faces charges for a Dec. 18 robbery of Flagstar Bank in South Bend and a Dec. 21 robbery at PNC Bank in Bronson. Neal was arrested Dec. 22 in South Bend after police responded to a domestic abuse call, said Kevin Garcia, …