Kalamazoo County authorities are investigating the case of a man who was shot and killed over the weekend in Schoolcraft Township. Deputies were called at 1 a.m. Saturday to the 13000 block of West Tremblay Drive, where a 28-year-old man had suffered a gunshot wound. Investigators said the victim, 28-year-old William Bolton of Vicksburg, died at the scene. A 25-year-old …

July’s unemployment rate in St. Joseph County was 1.7 percent higher than the previous month. The monthly labor-market analysis by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget showed the county’s 5.4 percent July unemployment rate marked an increase from June’s 3.7 percent. St. Joseph County was above the state unemployment average, which was 4.8 percent in July. The agency …

A 34-year-old Sturgis man was arrested after he attempted to leave Sturgis Bowl with a bartender’s tip jar. A pair of Sturgis officers was leaving a nearby restaurant at 9 p.m. Friday, when they observed two men chasing the suspect from the bowling alley. Officers then drove behind the business and cornered the suspect. The suspect resisted arrest, attempting to …

It’s the first day of the 2018-19 academic year for most St. Joseph County school districts. Three Rivers begins its year with a new superintendent, Ron Moag, while Sturgis also starts with first-year superintendent Art Ebert. Meanwhile, Mendon and Nottawa school districts will see Leasa Griffith and Jerome Wolff, respectively, begin their first full years as superintendent. Though he retired …

Robert C. Tenney, age 59, of Sherwood, passed away Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018, at his home, the family farm, surrounded by his family after an extended illness. Robert was born the only son to the late Lewis L. and Loretta Ann (Truckey) Tenney on Oct. 15, 1958. Robert lived in Sherwood his entire life, graduating from Union City High School …

Kathryn H. “Kate” Clark, age 97, a lifelong Sturgis resident, passed away Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at Thurston Woods Village. She was born Aug. 22, 1921, in Sturgis, Mich., a daughter to the late Roger M. and Helen (Froh) Sturgis. On June 29, 1941, in Coldwater, she married Loran J. Clark who preceded her in death in October of 1984. …

Ernestine A. Sears, age 95, of Sturgis, passed away Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at Thurston Woods Village. She was born Nov. 30, 1922, in Beatrice, Neb., a daughter to the late Anargyrus and Edith (Witzsche) Kaloides. Ernestine was a resident of Sturgis since 1976, moving here from Denver and previous to that Beatrice, Neb. On Oct. 3, 1943, in Beatrice, …

Wanda W. Waltke, age 104, formerly of Sturgis, passed away Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, in Tucson, Ariz. Wanda was born Jan. 10, 1914, in LaGrange, Ind., a daughter to the late George T. & Zona B. (Hoover) Merriman. She came to Sturgis in 1945 from Ft. Wayne, and moved to Tucson in 1985 and also had lived in Kerrville, Texas …

Louise Ann Heller, age 84, died on Thursday, August 23, 2018.. In accordance with family wishes cremation will be conducted and no public services will be held at this time. Arrangements by Hohner Funeral Home.

Harry Herbert Abrams, known by most as Herb, passed from this life on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at the Battle Creek VA Palliative Care Facility where he had resided since March. He leaves behind two sons, Andrew (Sally) and Jeffrey (Julia) Abrams and his “adopted” daughter Deborah York. He was born on October 6, 1921 to Earl and Amy Abrams …