Margaret Ann Lakey, age 91, of Three Rivers, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2018 in Kalamazoo. She was born on October 31, 1926 the daughter of Lawrence and Birdie (Norris) Luck. She graduated from Three Rivers High School in 1944 and went on to attend college at Western Michigan University. In 1947 she was united in marriage to Richard …

I am Storm.  I am a loving, purring, four year old, grey, long-haired, spayed, female.  I have been declawed on my front paws.  I don’t want to be with a dog family.  When visiting with the lady that does this Pet Of Week article, I enjoyed loving on her and purring.  I had a great time investigating the the room …

St. Joseph County residents appeared to have no problem continuing to help fund the St. Joseph County Transportation Authority. By a comfortable margin Tuesday, a request to renew one-third of a mill was approved in the county-wide vote. As a result, the Three Rivers-based agency will continue to receive about $650,000 annually over the next four years. Consistent with renewal …

Charlotte L. “Betty” Watson, age 95, of Logan, Utah, and a former resident of Sturgis, passed away Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at Legacy House in Logan. She was born June 16, 1923, in Brentwood, Ark., the 11th child of Joseph Edward and Mary Etta (Pruitt) Smith. Betty moved to Denver when she was 12 years of age. She also lived in …

Dimpi Sahni, age 59, of Sturgis, passed away unexpectedly Friday afternoon, Aug. 3, 2018, at the Sturgis Hospital emergency room. He was born Feb. 13, 1959, in India, a son of the late Surinder Singh and Amarjit (Anand) Sahni. Dimpi resided in Sturgis for more than 25 years, coming from Cleveland and he also lived in Long Island, N.Y. Along …

St. Joseph County’s former equalization director will be the Democrat opponent to face Republican incumbent Dennis Allen in the November general election. Nottawa Township resident Judy Nelson topped Tim Carls in Tuesday’s primary election. She earned 410 votes while Carls claimed 310 in what turned out to be a high-profile election for the right to represent the party in November. …

Dan Czajkowski said he still has plenty to learn despite nearly two years as a county commissioner. The 62-year-old White Pigeon resident will have another 24 months of experience to gain after voters in District 4 backed him over Republican challenger Joshua Goodrich, a Constantine Township resident. Unofficial numbers show the incumbent earned 534 votes to Goodrich’s 370 endorsements. Czajkowski …

Flowerfield Township voters approved a request to increase their millage for fire protection and ambulance services. By a tally of 170-to-112, voters agreed to support an increase of up to 1 mill for a five-year period. As a result of Tuesday’s endorsement, the request will raise more than $64,000 annually to be disbursed to Three Rivers Ambulance Service, Fabius/Park Fire …

Colon Township voters on Tuesday approved renewal of a five-year millage sought by the township library. Voters by a margin of 345 to 108 supported a request to renew nearly nine-tenths of a mill to help fund operating, maintaining, constructing and equipping the library, and for all other library-related purposes authorized by law. The request will allow the district to …

Former legislative leader Gretchen Whitmer will lead Michigan’s first all-female statewide ticket in the November election, winning the Democratic nomination for governor and pitting her against Republican state Attorney General Bill Schuette, an ally of President Donald Trump. Schuette and Whitmer — both veteran officeholders — easily bested their opponents in Tuesday’s primary to set up their head-to-head race to …