An investigation is ongoing into the cause of a barn fire early Monday in Constantine Township. According to Central Dispatch, a call reporting the blaze was fielded just after 4 a.m. Monday regarding a structure fire in the 63000 block of U.S. 131. A limited amount of information is available but it has been reported that departments from 10 agencies …

A 36-year-old Burr Oak man, wanted on a warrant from authorities in Louisiana, was arrested earlier this week. Sturgis Police officers stopped a vehicle at 7:15 p.m. Sunday in the 400 block of West Congress Street after realizing the person whose name to which the car was registered was wanted on the undisclosed warrant. Officers searched the vehicle after the …

Cass County Sheriff’s deputies responded last weekend to a personal-injury accident involving a motorcyclist. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were dispatched at 8:30 p.m. Saturday to an area near the intersection of U.S. 12 and Calvin Center Road in Mason Township. A motorcycle driven by 31-year-old Casey Madden, of Elkhart, was eastbound on U.S.12 when the passenger’s side of a …

St. Joseph County Treasurer Judie Ratering issued a media release Monday, offering support and prayers to the family of her Cass County counterpart. Ratering said she was saddened to find out Monday that Cass County Treasurer Linda Pruett had passed away Sunday evening from an undisclosed illness. Pruett had been Cass County treasurer since 2002.

Terry Alfred Johnson, age 76, of Burr Oak, passed away on Monday, July 30, 2018 at home on the farm and in the arms of the woman he loved. He was born June 3, 1942, in Mishawaka, to Kenneth Dale and L. Verniece (Andrews) Johnson. After graduating from Orland High School in 1960, he served in the U.S. Marine Reserves, …

Ronald G. “Super Ron” Roth, age 78, of Three Rivers, passed away early Saturday morning, July 28, 2018 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. He was born July 11, 1940 in Saginaw, son of the late Albert and Bertha (Brandle) Roth. Ron resided in Three Rivers since 2005. He also lived in Sturgis from 1968 until moving to Three Rivers …

Mary T. Cerny, age 99, of Leonidas, died Saturday, July 28, 2018 at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. She was born in Chicago on Aug. 2, 1918 the daughter of Stanley and Josephine (Cicha) Wojciechowski. She was a loving wife and mother who enjoyed flower gardening, decorating her home and yard for holidays, caring for senior citizens and her family. …

Laura M. Hawkinson, age 72, of Constantine, died Thursday, July 26, 2018, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, following an extended illness. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Faithfinders Church in Constantine. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday with Pastors John and Rita Austin officiating at the church. Interment will be at Fort Custer …

A Sturgis man was issued a citation after the semi tractor-trailer he was driving overturned last week in Colon Township. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department said 25-year-old Ryan Allen was driving south on M-66, when the load of liquid manure in the trailer he was hauling shifted and caused the rig to overturn as he was attempting to head …

Two people were injured following an accident last week near Edwardsburg, in Cass County’s Mason Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were called shortly before 10:30 p.m. Friday to Old 205, east of Redfield Road. Investigators said 23-year-old Vincent Sallee, of Niles, had turned onto Old 205 and in front of a southbound vehicle driven by Gregory Taylor, 67, of …