Two people were injured in a minor accident in White Pigeon on Monday. Police said a vehicle driven by a 82-year-old White Pigeon woman turned in front of a vehicle driven by a 37-year-old man from Vandalia on U.S. 12 near Elkhart Street. Both drivers sustained minor injuries. The woman was cited for failing to yield right of way while …

Stephanie Lemmer, the Superintendent at Centreville Public Schools, received a one-year contract extension at Monday’s board of education meeting. The board rated Lemmer as “effective.” Lemmer, beginning her second year in the district, received a two percent increase on her $107,000 base salary, a $2,000 annuity, and for her “effective” rating, a $1,000 bonus. Board president Jeff Troyer said they …

James D. “Jumbo” Truckey, age 84, of Mendon, died Monday, June 25, 2018 at the farm on Heimbach Road. The third son of Joseph P. and Eva (Parker) Truckey, Jim was born and raised in Mendon, graduating from Mendon High School with the class of 1951 where he pitched on the Varsity baseball team, and also worked for hire on …

Ross S. Stanton, age 80, of Stone Lake, Middlebury, Ind., died Monday, June 25, 2018, at his home following an extended illness. Cremation has taken place. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, June 29, at Farrand Funeral Home in White Pigeon, where a celebration of life will begin at 5 p.m.

They call me Ginger.  My owner is moving and can’t take me with them.  I am sad right now but I was friendly with the staff.  My coat is red and short haired.  I am spayed and currently licensed.  I sit on request and I like other dogs and cats.  Staff say I am on the small side at about …

A 24-year-old Decatur man was injured while riding his bike on Decatur Road on Sunday. Authorities said the man suffered minor injuries in the accident, where he was struck from behind in a hit-and-run crash. Jason Howard was riding his bike north on Decatur Road when he was hit, that resulted in him being transported to Borgess Hospital in Dowagiac …

A 57-year-old Three Rivers man was killed in a two-vehicle accident Friday in Charleston Township in southeastern Kalamazoo County. The Kalamazoo County sheriff’s department has identified the man as Robert Wayne Neidlinger, who was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The incident happened around 7 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Mercury Drive and Watkins Road. Authorities said …

Joyce (Rockwell) Sucaet, long-time resident of Warren, Michigan, passed away on Sunday, June 24, 2018 at the age of 92.  Joyce was born in Three Rivers and raised on a farm. At age 16, she contracted polio and dealt with the effects for the rest of her life.  She achieved her goal by attaining her degree in education at Michigan …

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale authored “The Power of Positive Thinking” quite some time ago. I’ve never read the book and I’m pretty sure that if I had read it, my life and attitude would have been much more positive. There are those individuals that live almost every day in a negative attitude. The glass is always half empty instead of …

Michigan Department of Transportation will be investing $1.5 million to repave nearly one mile of U.S. 12 in a Cass County community. Construction includes road resurfacing, concrete curb and gutter, sidewalk ramp reconstruction, drainage and sign upgrades, pavement markings, and railroad-crossing upgrades from the west village limit of Edwardsburg to M-62. There will be single-lane closures on U.S. 12 with …