Whether we want to admit it or not, we all have an expiration date. That day when we cease living in this world and pass on into eternity. We all have our own belief of what eternity means. Many have a fear of dying because it’s hard to find someone who really knows how it feels. Unless you die a …

Nancy Lee Garvie, age 87, of Burr Oak, died on Friday, June 1, 2018, at Fairview Nursing and Rehabilitation Community in Centreville. She was born in Pennsylvania on December 12, 1930. She attended school in Hoboken, NJ and moved to Michigan in 1949 after marrying John L. Garvie. He preceded her in death on April 30, 2005. Nancy worked as …

Three Rivers Health is excited to announce the recent opening of a balanced pain management program available to patients dealing with pain in our communities. Three Rivers has partnered with Pain Management Group, a hospital-based pain management provider, to establish this service line, and the clinic is staffed by Dr. Orlando Landrum, a board certifi ed and fellowship trained pain …

A man was injured last weekend in a tractor accident in Cass County. The incident occurred Sunday on Roth Road near Dewey Lake in Wayne Township, where authorities said Leonard Phillips, 59, of Dowagiac, was operating a tractor on his property when he fell from it and was run over by one of the wheels. He was taken to Borgess …

Centreville Public Schools Board of Education has approved starting a K-6 before-and after-school program for the 2018-19 academic year. Superintendent Stephanie Lemmer said the budget for the program would be about $70,000, with total anticipated revenue of more than $130,000, based on the number of parents who have said they would be interested. Any profit earned would go toward scholarships …

State Rep. Aaron Miller has announced his monthly, in-district office hours with local residents. A Sturgis-area resident, Miller said he enjoys connecting with his constituents and hearing what matters most to them. He emphasized that it is important to be accessible to everyone. Miller will hold this month’s office hours June 25 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Broadway Café …

Work on converting the former Three Rivers Inn to the new St. Joseph County Commission On Aging site is continuing, though at a pace a bit slower than COA officials had hoped. During last week’s COA advisory board meeting, agency director Tim Stoll said work continues on the financing component of the process. He said he recently attended what he …

St. Joseph County Animal Control, along with the sheriff ’s department, recently launched a Facebook page. The page, St. Joseph-CountyMiAC, is within the county’s control and supported by its IT department. St. Joseph County Undersheriff Mark Lillywhite said the page will provide information and verify resources to animal control supporters to help maintain the highest level of trust and transparency …

Donald Eugene Roy, age 89, a lifelong Sturgis resident, passed away May 29, 2018 at Fairview Nursing & Rehabilitation Community in Centreville. He was born Sept. 30, 1928, in Sturgis. Donald graduated from Sturgis High School with the class of 1947. He then joined the U.S. Air Force and served during the Korean War, earning the rank of T/Sgt. In …

Dorothy Jane Green, age 76, of Three Rivers passed away at her home on Thursday, May 24, 2018. She was born in Tony, WI on April 2, 1942 the daughter of John M. and Maude M. (Keys) Ersland. Dorothy loved going out west and would reminisce about the trips her and Chuck would take. She loved to fish and camp. …