Josue Delgado Padilla, age 15, of Sturgis, passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at his home. He was born Sept. 23, 2002 in Sturgis, a son to Omar Delgado Aguilar and Maria Guadalupe Padilla. The family will receive friends and relatives from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Holy Angels Catholic Church, 404 S. Nottawa St., Sturgis. A …

Louie Austin Sweet II, age 79, of Marcellus, passed away Thursday, July 26, 2018.  He was born October 22, 1938, the son of Austin and Muriel E. Sweet. On December 19, 1959, in Northville, MI, he married Margaret G. McGee who passed away December 26, 2008. Louie was a student at Grant High School before joining the U.S. Air Force …

James J. Carlton, age 88, of Paw Paw, formerly of Marcellus, passed away peacefully Saturday, April 1, 2017, surrounded by his family. Anita Ann (Davis) Carlton, age 89, of Paw Paw, passed away in the evening, on Thursday July 26, 2018, surrounded by her family. James was born December 19, 1928 in Galesburg, MI the son of Wayne Lyle and …

St. Joseph County’s board of commissioners last week renewed its grant-writer agreement with James Hissong. The employment agreement centers on Hissong providing his services on a part-time basis through June 30, 2019. Commissioners approved a salary of $35,000, and stipulated he provide monthly activity reports at the end of the month and an annual report by the end of June. …

Sturgis City Commission members appointed Travis Klinger to fill the board vacancy created by the resignation of Ina Taulbee. Commissioners took action on the issue Wednesday. The second-precinct term expires in November 2020. Klinger, employed as an RV painter at Coachmen RV, has been associated with the Sturges-Young Auditorium Board and Steering Committee the past two years. Kurt Esseltine, Brandon Kinsey …

Rosella A. Newman, age 92, of Three Rivers, died Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at her home. She was born Feb. 22, 1926, in Dowagiac, a daughter of Joseph and Luella (Probst) Szymonski. She had been a resident of the Three Rivers area since 2011, coming from Mottville, where she lived most of her life. She was a seamstress for Denton …

Joyce M. Adamski, age 79, of Sturgis, passed away early Monday afternoon, July 23, 2018, at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. She was born March 16, 1939, in Sturgis, a daughter of the late Peter W. and Roma (Rifenberg) Harker. Joyce was a lifelong Sturgis resident and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1957. On July …

The murder trial for Zachary Patton, originally scheduled to begin next week in St. Joseph County 45th Circuit Court, was adjourned Tuesday. Patton was scheduled to stand trial for the July 2017 murder of Shane Richardson. The proceeding was delayed so a psychiatrist could evaluate additional medical records to see if Patten is competent to stand trial. No new trial …

A sanitary-sewer overflow was reported earlier this week in Constantine Township. The incident occurred at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, when a malfunctioning air-release valve caused the overflow along U.S. 131, between Withers and Garber roads. Once the release stopped, the area was vectored of visible liquid and debris by a contractor, and covered with hydrated lime as a precautionary measure. No …

Sturgis Public Schools officials have announced that the original bond to construct Eastwood School has been paid off. The school was built following a 1992 voter-approved bond and opened in 1994 as a facility for fourth through sixth grades. The initial bond was more than $7.5 million, though debt on the 1992 bond was refinanced in 1997 and again in …