Mendon Community Schools plans to take up a collection in hopes of making a sizable contribution to a scholarship honoring its late superintendent. Assembled for their first board meeting since the Dec. 26 passing of Roger Rathburn, members of the district’s board of education Monday agreed to stage the collection and turn the funds over to his widow, Susan. The …

Two Colon residents have been arrested on drug-related charges. According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department, members of the St. Joseph County Area Narcotics unit recently executed a search warrant at a residence in the 58000 block of Lepley Road in Colon Township. SCAN members located a number of items related to the production of methamphetamine, according to authorities. …

Melissa Marie Ash, age 50, of Three Rivers went to be with her family, and son Jake on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at home with her best friend and soul mate, husband John by her side. Melissa was an animal lover and she had seven furry kids at home. She always took care of the neighborhood cats outside. She used …

Gloria M. Schrader, age 92, of Sturgis, passed away Monday morning, Jan. 22, 2018, at her home. She was born Dec. 7, 1925, in Solvay, N.Y., a daughter of the late Henry and Florence (Cottrell) Kinder. Gloria resided in Sturgis since 1970, coming from Oswego, N.Y. On April 2, 1971, she married Eldon Schrader in Centreville. Gloria was a homemaker …

Marilyn Elizabeth (Anderson) Gosling, age 85, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. Marilyn was the eldest daughter of Ellerth “Andy” and Eva (Hagen) Anderson, and was born in Ishpeming, Michigan on May 30, 1932. She grew up in Ishpeming, moving to White Pigeon following her graduation from the University of Michigan (Phi Beta Kappa). She is survived by two sons and …

For as long as I can remember, there has always been a shortage of available blood at local blood banks. An appeal for blood donors is usually publicized during a local or national emergency. We have blood drives here in the Three Rivers area on a regular basis to ensure that a shortage of blood is never an issue. This …

A Mendon man died over the weekend in a two-vehicle accident in Leonidas Township, where rescue personnel said heavy fog played a role in the incident. Sheriff’s deputies were called at 5:30 p.m. Sunday to the intersection of Summit and Pleasant roads, just west of Leonidas. Investigators said Mark Russell, 60, was driving a Jeep west on Pleasant Road. Meanwhile, …

A Three Rivers resident was arrested after attempting to leave the Sturgis Meijer without paying for merchandise. Sturgis police said the 26-year-old man fled the store around 7 p.m. Saturday despite an attempt by store personnel to stop him. Sturgis K-9 officer Tucky was brought to the scene and successfully located the man in a nearby field. He was charged …

Medics from the Tri Township Fire Department and Lifecare Ambulance personnel treated two Coldwater children who were overcome by exhaust fumes over the weekend in Fawn River Township. According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were called at 11:50 a.m. Saturday to Sweet Lake Trailer Park on U.S. 12 in response to two children who had stopped breathing. …

A Michigan doctor who came to the U.S. from Poland as a young child was in jail Monday, nearly a week after immigration agents arrested him at his home. It’s not clear why Lukasz Niec, 43, was taken into custody last Tuesday. Niec is a legal U.S. resident who works at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. He has two misdemeanor …