Bruce D. McKercher, age 93, of Colon, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. Cremation will take place with a memorial service to be announced at a later date. The family is being assisted by the Schipper Funeral Home LTD. in Colon.

Emily M. DeFries, age 80, of Marcellus, passed away Friday, November 4, 2016. She was born June 26, 1936 in Chicago, IL the daughter of Hubert (Fritz) C. and Alice (Starkey)Parsley. She previously worked at Rudy’s Heat Transfer in Dowagiac. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Marcellus V.F.W. Post 4054. She enjoyed crafts, gardening and reading …

Mackinac Island’s oldest and longest-running ferry boat company is leaving the passenger business and selling its boats to a competitor. The Detroit Free Press reports that the financially-struggling Arnold Transit Co. is preparing to halt all passenger service to the island for the first time since the 1800s, leaving just two ferry boat services to the island next summer. Star …

Mary E (Kamman) Storbeck of Seymour, IN, died on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.  She graduated from Valparaiso University in 1951, and loved her time teaching high school History and English. Beloved wife of the late Robert; loving mother of Julia, Linda (Kevin Sullivan) and the late Mark; grandmother of Hannah (Guy Trueblood), Matthew, Brian, Thomas and Eleanor; great grandmother of Julianna; …

A school principal says a 10-year-old boy who died after being struck by a vehicle while crossing a street in Kalamazoo County had just been at a youth group gathering. Police in Kalamazoo Township say Daniel Sluiter was trying to cross Wednesday night in an area where there was no crosswalk or stoplight. He was taken to a hospital, where …

Two bailiffs involved in the fatal shooting of a jail inmate at the Berrien County Courthouse in July won’t be criminally charged in the incident. Berrien County Prosecutor Michael Sepic said Wednesday that the fatal shooting of inmate 44-year-old Larry Gordon was justified, clearing bailiffs Milt Russell and Rick Lull of criminal responsibility in his death. The bailiffs had fired …

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Cathy A. Wells, age 59, of Burr Oak, passed away late Wednesday evening, Nov. 2, 2016, at her home. She was born June 29, 1957 in Mexico, Ind., a daughter of Elbert “Bud” Earl and Mary Gervase (Anderson) Mygrant. Cathy resided in Burr Oak since 1978, coming from Peru, Ind. On April 8, 1978, she married Daniel Wells in Mexico, …

James Arthur Fiebig, with his beloved family by his side, entered into the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2016, in Cape Carteret, N.C. Jim was born Oct. 3, 1956, in Hillsdale, Mich., to Arthur M. and Ila L. Fiebig. Jim attended school in Jonesville, Mich. He graduated the University of Michigan in 1978 with a …

Audrey L. Long, 82, of Constantine, died on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, at her home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Farrand Funeral Home of White Pigeon is in care of arrangements.