Roger D. Hart, age 74, of Centreville, passed away Monday, November 12th, 2012 at his home. Roger was born in Tully Township, Ohio, on April 30, 1938, a son of James W. and Marceille E. (Wass) Hart. In September 1972 he married Johnetta Phelps at the Centreville Baptist Church. Roger worked for Centreville Public Schools in the maintenance and janitorial department. He …

Hunters have taken to the field across Michigan with the opening of the state’s 16-day firearm deer season, but with limits for hunters across much of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula. Hunters in that part of the state can’t kill as many deer as usual because of an insect-spread deer disease. Firearm deer hunting season started Thursday and runs through …

Tim may be going into foster care. They just call be Good Boy. I am a large six year old male Mastiff mix. I am a big boy but very gentle. I should be in a family with no young children as I get a little too protective of the little ones. I need to be neutered and some obedience …

An exhaustive search for a Flowerfield Township man yielded a successful result earlier this week. The 73-year-old man had been outside for about 18 hours before he was discovered around 4 p.m. Tuesday. St. Joseph County Sheriff Brad Balk said Robert L. Woods was found in a field in Cass County, less than two miles from his residence off Dutch …

The firearm deer hunting season is underway in Michigan. The Department of Natural Resources is expecting a good year for hunters with the deer population likely higher than last year in the Northern Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula. Southern Michigan deer numbers could be down due to the outbreak this year of EHD, which has killed over 12-thousand deer in 2012. The firearms deer …

This football season may be done for the year, but Mendon High School has an athletic team one step from playing for a state title. The Mendon varsity volleyball team is set to take the court Friday afternoon in Battle Creek, where the Lady Hornets will face Beal City in a Class D match. Mendon, ranked No. 2 in Class …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will have a deer-check station set up 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. starting today at Crane Pond State Game Area, near Jones. With the 15-day firearm season beginning today, Steve Chadwick, wildlife division supervisor for the Southwest Region, said with the exception of Thanksgiving day, the station will be manned for the four-hour period …

Investigators from the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department are looking into a pair of breaking-and-entering incidents in Colon Township. The matter was brought to the attention of the sheriff’s department Monday after the break-ins were discovered at locations on Brandt Road, near Farrand Road. Two seasonal cabins were entered and ransacked. Investigators said all breakable objects were destroyed, photographs were …

Two people were severely burned Wednesday morning in a fire at a home near Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo County Sheriffs Office says crews responded to the house in Schoolcraft shortly after 2 a.m. The house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, but they went in, pulling the two severely burned residents out. The victims were rushed to Bronson Hospital where doctors are treating them for burns …

James D. “Jim” Van Degrift, age 81, of rural Three Rivers, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 at Rose Arbor Hospice. Cremation has been conducted, and a private family service will be held later. Memorials may be directed to either Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan, or to the West Mendon United Methodist Church. Condolences may be left for the family at …