Sturgis-Coldwater News

Melissa Wagar earned $15,392 in 2018, 6.1 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in St. Joseph County.

Deana Strudwick's compensation of $123,600 was the most as a public employee in St. Joseph County in 2018.

The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute.

Rank	Employee	Employer	2018 amount earned	2017 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Deana Strudwick	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	123,600	123,299	0.2%
2	Nicole Airgood	Sturgis Public School	123,460	101,106	22.1%
3	Stephen Wilson	Constantine Public Schools	119,096	115,320	3.3%
4	Kelli Dechnik	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	115,000	100,716	14.2%
5	William Lederman	Glen Oaks Community College	114,432	138,709	-17.5%
6	Lester Keith	Glen Oaks Community College	113,124	114,262	-1%
7	Raymond Sterling	Sturgis Public School	109,755	116,604	-5.9%
8	Ronald Ehlers	Sturgis Public School	109,060	108,519	0.5%
9	Jon Keyer	White Pigeon Community Schools	102,589	100,140	2.4%
10	Laura Pressly	Sturgis Public School	99,435	98,894	0.5%
11	Carrie Erlandson	White Pigeon Community Schools	99,181	96,918	2.3%
12	Michael Miller	Sturgis Public School	98,951	90,849	8.9%
13	Travis Walker	Constantine Public Schools	98,760	95,786	3.1%
14	Nicholas Herblet	Sturgis Public School	98,501	97,840	0.7%
15	Jill Snyder	Sturgis Public School	98,466	97,974	0.5%
16	Thomas Langdon	Sturgis Public School	98,327	130,900	-24.9%
17	Michael Northrop	Glen Oaks Community College	97,347	99,084	-1.8%
18	Benjamin Daugherty	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	96,595	90,204	7.1%
19	Diane Talo	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	96,594	93,779	3%
20	Thomas Cameron	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	96,350	93,544	3%
21	James Wagner	Three Rivers Public Schools	93,756	82,244	14%
22	Carrie Balk	Three Rivers Public Schools	92,595	90,780	2%
23	Terisa Jones	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	91,671	56,109	63.4%
24	Mark Adams	Sturgis Public School	90,910	90,175	0.8%
25	Susan Sleeper	Sturgis Public School	90,018	89,534	0.5%
26	Patricia Hagadorn	Sturgis Public School	89,944	89,633	0.3%
27	Cynthia Sprowl	Sturgis Public School	89,879	79,902	12.5%
28	Margie Caid	Constantine Public Schools	89,775	76,150	17.9%
29	Kamela Peterson	Sturgis Public School	89,611	76,939	16.5%
30	Heather George	Sturgis Public School	89,118	54,199	64.4%
31	Michelle McNamara	Glen Oaks Community College	88,766	78,592	12.9%
32	Shawn Griffith	Constantine Public Schools	88,631	81,166	9.2%
33	Susan Langdon	Sturgis Public School	88,523	89,665	-1.3%
34	Raymond Bohm	Constantine Public Schools	88,456	88,263	0.2%
35	Nichole Nash	Three Rivers Public Schools	88,251	90,034	-2%
36	Kevin Conner	Glen Oaks Community College	88,175	81,366	8.4%
37	Leasa Griffith	Mendon Community School	87,082	75,278	15.7%
38	Lisa Pointer-Seidner	Constantine Public Schools	87,000	97,800	-11%
39	Emerson Green	Sturgis Public School	86,389	98,027	-11.9%
40	Gregory Brooks	Sturgis Public School	86,342	89,720	-3.8%
41	Karen Wegner	Sturgis Public School	85,924	66,240	29.7%
42	Ranee Conley	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	84,158	84,956	-0.9%
43	Jessica Barth	Constantine Public Schools	83,365	81,329	2.5%
44	Lynn Brand	Sturgis Public School	83,282	99,289	-16.1%
45	Jennifer Graber	Three Rivers Public Schools	82,970	76,327	8.7%
46	Karen Bojanich	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	82,543	78,998	4.5%
47	Kevin Gave	Glen Oaks Community College	81,603	81,903	-0.4%
48	James Lamb	Sturgis Public School	81,229	75,807	7.2%
49	Rebecca Stauffer	Centreville Public Schools	80,648	80,648	0%
50	Joel MooreSr.	Three Rivers Public Schools	80,216	77,286	3.8%
51	Albert Metzger	Sturgis Public School	80,189	79,790	0.5%
52	Christina Bainbridge	Constantine Public Schools	79,961	85,088	-6%
53	Laura Penner	Sturgis Public School	79,274	80,929	-2%
54	Eliot Gitelman	Sturgis Public School	79,032	81,647	-3.2%
55	Elizabeth Weiss-Deboer	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	78,888	76,382	3.3%
56	Jacqueline Yeomans	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	78,738	72,468	8.7%
57	Jeffrey Cary	Sturgis Public School	78,493	74,915	4.8%
58	Keith Kurowski	Sturgis Public School	78,392	80,150	-2.2%
59	Tonya Howden	Glen Oaks Community College	78,183	66,079	18.3%
60	Kenneth Schau	Sturgis Public School	77,784	90,970	-14.5%
61	Brian Burg	Three Rivers Public Schools	77,728	79,583	-2.3%
62	Ruth Bradley	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	77,634	84,117	-7.7%
63	Jane Tallmadge	Sturgis Public School	77,603	81,258	-4.5%
64	Stephanie Harker Schau	Sturgis Public School	77,570	85,904	-9.7%
65	Jeffrey Awe	Three Rivers Public Schools	77,229	81,854	-5.7%
66	Jodie Scheid	Sturgis Public School	77,115	77,315	-0.3%
67	Anne Bowen	Sturgis Public School	77,032	78,934	-2.4%
68	Phillip Kellogg	Sturgis Public School	76,553	76,558	0%
69	Ellen Eisele	Sturgis Public School	76,524	79,283	-3.5%
70	Darrin Vandenberg	Constantine Public Schools	76,406	86,727	-11.9%
71	Shelly McBride	White Pigeon Community Schools	76,358	74,095	3.1%
72	Mari Campbell	Sturgis Public School	76,311	77,623	-1.7%
73	Patricia Davidson	Sturgis Public School	76,118	77,652	-2%
74	Sara Russell	Constantine Public Schools	76,087	68,593	10.9%
75	Eileen Scott	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	76,031	73,677	3.2%
76	James Yoder	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	75,909	70,338	7.9%
77	Walter Wheeler	Sturgis Public School	75,829	78,211	-3%
78	Michael Tulley	Constantine Public Schools	75,604	76,010	-0.5%
79	Audrey Green	Sturgis Public School	75,598	78,989	-4.3%
80	Christina Johnson	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	75,190	59,568	26.2%
81	Christa Conroy	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	75,189	77,270	-2.7%
82	Sharon Bippus	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	75,177	71,673	4.9%
83	Pamela Keeslar	Sturgis Public School	75,121	79,390	-5.4%
84	Thomas Roach	Sturgis Public School	75,029	75,144	-0.2%
85	Teresa Smola	Three Rivers Public Schools	74,984	76,480	-2%
86	George Earl	Sturgis Public School	74,870	77,311	-3.2%
87	Robin Kubasiak	Sturgis Public School	74,721	75,523	-1.1%
88	Carol Brooks	Sturgis Public School	74,712	76,527	-2.4%
89	Jennifer Hackenberg	Three Rivers Public Schools	74,710	74,433	0.4%
90	Marc Kramer	Mendon Community School	74,706	74,641	0.1%
91	Hillary Harris	Three Rivers Public Schools	74,682	77,883	-4.1%
92	Sherri Wheeler	Sturgis Public School	74,676	81,866	-8.8%
93	Martha David	Sturgis Public School	74,674	76,485	-2.4%
94	Jane Barnes	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	74,264	71,045	4.5%
95	Philip Webb	Three Rivers Public Schools	74,250	75,171	-1.2%
96	Debra Mathis	Sturgis Public School	74,219	75,088	-1.2%
97	Stephen Presdorf	Three Rivers Public Schools	74,048	74,659	-0.8%
98	Peter Gardner	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	73,773	66,654	10.7%
99	Tracie Pueschel	Sturgis Public School	73,751	72,078	2.3%
100	Julianne Kent	St. Joseph County Intermediate School District	73,729	70,436	4.7%