Complex sentence: As it leaves Sturgis to the north it crosses a branch of the Michigan Southern Railroad, and it becomes a two-lane surface highway along Nottawa Street that runs near several small lakes and crosses the Nottawa Creek before meeting M-86.
Split into simpler sentences: As it leaves Sturgis to the north it crosses a branch of the Michigan Southern Railroad, and it becomes a two-lane surface highway along Nottawa Street. The highway runs near several small lakes and crosses the Nottawa Creek before meeting M-86.