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SJC probation officer, JDTC supervisor speak to Constantine Rotary

CONSTANTINE — Lori Barczak, a supervisor at the Juvenile Day Treatment Center (JDTC) in Centreville, and St. Joseph County probation officer Aubrie Wooden spoke to Constantine Rotary about the center on Tuesday, Aug. 15. Barczak has worked there for 19 years. The center opened on Feb. 2, 1999 in...

First total solar eclipse in 99 years to occur on Aug. 21

For the first time in most of our lifetimes, a total solar eclipse will span across the United States on Monday, Aug. 21. Darren Drake, a 30-year astronomer who works as the astronomer at YMCA Camp Eberhart, said this will be the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years. “This is the...

Plumb Lake County Park under development

STURGIS — The St. Joseph County Parks and Recreation team is currently crafting Plumb Lake County Park into a place of peace, serenity, and escape. Jaymes MacDonald, director of St. Joseph County Parks and Recreation, said he has been working with full-time St. Joseph County park rangers Mark...

Summertime band-ness

On Friday, Aug. 11, Three Rivers Marching Band camp concluded with a demo performance for friends and family on the high school practice field. Included in the band’s performance was “School’s Out” by Alice Cooper, a song from this year’s show “Summer!”

‘This is not what you were created for, you were created with worth and dignity’

THREE RIVERS — Light was “shed on a dark subject” on Wednesday, Aug. 16 at the St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Church in Three Rivers. The church hosted an informational meeting regarding Women At Risk International (WAR), a Michigan based non-profit that aides and protects women, men, and...

Centreville Lions Club donation furthers Nightlock project

CENTREVILLE – Centreville schools are on the path to active shooter safety following a donation by the Centreville Lions Club to a St. Joseph County United Way project aiming to protect students countywide through installation of Nightlock Lockdowns, or classroom door barricades that allow a...

Michigan business owner defends himself amid Nazi accusation

KALAMAZOO (AP) — A Kalamazoo business owner says he made bad decisions regarding years-old Nazi-related photos that recently resurfaced on social media, but that he isn’t a white supremacist. Aaron VanArsdale confirmed he is pictured in two photos he posted to his personal Facebook account several...

Pet of the week

My name is Feta, I am three-months-old. I was found as an orphan. I am tiny for my age, my coat is a dilute brown/orange and I am slow to warm up to people. I want to be a nice companion to someone. I am in pen 7 in the Feline Room at Animal Control. My docket number is BIO17-000187, at the St....

Honoring those who served

THREE RIVERS — After being inspired by the Wreaths Across America Museum while on a family trip to Maine two years ago, Kathy Bragg took it upon herself to honor veterans in Riverside Cemetery by becoming a coordinator for Wreaths Across America. While this is Bragg’s second year with Wreaths...

Flowerfield Township discusses progress towards millage proposal

FLOWERFIELD TOWNSHIP — On Tuesday, Aug. 15, the Flowerfield Township Board of Trustees reviewed the progress of a millage proposal that would aim to reduce the cost of ambulance and fire services. Trustee Ron Shaver said currently “our township coverage is split in half.” He said Fabius-Park Fire...