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CONSTANTINE TOWNSHIP — At approximately 8:09 a.m. Friday morning deputies from the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department responded to the area of Youngs Prairie Road near Zerbe Road in Constantine Township for a reported hit and run.
The victim said a 2000s Ford F-150 approached her vehicle from...
THREE RIVERS — Corey Lake Orchards, located at 12147 Corey Lake Rd., will be bringing the best of downtown “down home” as they host the third annual Downtown to Down Home Festival on Sunday, Aug. 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The festival is billed as “a celebration of food, drinks, art, fitness and...
LANSING — High impact, quick-turn projects are underway all over the state with support from Michigan State Housing Development Authority Neighborhood Enhancement Program (NEP) grants. MSHDA recently awarded 37 NEP grants to local governments and nonprofit groups across Michigan to launch...
THREE RIVERS — The Three Rivers Downtown Development Authority board of directors Friday voted to rescind and reallocate a $20,000 rush grant previously awarded to aid the completion of a local downtown business.
Board Member and business owner Tim Raakman was previously awarded $20,000 to complete...
CENTREVILLE — A local circuit court administrator received a “prestigious” honor last week from the National Association for Court Management during their annual conference in Las Vegas.
Kathy Griffin, court administrator for the 45th Circuit Court in St. Joseph County, was voted in as the new Vice...
CONSTANTINE TOWNSHIP — Michigan State Police have identified the motorcyclist who died in a fatal multiple-vehicle crash that occurred Sunday at 10:25 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. 131 and North River Road in Constantine Township.
MSP identified the victim as 28-year-old Spencer Minor. A native...
THREE RIVERS — It is a fact of life that, sometimes, kids don’t want to do yardwork.
One local program, however, is using that, plus many other different hands-on activities, to teach area students an important life lesson. That lesson: Resiliency.
Resilience for Youth is a week-long program where...
CENTREVILLE — The St. Joseph County Community Mental Health Board heard a presentation from CMH Chief Operating Officer Jessica Singer on their Substance Use Disorder program outcomes report during the CMH’s meeting Tuesday.
The presentation began with a brief rundown of what the SUD program is and...
THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers Community Schools Facilities Director Brian Leonard and TRCS Superintendent Ron Moag gave an update on the district’s pursuit for an electric bus grant through the Michigan Association of Pupil Transportation’s Electric Bus Pilot Project during Monday’s TRCS Board of...
THREE RIVERS — The Michigan Department of Transportation has announced an update on construction on U.S. 131 over the next two weeks, as part of the reconstruction of the U.S. 131 corridor through Three Rivers.
Work on the Rocky River bridge on northbound U.S. 131 north of Hoffman Road will...