A longtime employee of the Three Rivers Public Library has been named director of the Colon Township Library. Dave Stewart, a native of Peoria, Ill., started the job in late September following nine years of employment with the facility in Three Rivers. The 31-year-old Stewart, who remains a Three Rivers resident, replaces Patti Miller, who retired in the fall. Stewart, …

Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Daugherty, age 60, of Three Rivers passed away on Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 at Bronson Methodist Hospital following a tragic accident. She was born in Three Rivers, Michigan on July 30, 1952 the daughter of Robert and Moria (Welsh) Walters. Anne has been a lifetime resident of Three Rivers. She enjoyed taking the family to Disney World, …

William Fulcher Sisson, 88, of Three Rivers, died on Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo following an extended illness. He was born on June 7, 1924 in Kalamazoo the son of Clare M. and Bess (Fulcher) Sisson. Graduate of Kalamazoo Central High School, University of Michigan, School of Engineering. Resident of Three Rivers for the past …

Mary Catherine Kuhnle, 90, of Three Rivers, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 at the Sunshine Adult Foster Care Home. She was born on Oct. 23, 1922 in Pleasant Hill, Ohio, the daughter of Ralph and Catherine (Schultz) Thompson. Graduate of Newton High School in Pleasant Hill. Married to Harry Kuhnle Jr. on Nov. 1, 1941. She was a homemaker and …

Constantine Board of Education members will stage a special meeting next week to review policies and procedures stemming from the recent investigation of sexual conduct demonstrated by a pair of 5-year-old boys. Set for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday next week at the high school library, the parents-only meeting will include a look at policies such as the paid, temporary suspension of …

The Centreville Downtown Development Authority recently oversaw the completion of a village-wide improvement focusing on new street signs. All 65 intersections in the village now have blue and yellow signs that feature the school district’s bulldog logo. The highly reflective, new signs replace the black-and-white signs that had been in place for more than 40 years. The cost for the …

Two unrelated theft incidents are being investigated by the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department. According to a department media release, investigators were called to a report of the theft of two Bushnell trail cameras from the 51000 block of McClish Road in Mendon Township. The cameras were located in a wooded area east of McClish Road and were taken sometime …

The Sturgis City Commission recently approved the five-year renewal of its curbside recycling with an Indiana-based company. The arrangement with Borden Waste-Away of Elkhart continues an agreement reached in 2008 and it maintains the $1.92-per-household unit price. The city pays for the curbside recycling program with a state-authorized surcharge of $2 per month, collected annually on the summer tax bill. …

Governor Rick Snyder Tuesday signed legislation making Michigan the 24th “right-to-work’ state in the nation. Snyder signed the bills less than five hours after the Michigan House gave final approval to the so-called “right to work” legislation, which prohibits requirements that workers pay a fee that would go to a union as a condition of employment. 

Rexford “Rex” Earl Pryor, age 95, of Three Rivers, passed away on Sunday evening, December 9, 2012 at the Sunshine House surrounded by his loving family. He was born on April 7, 1917 in Lansing, MI. , the son of Preston and Grace (Bronson) Pryor. Rex and his family moved to Three Rivers in 1950, where he and his late …