Karole L Ford of White Pigeon, died on Sunday, October 27, 2024. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Wednesday at The Farrand Funeral Home in White Pigeon where Services will be held on Thursday at 11:00 AM, October 31. Interment in White Pigeon Township Cemetery. Donations to The White Pigeon United Methodist Church or Animal Rescue Fund …

Three Rivers Arby’s recently made its third donation of the year to St. Joseph County Animal Control. Following a donation of $2,000 in March and another, in excess of $1,700, in June, the restaurant earlier this month turned over more than $1,800 to the Centreville-based agency. St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Cpt. TJ Baker said as the restaurant did prior to …

Two dozen employees will be recognized during a special St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners meeting later today. The annual employee service award event features 24 recipients whose years of service range from 10 years to four decades. Friend of the Court employee Andrea Guy is a 40-year employee who will be presented with a clock to commemorate her longevity. …

Seven area high school teams qualified for the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s playoffs. All games are slated to be played at 7 o’clock Friday night. In 8-player Division 1, a battle of 8-1 teams will square off in Kalamazoo County, where Mendon takes on Climax-Scotts. In 8-player Division 2, a pair of teams with 7-2 records are on a …

Next Sunday, November 3, Daylight Savings Time comes to an end. I try to mention this time change twice a year, because there’s always someone who forgets to reset their clocks. This time we set our clocks back one hour, so we get an extra hour of sleep Saturday night. I change my clocks Saturday evening before going to bed. …

A Sturgis woman is hospitalized and in critical condition following a house fire. Sturgis Department of Public Safety personnel said firefighters were called shortly before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to a residential fire in the 400 block of Center Avenue. Authorities were advised a woman and child were trapped inside the structure. Emergency personnel tried to enter the second story of …

Three streets in Constantine will be rebuilt next year. Village council members earlier this week approved a bid of nearly $900,000 with contractor Rieth Riley for work on Industrial Drive, Meyers Street and Florence Road. Village officials said cost of the work is being supplemented by a $250,000 Transportation Economic Funds grant. Work is expected to begin in May.

Three Rivers Community Schools is poised to purchase two new electric school buses. District officials agreed Monday to pursue the purchase of the 71-passenger buses, using about $940,000 in federal and state funds. The new vehicles will double the number of electric buses the district has in its fleet; the other two were added in 2019. Grant funding was provided …

Michigan Department of Transportation officials announced one lane of northbound U.S. 131 in Schoolcraft is now open to traffic. Agency officials said the step was taken this week and marks the beginning of the end of the $51 million investment. Originally slated to be completed by the end of November, the second year of the two-year project is on track …

Linda Kay Fair, age 82, of Three Rivers, passed away at her home on Monday, October 21, 2024.  She was born in Grand Rapids, on October 20, 1942 and was adopted by her loving parents, Edward and Dorothy (Strohpaul) Hack.  She attended Three Rivers High School and was part of the 1960 graduating class.  On June 6, 1970 she would …