Members of the Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education may have to do some additional budgeting if one or a pair of election-related matters winds up before voters early next year. Superintendent Jean Logan during Monday’s board meeting said if the board decides to pursue a millage request in March, the special election will cost the district about $2,000. …

Members of the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners plan to participate in a court-security training session, according to county administrator Pat Yoder. During last week’s commission meeting, Yoder said the idea was pitched by Sheriff Brad Balk, who planned to schedule the session for Dec. 15. The date, however, conflicts with the board’s regularly scheduled meeting. As a result, …

State police investigators are looking into a case of counterfeit money used to purchase a vehicle earlier this week in White Pigeon Township. According to a department media release, a man and woman drove Sunday from Chicago to the 6700 block of Klinger Lake Road, where they purchased a 2003 Saab Vector. The victim said the man used counterfeit $100 …

State Rep. Aaron Miller announced this week that a state grant has been recommended by the Natural Resources Trust Fund to install new barrier-free fixtures at the Dodd Park Water Trail in Cass County. Miller said the development will make the park on the Dowagiac River more accessible for people with physical challenges. The $277,500 project-development grant is one of …

Robert Guy Williams, Sr., age 54, of Nottawa, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo. He was born October 18, 1961 in Three Rivers, a son of Richard C. and Norma (Headley) Williams. He attended Centreville Schools and served in the US Army. On November 7, 1981, he married Karen Vorce in Bronson. Robert worked at Williams Auto Salvage …

Monday was December 7, 2015. Seventy-four years ago, Pearl Harbor was viciously attacked. This event launched us into World War II. Last summer we visited the memorial at Pearl Harbor. A most humbling experience and one I’ll never forget. A lot has happened over the last seventy-four years. Hopefully we’ve learned a lot about how to get along better with …

State police officials are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect who pulled a gun on two Sturgis women over the weekend. Police said the two women were driving west on U.S. 12 near St. Joseph Road in Fawn River Township shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday, returning home from a shopping trip in Coldwater. Troopers said the victims …

Three Rivers Community Schools Superintendent Jean Logan was given a rating of “effective” for the 2014-15 academic year. The district’s second-year superintendent was acknowledged for her progressive efforts that include a positive attitude, focus on student achievement, listening skills and self-improvement as a leader. Members of the district’s board of education discussed the evaluation Monday. According to a summary of …

A Centreville-based company has been awarded the job of snow removal from county property. During last week’s county commission meeting, an independent-contractor agreement was approved with Adams Excavating, continuing a relationship between the two parties that dates several years. The task centers on the courthouse parking lot, the parks building and animal-control parking lot, and the sheriff’s department/central dispatch parking …

The Three Rivers Area Community Foundation has announced the creation of the Ralph and Phyllis Bence Scholarship Fund. The fund will award a scholarship of $1,000 annually, to be used by the recipient to fund higher education based on academic merit. Preference will be given to a Three Rivers Community Schools graduate. The Ralph and Phyllis Bence Scholarship Fund was …