There was a time in my life when I had some real issues. They troubled me so much, that I decided to seek out a psychologist. I wasn’t on the verge of going crazy, but I just needed to talk to someone I didn’t know, with hopes of getting some much needed advice. The sessions worked, and I feel much …

The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department said a number of items recently stolen have been recovered by the Three Rivers Police Department. The items were taken from unlocked vehicles over a period dating from approximately Aug. 1 to Saturday. Anyone who was a victim can call the sheriff’s department and provide a description of what was stolen. If a report …

Three people were arrested last week after they were found trespassing in an unoccupied rental house in Lockport Township. State police said troopers were called around 4 p.m. Friday to the 57000 block of Oak Park Avenue to a report of a breaking and entering in progress. A 53-year-old man, a 25-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man – all from …

The October unemployment rate in St. Joseph County saw no change compared to a month earlier. The monthly labor-market analysis by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget showed St. Joseph County’s 3.7 percent October unemployment equaled the same figure from September. October’s unemployment rate was nine-tenths of a percent less than the same month one year earlier, when …

The Three River City Commission plans to make a revision to its 2015-16 fiscal year budget during this evening’s meeting, its final assembly of 2015. Also on the agenda is consideration of an allocation in excess of $16,000 to support the Michigan Main Street program, and consideration of a special-exception use permit for K2A Counseling Services. It wishes to conduct …

Zelma F. Fisher, 61, of White Pigeon, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 at home surrounded by her family. She was born on Dec. 15, 1953 in Three Rivers the daughter of Donald L. and Velva M. (Rosen) Carlisle and lived most of her life in St. Joseph County. She was a homemaker and home health care aide. Member …

Toni R. (Harris) Cottrill, 38, of Hawick, Minn., died on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, near Grove City. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, at Zion Irving Lutheran Church in rural Hawick followed by a gathering of friends and family from 3-6 p.m. at the Paynesville American Legion Post #271. Toni Renee (Harris) Cottrill was …

Three Rivers Middle School has been selected as one of four partners in the Promoting Adolescent Reading Model Demonstration Project, a program offered through the Michigan Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative. Funded through the U.S. Department of Education, the grant focuses on improving reading outcomes for adolescent students, according to Three Rivers superintendent Jean Logan. The four-year project is …

Nicole Airgood, principal of Sturgis’ Eastwood Elementary School, has been named the 2015 Outstanding Practicing Principal by the Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association. Presented to only one recipient per year, the Outstanding Practicing Principal Award recognizes principals who have exhibited extraordinary leadership, commitment to their students and faculty, service to their communities and contributions to the profession. The …

Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency’s board again looked to its environmental health director to take over as health officer, succeeding Steve Todd, who is retiring. Rebecca Burns will assume the role Jan 15. Todd was named environmental health director in 2001, and in 2006, became the health officer, the top job in the tri-county agency. Todd has worked at the …