Organizers behind Sunday’s Three Rivers HarmonyFest said they couldn’t have been happier with the turnout for the 20th annual event. Staged on North Main Street, the 10-band, day-long festival had the benefit of good weather and an event-ending fireworks display to lure more than 3,000 people throughout the course of the day and night. The fireworks show was supposed to …

Members of the Sturgis City Commission have granted a 12-year tax abatement to Johnson Precision Mold and Engineering. Located in the North Centerville Road business park, the company is investing more than $100,000 in new equipment – primarily a high-speed machining center. Cathy Knapp, manufacturing specialist for the city, said the investment allows the company to increase its sales. In …

Labor union supporters and the governor who made this the first right-to-work Labor Day in Michigan have been on the march on opposite ends of the state as America observed the holiday honoring working people. Gov. Rick Snyder set a fast pace as he led thousands of walkers across the 5-mile Mackinac Bridge that links Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas. …

More wind and solar energy users in Michigan are getting billing credit for excess power they generate. State regulators issued a report last week showing utility customers with their own windmills and solar panels onsite increased the net metering program’s production size by 55 percent from 2011 to 2012. There also were more than 300 additional residential or business customers …

Kenneth R. “Ken” Wright, age 73, of Three Rivers, died Monday Sep. 2, 2013 surrounded by his family at home following a two year illness. He was born in Mendon on Nov. 14, 1939 the son of Duard Jack and Mozelle (Waldron) Wright. Ken graduated from Mendon High School before serving in the U.S. Army from 1959-61. He was married …

A 56-year-old Three Rivers man suffered minor injuries last week after his motorcycle was forced off the road in Florence Township. A media release from the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department stated Michael Manes was southbound on Constantine Road when an oncoming vehicle passed another car, forcing Manes to drive off the roadway in order to avoid a head-on collision. …

Investigators from the St. Joseph County Area Narcotics unit executed a search warrant last week for methamphetamine production at a Sturgis location. According to a department media release, SCAN members Saturday descended upon a room at the Country Hearth Inn, where two inactive methamphetamine labs – along with components to manufacture methamphetamine – were found. The room’s occupant, a 43-year-old …

Three Rivers Police last week arrested a woman suspected of allegedly committing an armed robbery at a Three Rivers business. Yasmeen Campbell, 25, was arrested late Thursday after her alleged involvement in an armed robbery at the Admiral gas station Wednesday. According to a department media release, Campbell was arrested without incident in the 100 block of East Michigan Avenue. …

Funeral services for a longtime media personality and ambassador for Three Rivers have been announced by Hohner Funeral Home. Bruce Snook, a Colon native who spent several years on the radio as an employee at WLKM, passed away Thursday following a month-long illness. Services for the 66-year-old Snook begin with visitation 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday …

Bruce C. Snook, age 66, of Three Rivers, passed away on Thursday, August 29, 2013, at Borgess Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on Dec. 24, 1946 in Sturgis, the son of the late L. Wendell and Mildred (Ives) Snook. Bruce worked at radio stations in Three Rivers, Lansing and Dowagiac, as well as Keokuk, Iowa. …