State Rep. Matt Lori last week announced a grant to eliminate blight in downtown Dowagiac by funding rehabilitation of a historic building into a movie theater and residential units. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation approved the $171,005 Community Development Block Grant enabling a local firm to rehabilitate the building, located at 115 S. Front St. The building is currently in …
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Lucile Lovejoy, 94
Lucile L. Lovejoy, age 94, of Constantine, passed away Saturday, September 7th, 2013 at Three Rivers Health Hospital. She was born in Chicago, IL on September 6, 1919, a daughter of Matthew and Margaret (Schmidt) Schumacher. Lucile graduated from Middlebury High School in 1937, and later received her degree in dairy testing from Michigan State University in 1957. Lucile first …
Read More »Dean Williams, 64
A funeral service for Dean Williams, 64, of Dickinson, N.D., and formerly of Sturgis, will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, at Evangelical Bible Church in Dickinson, with Pastor Tim Privratsky officiating. Visitation for Dean will be 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Dickinson, with reminiscing and sharing memories at 7 p.m. Visitation will …
Read More »Doris Malcolm, 90
Doris Malcolm, age 90, of Colon, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, at Masonville House in Coldwater. Doris was born Aug. 29, 1923, in Jones, a daughter of the late Lavern and Cora Belle (Bowen) Pipher. Doris grew up in the Jones area. She graduated from Constantine High School with the class of 1941. She had made her home in …
Read More »Classes delayed because of water
A broken water seal in the F Wing at Glen Oaks Community College resulted in a two-hour delayed start of classes Thursday. The early morning incident, at the north end of campus near the auto garage, triggered the overhead sprinkler system to activate, college officials said. Glen Oaks President Gary Wheeler said the incident occurred in an out-of-the-way area where …
Read More »Snook remembered
More than 200 people gathered Thursday at Riverside Church to pay their final respects to longtime Three Rivers resident and community advocate Bruce Snook. Snook, 66, was a longtime employee at WLKM radio, the former director of the Three Rivers Area Chamber of Commerce and most recently the editor and publisher of the River Country Journal website. Snook, who passed …
Read More »Retirement results in promotions
The August retirement of David Northrop as director of the Sturgis Department of Public Safety has resulted in a number of promotions, announced Thursday by the department. Geoff Smith was promoted from detective sergeant to chief; Ryan Banaszak from sergeant to detective sergeant; Damon Knapp from shift sergeant to school resource officer; Jeremy Marsh from sergeant to nighttime shift sergeant; …
Read More »Roxann Woloszyk, 63
Mrs. Roxann M. “Sandy” (Kaplenski) Woloszyk, 63, of Norton Shores, passed away at her home on Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, after a short but courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Standish on July 5, 1950 to Joseph and Mary (Kosemba) Kaplenski. Roxann owned and operated Lendonna Beauty Barber Shop in Alpena and was the hair stylist at Three …
Read More »Melvin Beardsley, 32
Melvin James Beardsley, 32, of White Pigeon, died Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, at the Three Rivers Health emergency room. He was born April 8, 1981, in Sturgis, a son of James S. and Christine A. (Crossgrove) Beardsley. He was a White Pigeon area resident all his life and was employed in trailer manufacturing. He was a member of Christian Fellowship Center …
Read More »Marcia Tobey, 61
Marcia K. Tobey, 61, of Burr Oak, passed away Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at her home. She was born Sept. 5, 1951, in Battle Creek to Joseph and Mary (March) Michielsen. On April 10, 1982, she married Arthur J. Tobey in Tekonsha. He preceded her in death Oct. 8, 2011. Marcia was a very loving and caring person and enjoyed …
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