Constantine municipal officials Monday approved a two-year contract for village manager Mark Honeysett. Honeysett’s previous contract expired March 31. With a new contract in hand, Honeysett’s annual salary is $88,000. Village council members were asked to prepare an assessment of the past performance of the village manager. Results were compiled, summarized and presented in a six-page report, which was reviewed by the personnel …

Michigan Department of Transportation officials said $196 million in federal COVID relief funds appropriated by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Legislature will allow the state to execute Phase II of MDOT’s bridge-bundling program, beginning later this year. In all, 19 bridges – including one in Nottawa Township – were selected for rehabilitation. The bridge in question is on Nottawa Road, south …

Here’s a reminder that the first Fresh Food Distribution events in April will be next week. It will take place at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Seventh-Day Adventist Church, east of Centreville on M-86. Then, First Presbyterian Church on Lakeview Avenue in Sturgis will host a distribution. It will take place at 4 o’clock April Thursday. Three distributions will occur on …

Constantine Village Manager Mark Honeysett and fire chief Mike Haydon met with attorney Catherine Kaufman this week to discuss the process to institute a special assessment for public safety services. Honeysett said they discussed a pressing need for a new fire station and other fire department equipment, an increase in the cost of ambulance service in the village and an …

Tricia Meyer, executive director of Three Rivers Downtown Development Authority, has announced she is resigning from the post to accept a job in Ottawa County. Meyer’s last day will be April 26. She said she has accepted a job working as an independent consultant in the city of Holland. Meyer said her work will center on event planning and grant …

Supply-chain issues have delayed redevelopment of the former Burger King restaurant on South Centerville Road in Sturgis. Tria Restaurant Co. announced in December it had acquired and would renovate the property into an Arby’s. The former Burger King, built in 1978, closed in February 2020. After the site-plan review process was completed and approved in late 2021, developers encountered supply-chain …

Former Colon Community Schools Superintendent Penny Brockway has returned to work where she had her first out-of-college teaching job. Brockway is back on staff at Coldwater Community Schools. Her first day as director of curriculum and instruction was March 1 – less than a month after her final day as Colon’s superintendent. Brockway first arrived in the district in 1992 …

Michigan State Police troopers are investigating the larceny of a seven-foot-tall sasquatch lawn ornament from a residence in Park Township. The incident occurred on or after March 22 on West End Road, near Heimbach Road. Investigators said the lawn ornament is made of sheet metal material and is rusty-brown in color with various sharp edges to detail fur. It appears …

I am super-friendly!  My name is “Tigger”.  I love being petted.  I am one and a half years old, neutered, and housetrained.  I would like to climb on your lap.  My docket number is 52522, at the St. Joseph County Animal Control Shelter located at 652 E. Main St., Centreville, MI.  Animal Control is open Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m.– …

U.S. Rep. Fred Upton announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election to another two-year term. Upton’s interest in running again was subject to debate in the wake of an independent redistricting commission’s creation of new boundaries that put Upton and U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga of Holland in the same district. Upton and nine other Republicans voted to impeach for President …