A storage shed was recently donated to St. Joseph County Animal Control. Through the fundraising efforts of the county’s Animal Control Advisory Board, a 20-by-30-foot shed was recently presented to the agency. It will be used to store food and supplies necessary for daily operations. It will also store overflow of additional transport kennels for neglect and hoarding cases. Sheriff …

After considerable debate, the village of Constantine is going forward with its Fourth of July fireworks display. Municipal officials said the annual parade, however, will not take place. Village attorney Howard Bush rendered an opinion, concluding that a fireworks event can be accomplished without violating any of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s orders. The fireworks display will take place at the usual …

The villages of Colon and Schoolcraft have canceled their fireworks and Fourth of July festivities this year. In Colon, however, a longstanding tradition will continue this weekend. The 14th annual “Palmer Lake Flotilla” is set to take place at 6 p.m. Saturday. Rain date is 1 p.m. Sunday. Seasonal resident Tim Taylor has served as coordinator and commodore of the …

St. Joseph County Road Commission assistant manager/engineer Garrett Myland said the Nottawa Road bridge superstructure replacement has been selected for Michigan Department of Transportation’s bridge-bundling project. Under that arrangement, through which MDOT awards all work on the selected bridges to one contractor, construction and design portions of the Nottawa Road bridge project will be completed at no cost to the …

Sturgis Township treasurer Zeta Metzger said according to Michigan Department of Treasury estimates, constitutional revenue-sharing payments from the state will decrease in the near future. For the remainder of the fiscal year, the bimonthly payments likely will dip from the mid-$30,000s to $24,000 in August and the next year’s payments between $28,000 and $31,000. Supervisor George Morse said that in …

Larry Junior Rink, age 75, of Three Rivers, formerly of Constantine, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, June 29, 2020. Larry passed away at Grace Healthcare of Three Rivers. He was born in Goshen on February 21, 1945, and attended Constantine High School. On July 4, 1964 he married Jeanie Swartzentruber in Scott, IN. Larry was a …

I am called Grasshopper.  See my spotted tongue, one of the ladies here think it is unusual.  I am a calm, social, hound.  I lost my way and ended here at Animal Control, I am about two years old, a tri-color male.  I get along with other dogs.  My docket number is 48615, at the St. Joseph County Animal Control …

Building Hope Free Store in Centreville has moved from its previous location at 112 W. Main St. into a larger space next door, the former site of the St. Joseph County Abstract office. Wendell Moyer, Free Store coordinator, said the larger space will ensure the Free Store will not have to turn down donations. The change will also benefit two …

The director of public safety for the city of Sturgis was honored at a recent city commission meeting for saving lives during a fire. Mayor Robert Hile said Geoff Smith, the first to arrive at the scene, found two adults and a baby on the second floor and no way for them to escape. Using a neighbor’s ladder, Smith rescued …

St. Joseph County road commissioners learned recently that there has been no confirmation about when the widening and reconstruction project on Wait Road in Sherman Township will begin. The start date initially was set for April 1, but was delayed due to the COVID- 19 shutdown, said John Lindsey, managing director of the commission. Furthermore, work on U.S. 131 in …