An offer to house veterans in need of emergency housing was presented to the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners during their executive committee Wednesday. Veterans administrator Stoney Summey said the department is in the process of opening a house that belongs to St. John’s Church in Sturgis. Summey explained the church contacted him regarding a potential use for the …

An agreement for Medical Examiner services for the rest of 2020 and all of 2021 was discussed Wednesday during the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners’ executive committee meeting. County clerk Lindsay Oswald said cost of the service, provided by Western Michigan University, has consistently gone up about 2 percent a year, and the current draft – likely to be …

The St. Joseph County Road Commission will start its Colon Township roundabout project Monday. As a result, the intersection of Colon Road and Farrand Road will be closed to traffic for approximately two months. Traffic going east to west will be detoured using M-86 to M-66. Meanwhjle, north-south traffic will be detoured through town, M-86 to Swonk Road then Stowell …

Sarah Vollmer, a trustee on the St. Joseph County Intermediate School District board, will be stepping down from the board effective June 8. She said the decision came after her husband’s job has transferred them out of St. Joseph County. Vollmer was appointed to the board in October. Board president Elizabeth O’Dell expressed regret that Vollmer is leaving. The board …

The St. Joseph County Human Services Commission wishes to note the six locations where county residents can be tested for COVID-19. Covered Bridge Healthcare is testing by appointment only. Cost is based on a sliding scale. Revolution Health in Sturgis will test also by appointment only. Drive-up testing 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday is available at Center …

Benjamin Morgan and Hadley Miller were named “Most Representative Seniors” during last week’s Three Rivers Rotary Honors Night. The 62nd annual program took place last Thursday in a WRCI radio broadcast from Three Rivers High School. Voted by school faculty and staff, the Most Representative Seniors best exemplify the positive traits of their graduating class. Morgan plans to attend Western …

Royce Monroe Jacobs, age 93, of Three Rivers, formerly Constantine, passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Bowman House in  Three Rivers. Royce was born November 20, 1926 in Constantine, son of Fred and Evelyn (Nolan) Jacobs. He graduated from Constantine High School. On December 22, 1945, he married Helen Schultz; mother of his children. She preceded him on March …

Barbara Schmidt, age 91, of Mendon, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Birch Meadows in Three Rivers. She was born on May 9, 1929 in the German speaking town of Grgurevci, Serbia, and was the eldest of three daughters raised by their widowed mother, Elizabeth Koch on a farm. The family fled to Salzburg, Austria in 1944 to …

Three Rivers police responded Monday to a single-vehicle accident in which a man accidentally shot himself in the leg. According to a department media release, officers were called around 3:30 p.m. to a report of a car that had gone off the roadway. The location was not identified in a department media release. Officers applied a tourniquet to slow the …

The St. Joseph County Conservation District is postponing the start of its 2020 River Cleanup season. The 10th season was supposed to kick off this coming Saturday in what was going to be the first of five cleanups led by the Centreville-based agency this summer. Shaun Grace, a conservation district employee whose work includes coordinating and executing the river cleanups, …