A fundraiser to benefit Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services will be staged this weekend in Three Rivers. “Walk A Mile In Her Shoes,” a one-mile walk to raise awareness and funds for the Three Rivers-based agency, takes place Saturday at Lafayette Park in Three Rivers. The walk starts at 11 a.m. and will include a kids’ walk, a dog walk …

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St. Joseph County Prosecutor John McDonough has announced a key member of the department’s team has accepted a job working for the state. Chief assistant prosecutor Erin Harrington, 38, this week issued her resignation effective Aug. 21, according to McDonough. He said Harrington has taken a job working for the Michigan Attorney General’s office in Lansing. McDonough said Harrington’s nine …

The Three Rivers Area Chamber of Commerce wishes to remind the public that its annual golf outing is Aug. 22 at St. Joe Valley Golf Club. Check-in is at 10:30 a.m. and shotgun start is at 11. The $60 per-person event includes 18 holes of golf, a cart, lunch, on-course contests and prizes. Event organizers said hole sponsorships are available …

Officials with the Tri-County Health Department have given the OK for Camp Eberhart to re-open following an outbreak of a suspected norovirus. Community Health Officer Rebecca Burns said the Fabius Township site was cleared to re-open Wednesday. Nearly 50 people, including a few staff members were stricken with a case of vomiting and diarrhea. Laboratory testing by the agency remains …

A man charged in connection with two slayings in Michigan will undergo a competency examination. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that a St. Joseph County judge on Tuesday ordered the psychiatric evaluation to determine whether 32-year-old Zachary Patten is competent to stand trial. His preliminary examination scheduled for next week has been postponed. Patten was charged last month in the July …

Lois B. King, age 94, of Three Rivers, died on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at Heartland Health Care Center in Three Rivers. She was born on August 12, 1922 in South Bend, a daughter of Walter and Sarah (Simmons) Price. She attended school in Elkhart. On July 7, 1947, Lois married Dayton King in Goshen. He preceded her in death …

Following a long illness, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and faithful servant of the living God, Velma Ree (Shelton) Whitten, 75, made her heavenly transition in the early morning hours of Friday, August 4, 2017 surrounded by her loving family.   Born in Stanton, Alabama on August 22, 1941 to parents Thomas Andrew Shelton Sr. and Christanna Harville …

Frances Arlene Gerkin, age 84, of Sturgis, passed away Friday evening, Aug. 4, 2017, at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. She was born March 22, 1933, in Centreville, daughter of the late Leon C. and Blanche D. (Brown) Hepner. Fran was a lifelong St. Joseph County resident. On Oct. 20, 1953, she eloped with Ernest T. “Red” Gerkin in Angola, …

The St. Joseph County United Way is beginning its annual Donut Drive this week. United Way volunteers will be in St. Joseph County’s eight communities over the next week, starting in Centreville today. The agency is not asking for donations, rather it is thanking St. Joseph County residents for their continued support. The Centreville-based agency helps more than 40 local …