The St. Joseph County Commission on Aging is participating in Senior Project FRESH, which provides older adults who qualify with Michigan-grown products from authorized farmers markets and roadside stands throughout Michigan. Eligible items include berries, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, beans and honey. The program is free for both the participant and the farmer. Prospective recipients must be at least 60 years …

George T. Enboden Sr., age 70,of Constantine, died Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. There will be no visitation or services. Arrangements are in care of Farrand Funeral Home of White Pigeon.

Michigan’s State Boundary Commission voted Wednesday to approve its April recommendation supporting Three Rivers’ effort to annex a 77-acre property from Lockport Township. By a 3-2 tally in the commission’s office in Lansing, the panel stayed consistent with its April 12 split vote. With Wednesday’s move, Shelly Edgerton, director of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, is expected …

A new St. Joseph County Animal Control facility is still a number of years and several thousand dollars from reality, but a noteworthy step was taken Tuesday after county commissioners agreed to the purchase of more than an acre of property for what will someday be the site of a new animal-control headquarters. County administrator Pat Yoder said the 1.4-acre …

Three Rivers Police K-9 officer Jake was deployed last weekend in response to a breaking-and-entering in progress. Authorities said officers were called to a residence in the 800 block of South Main Street, where arriving officers heard a suspect in the second-story level. As Jake gave warning barks, the suspect turned himself in without incident. Police arrested a 28-year-old parole …

Hi! My name is Earl and I am a male, blue tick hound, about 2 years old. I am black and tan with the blue ticking on the rest of my body. I’m already house-trained and I know how to sit. I try to play “fetch” but it usually ends up that I’m playing “keep away”. I’m a pretty handsome …

A Three Rivers native now living out west will be a contestant on a game show making its season debut next week. John Graham, a 2005 Three Rivers High School graduate, stands to win $50,000 on “SuperHuman,” a FOX network program. A two-hour special aired in January and FOX subsequently ordered eight, one-hour episodes that will air over the summer …

Mendon Community Foundation awarded seven scholarships during a May 26 ceremony. The Jan Hollenbeck Teachers Scholarship was bestowed to Braxton Samson and Kaley Smith. Samson is headed to Glen Oaks; Smith is on her way to Western Michigan University. Samson also was awarded the Doug Samson Memorial Scholarship. The John F. Outman Memorial Scholarship recipient was Alex Heckman, who plans …

A 40-year-old Nottawa man was arrested late Friday night after his home was raided by police. Investigators from the St. Joseph County Area Narcotics unit obtained a search warrant for a residence in the 23000 block of River Run Road in Nottawa Township. SCAN unit members had gathered information about distribution and use of methamphetamine at the home, according to authorities. …

John Paul Jones, age 59, of Sturgis, passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at his home. He was born July 31, 1957, in Three Rivers, a son of the late George Alfred and Alice Luella (Fox) Jones. John resided most of his life in the Sturgis area and was a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1975. …