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. …

Alma W. Bontrager, age 71, of Centreville, passed away Monday morning, June 5, 2017, at her home. She was born May 5, 1946, in Albion, a daughter of William J. and Lydia Mae (Yoder) Bontrager. Alma resided in Centreville since 1959, coming from Green Ridge, Mo. She is survived by a son, Paul (Mary) Bontrager of Centreville; her mother, Lydia …

William “Bill” Martin Steinbach, age 74, of Three Rivers passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at Bronson Methodist Hospital. He was born in Chicago, IL on October 24, 1942 the son of William Henry and Gertude (Miller) Steinbach. Bill served his country in the U.S Army until his honorable discharge in 1968. He then owned and operated Floating Bridge …

I’ve never been much of a boss. While working for a freight forwarder near O’Hare Airport in Chicago, I vied for a position as warehouse foreman. I was told that I didn’t get the position because I wasn’t a hard-nose slave driver. They used another term, but I’ll refrain from using that name here. I’ve overseen individuals working toward a …

Jeannine Ann Mohney, age 81, of Three Rivers passed away on Friday, June 2, 2017 at Heartland Healthcare Center. She was born in Whiting, IN on September 25, 1935 the daughter of Howard and Letha (Parrish) Ruple. In her younger years she loved to skate and dance. She loved to skate at the former Pap’s Open Air Rink in Three …

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church became the first church in Michigan to have a comfort dog. Jude, an 18-month-old golden retriever, became part of the family Sunday during a Leash Ceremony at the Three Rivers church. The event was attended by six other comfort dogs and their handlers, most from Illinois. The effort to land Jude was spearheaded by parishioner Gretchen …

Two public hearings and eight matters of new business highlight this evening’s Three Rivers City Commission meeting. The public hearings center on a budget hearing and property-tax act, and a user-fee ordinance update. Business to be considered by Mayor Tom Lowry and commissioners include the sale of 125 East Broadway Street to Clark Logic for $275,000, a resolution related to …