Kenneth A. Hudson, 45, of Shipshewana, passed away Wednesday,  May 17, 2017 at Courtyard Healthcare Center in Goshen after a short battle with cancer. Ken was born in Three Rivers on May 22, 1971, a son of Roy and Judy (Marshall) Hudson. He graduated from Centreville High School in 1989. Ken was employed as a dispatcher for Starfleet and Viking …

Helen Joan Wright, 89, of Three Rivers, passed away May 17, 2017 at her home. She was born on June 6, 1927 in Mottville Township, MI, a daughter of John and Helen (Friesner) Oswalt. Helen graduated from Constantine High School in 1945. On April 14, 1947 she married Leo Wright in South Bend. He preceded her in death March 19, …

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A civility proclamation was adopted Tuesday by the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners. Board chairman Allen Balog said the idea was brought to the board by Jeff Gatton from the Three Rivers Area Chamber of Commerce. Balog said Gatton hopes the proclamation will eventually be adopted by municipalities and other boards countywide. The proclamation states, in part, that the …

Members of the Constantine Village Council this week reviewed a golf-cart ordinance. Drafted by village attorney Howard Bush, the ordinance will be the subject of a public hearing at the council’s June 5 meeting. At a meeting May 1, council members learned that Centreville recently had adopted a resolution to allow golf carts on streets with certain provisions. Village manager Mark …

Mendon National Honor Society donated $2,000 toward medical expenses of 2-year- old Oliver Ray and his parents, Kyle and Lindsey Ray of Sturgis. The donation was made before NHS members and the Ray family last week at Mendon High School. Oliver was born with a rare condition called hyperinsulinemia. His parents, Kyle (2002) and Lindsey Maxwell (2006), are Mendon High …

The St. Joseph County Intermediate School District appears likely to propose a millage request later this year. An update on the proposed Career Technical Education millage update was presented Monday by Tommy Cameron, ISD director of career and technical education. Cameron said he is following a timetable that will see the request before county voters in November. First, however, school districts …

St. Joseph County is looking for a new finance director. Human Resources director Teresa Doehring during Tuesday’s county commission meeting said Joni Smith has announced her resignation. Smith, 55, said she has accepted a job as finance director for the city of Easley, S.C. Her son, daughter and two grandchildren live in the area. Smith said the opportunity to be …

St. Joseph County’s board of commissioners pledged $140,000 to Southwest Michigan First, more than four months after the agency’s contract with the county expired. Tuesday’s funding agreement ends a lengthy impasse during which county officials not only debated the merits of the economic-development benefits from Southwest Michigan First, but also at a time when they began intensifying their scrutiny on …

Three people were injured in a one-car crash around noon Monday in Lockport Township. St. Joseph County sheriff ’s deputies said a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed was heading southwest in the 20000 block of Centreville-Constantine Road, when the car went off the road, re-entered the roadway, then began to spin out of control. The vehicle crossed …