There will be two new faces on the Three Rivers City Commission later this month. District 3 candidate Diane Haley-Clay defeated incumbent Larry Matson in Tuesday’s general election. Matson was appointed to the board in May to replace Ken Baker. Meanwhile, incumbent Elbert Foster, an eight-year commission member, was unable to fend off Alison Haigh as commissioner of District 2. …

A few incumbents on local, township, village and school boards were defeated in Tuesday’s general election. In Colon, challenger Tom Tenney soundly defeated incumbent village president Tom Whitford. Also, Colon Board of Education member and incumbent Eric Wagner was the odd person out in a three-person race for two seats. Incumbent Eric Bower will return and be joined by newcomer …

School districts that acted on Headlee-related proposals batted .500 in Tuesday’s election. Voters in the Burr Oak Community Schools district agreed to continue a Headlee rollback that allows the district to collect the full 18 mills its voters levied in 1995. The district stood to lose $154,000 without voter support. In Constantine, a request to renew its Headlee rate of …

All five proposed constitutional amendments were rejected by voters in Michigan, by wide margins.  They included Prop 2, which guaranteed collective bargaining rights and invalidated certain laws dealing with collective bargaining. Also rejected were Prop 3 which required 25 percent of Michigan energy generation to be from renewable sources, and Prop 4 which dealt with collective bargaining for in-home health …

We are now into November. By the time some of you read this, we’ll know who our President will be for the next four years. Some of us will be elated, and some of us will be packing our bags and making plans to relocate out of country. I will be extremely elated, because I won’t have to put up …

Michael D. Concannon of Three Rivers passed away Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 with his family at his side after a long and courageous fight with lung cancer. Mike is survived by his high school sweetheart and wife of 51 years, Suzanne (Pearson) Concannon; son, David (Johnnine) Concannon; daughter, Cindy (Scott) Penabaker; brother, Dr. Milton (Gail) Concannon; grandchildren, Alex Concannon, Jamie …

Cora B. Decker, age 100, of Colon, passed away, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at Birch Adult Foster Care Home in Leonidas. Cora was born June 3, 1912, in Bronson, a daughter of the late Floyd and Hazel (Plumley) Luce. She came to Colon in 1961 from Matteson Township, where she had lived most of her life. Cora had married Carlton …

Lee Roy Ellsworth, 86, of Colon Township, passed away Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, at The Oaks at Northpoint Woods. Lee was born Jan. 7, 1926, in McLoud, Okla., a son of Lee and Jewell (Page) Ellsworth. Lee was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and was discharged as a corporal on Nov. 9, 1948, at Percy Jones Army …

Ruth E. Goss, age 86, of Sturgis, passed away early Monday morning, Nov. 5, 2012, at Parkview LaGrange Hospital in LaGrange, Ind. Mrs. Goss attended Lifeway Church of the Nazarene in Greenville, Pa., and First Church of God in Three Rivers. She was a true cookie artist and loved wearing silly hats, especially while leading singing at a nursing home …

Lucille Katherine Heydenberk, age 93, formerly of Kline’s Resort, Three Rivers and Pine Lake, Doster died Sunday Nov. 4, 2012 at Sunrise of Cascade. She was born on Dec. 18, 1918 at the family farm near Mendon, the daughter of Leon and Gladys (Klein) Happel. Lucille attended the Hall Country School and was the last surviving member of the Mendon …