News

St. Joseph County commissioners authorized the renegotiation of a sales agreement between Covered Bridge Healthcare and an adjacent car wash to its east. CBH director Rick Shaffer said the agency is attempting to purchase the car wash property in order to expand its office and add a drive-thru option for the benefit of its pharmacy. The land-contract arrangement hit a …

State Rep. Aaron Miller issued a statement after it was revealed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was the target of a kidnapping plot. The plan was never executed and went awry after FBI agents infiltrated the group of citizens planning to carry out the act. Miller said he is horrified to think of the dangerous and despicable plot being made by the …

Constantine Village Manager Mark Honeysett said the municipality’s plan to build a sewer plant has hit a snag. The council last year took a series of steps to receive funds from USDA World Development to renovate its sanitary sewer system plant. Meanwhile, Honeysett said the village has waited six months for approval of a discharge application from Michigan Department of …

The coordinator of the Palmer Lake Fourth of July Flotilla has announced the theme for the 2021 event. Tim Taylor said the theme to the 15th annual event is “World Cities.” Next year’s flotilla will be July 3. Participants will be encouraged to decorate their pontoon, dock, fishing boat or shoreline around the theme of a world city. The 2020 …

Three Rivers High School’s varsity football team faces its toughest opponent of the six-game regular season this evening, as the Wildcats will square off against Wolverine Conference powerhouse Edwardsburg. Three Rivers is still trying to find its footing this season. It is off to an 0-and-3 start and fell to Jackson County’s Parma Western last week, 42-to-7. Edwardsburg, meanwhile, is …

Board members of the St. Joseph County Road Commission received good news during their meeting Wednesday. Garrett Myland, assistant manager/engineer, said the agency was awarded $760,000 from the Southwest Michigan Bridge Council. The multi-county council fielded more than $42 million in requests from its members and had about $4 million available to award to more than half a dozen counties …

A 35-year-old Sturgis man has been charged with first-degree homicide stemming from a fatal shooting last week in Sturgis. An arraignment took place Friday in St. Joseph County Court for Erik Davis, a suspect in the shooting. His bond was set at $750,000. Davis was arrested after a 33-year-old man died from multiple gunshot wounds following the shooting, which occurred …

Three Rivers Community School Superintendent Ron Moag said the district was notified by the Branch-Hillsdale-St Joseph Community Health Agency that two students at Park Elementary have tested positive for COVID-19. Through the contact-tracing process, along with the case reported at the start of the week, the district has identified a significant number of staff and students required to quarantine. As …

State police are looking for the driver of a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run incident last week in Branch County’s Sherwood Township. Troopers said the incident occurred between 7 and 8 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Oliverda Road and M-60. Investigators said a female pedestrian was struck by the driver of an older, two-door, white Ford pickup. It features …

Two major road projects – one in Nottawa Township, the other in Lockport Township – are nearing completion. St. Joseph County Road Commission Manager John Lindsey said work on a portion of Nottawa Road was to resume Monday. Meanwhile, attention will focus next week on stretches of Holtom and Schweitzer roads in Lockport Township. Lindsey said the Nottawa Road project …