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A Community Corrections Grant application for 2021 fiscal year will likely be approved by St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners next week. During their executive committee meeting Wednesday, commissioners heard a report from Rose Ludwick regarding the seven areas – including Day Reporting Center and pre-trial assessments – that benefit from the annual grant. Ludwick said the funding request is …

An offer to house veterans in need of emergency housing was presented to the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners during their executive committee Wednesday. Veterans administrator Stoney Summey said the department is in the process of opening a house that belongs to St. John’s Church in Sturgis. Summey explained the church contacted him regarding a potential use for the …

An agreement for Medical Examiner services for the rest of 2020 and all of 2021 was discussed Wednesday during the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners’ executive committee meeting. County clerk Lindsay Oswald said cost of the service, provided by Western Michigan University, has consistently gone up about 2 percent a year, and the current draft – likely to be …

The St. Joseph County Road Commission will start its Colon Township roundabout project Monday. As a result, the intersection of Colon Road and Farrand Road will be closed to traffic for approximately two months. Traffic going east to west will be detoured using M-86 to M-66. Meanwhjle, north-south traffic will be detoured through town, M-86 to Swonk Road then Stowell …

Sarah Vollmer, a trustee on the St. Joseph County Intermediate School District board, will be stepping down from the board effective June 8. She said the decision came after her husband’s job has transferred them out of St. Joseph County. Vollmer was appointed to the board in October. Board president Elizabeth O’Dell expressed regret that Vollmer is leaving. The board …

The St. Joseph County Human Services Commission wishes to note the six locations where county residents can be tested for COVID-19. Covered Bridge Healthcare is testing by appointment only. Cost is based on a sliding scale. Revolution Health in Sturgis will test also by appointment only. Drive-up testing 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday is available at Center …

Benjamin Morgan and Hadley Miller were named “Most Representative Seniors” during last week’s Three Rivers Rotary Honors Night. The 62nd annual program took place last Thursday in a WRCI radio broadcast from Three Rivers High School. Voted by school faculty and staff, the Most Representative Seniors best exemplify the positive traits of their graduating class. Morgan plans to attend Western …

Three Rivers police responded Monday to a single-vehicle accident in which a man accidentally shot himself in the leg. According to a department media release, officers were called around 3:30 p.m. to a report of a car that had gone off the roadway. The location was not identified in a department media release. Officers applied a tourniquet to slow the …

The St. Joseph County Conservation District is postponing the start of its 2020 River Cleanup season. The 10th season was supposed to kick off this coming Saturday in what was going to be the first of five cleanups led by the Centreville-based agency this summer. Shaun Grace, a conservation district employee whose work includes coordinating and executing the river cleanups, …

A 14-year-old boy was injured after the lawnmower he was driving tipped over Monday morning in Nottawa Township. Sheriff Mark Lillywhite said deputies were called at 10:45 a.m. to the 23000 block of River Run Road, where the Sturgis victim was mowing a steep embankment along the St. Joseph River. Investigators said the lawnmower overturned, impaling the victim on the …