Michigan’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate went down over the one-month period from May to June. According to information from Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget, the state’s jobless rate lowered from 5.4 percent in May to 5.3 percent in June. Employment ebbed by 4,000 over the month and the number of unemployed people fell by 6,000, according to agency …
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Marcellus makes flooding issue improvements
Marcellus Village President Dennis Irwin recently shared details related to improvements made to help correct perpetual flooding issues. Irwin said the work was completed thanks to a state grant in excess of $400,000. As a result, stormwater management was improved in areas throughout the village, including an area in front of the township’s library and an adjacent business. The work …
Read More »Participants invited for Community Carnival
Planners behind an upcoming community event in Three Rivers are inviting local groups, clubs and organizations to be a part of the one-day affair. The Community Carnival, hosted by Huss Project, takes place Aug. 9. Potential participants have through Aug. 1 to sign up in order to be included in the gathering. More information is available from Deborah Haak-Frost. Her …
Read More »County commission approves environmental study at 2 facilities
St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners has approved an environmental study to be performed at two county-owned facilities in Centreville. During Tuesday’s St. Joseph County Commission meeting, county administrator Teresa Cupp explained that air-quality testing conducted at Covered Bridge Healthcare and a section of the strip mall on Industrial Parkway – adjacent to St. Joseph County Animal Control –confirmed the …
Read More »Out and About – Week of July 21st
I am proud to have served my country for a total of five years. I served two years in the Army National Guard then enlisted in the Regular Army for three years, being discharged in July, 1967. My time in the military gave me the opportunity to grow up. I enjoyed my three years of active duty and was very …
Read More »Out and About – Week of July 14th
There is not a book that explains everything a man must know in order to better understand women. We must continue to learn from experience, or listen to a person who has dealt with the fairer sex longer than you have. There are books that explain certain facts on how a woman does certain things, but a book on why …
Read More »TR Beacon Health nurses ratify contract
After working without a contract since March, nurses at Three Rivers Beacon Health have ratified a new contract. Following several weeks of negotiations and an informational picket last month, the three-year contract takes effect immediately. According to union officials, the new agreement includes raises, improvement to health insurance and a limit on nurses forced to work overtime. About 75 nurses …
Read More »Wild turkey brood survey
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking the public to report any sighting of wild turkey hens with their babies as a part of a multi-state preservation effort. This is the third year for Michigan’s wild turkey brood survey. Since its launch, people reported more than 25,000 hens, 11,000 male turkeys and 65,000 babies in Michigan, according to the …
Read More »Kalamazoo legal case assigned to St. Joseph County
A Kalamazoo woman has been charged with a number of offenses in a case being tried by St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office. Prosecuting attorney Deb Davis said Tami Rayshawn Rey has been charged with two felony counts of assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer and two misdemeanor charges of domestic violence. The alleged offenses occurred May 23 in Kalamazoo. The case was …
Read More »Man sentenced in sexual assault case
A Clare County man was sentenced last week in Centreville for sexually assaulting a relative two decades ago in St. Joseph County. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said 69-year-old Geral Whitney will serve up to 30 years in prison after he was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Paul Stutesman. Whitney was found guilty by a jury in May of one …
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