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Consumers Energy has announced its participation in “Our Town,” an initiative to support Michigan’s small businesses. The agency has partnered with 55 chambers and downtown groups, including Three Rivers, to support the gift-card program. It provides holiday shoppers with a dollar-for-dollar match for gift cards they buy through local chambers of commerce and downtown organizations, doubling the amount they can …

Last week I offered some suggestions on how to make Christmas shopping more enjoyable. I also gave some tips on how to have a live Christmas tree in your home. Here are some suggestions on how to give those gifts. Instead of spending lots of money on Christmas presents, consider offering a generous dose of your time. Alternatives to store-bought …

The Kalamazoo Wings announced this week that they will be sitting out this season due to the pandemic. Earlier this year, the ECHL announced that several teams had opted to start the season in mid-December, with the remainder of the teams choosing to start their season in mid-January. Since then, with the increase of COVID-19 cases and stricter guidelines from …

A 54-year-old Sherwood man died after he was involved in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday in Fawn River Township. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department said deputies were called around 4:30 a.m. to the area of U.S. 12 and Sweet Lake Road. Investigators said Daniel Waring was driving west on U.S. 12 when an eastbound vehicle driven by Alondra Aguilar, 19, …

Sturgis officials announced a traffic roundabout will be built in 2023. The traffic circle will be constructed at what will become the East Lafayette Street- North Franks Avenue intersection. The city recently was awarded a $472,000 highway safety improvement program grant from Michigan Department of Transportation for road-safety improvements. The city received the grant funding to rework the intersection of …

Constantine Village Council members have voted a second time against signing an application for a permit from Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy to relocate water lines under the U.S. 131 Business Route bridge. The relocation is the first step for a proposed Michigan Department of Transportation rehabilitation of the bridge. Council members had voted against signing the …

The city of Sturgis recently received an update regarding a group of turkey vultures near Galyn Drive on the city’s southeast side. The presence of the birds was deemed a nuisance by those in the neighborhood and was a potential health hazard, with the elevated amount of bird waste present in the area. City commission members have authorized the purchase …

Michigan expects to receive about 257,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines initially if the federal government authorizes them for emergency use this month, enough to immunize roughly 128,000 residents, a top doctor said Thursday. The priority remains frontline health care workers and people living and working in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, said Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, the state’s chief …

Michigan drivers could renew their licenses more frequently online or by mail instead of having to go to a secretary of state branch office under bipartisan legislation that received unanimous Senate approval on Thursday. Residents now can renew their driver’s license or state ID card by mail or the internet once, for a four-year term, but must go in person …

A person with a disabled vehicle who stepped into U.S. 131 was killed Thursday in western Michigan, causing traffic backups that led to more crashes that killed two more people, police said. The crashes occurred on northbound lanes in Allegan County, between Martin and Bradley, roughly 30 miles south of Grand Rapids. The first incident occurred shortly before noon. “A …