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Michigan late Tuesday lifted an outdoor mask requirement except in gatherings of at least 100 people and in organized contact sports, and said teen athletes no longer must undergo regular COVID-19 testing if they are fully vaccinated. Under a revised pandemic order that takes effect Thursday, the state health department also eased outdoor event sizes and said vaccinated people are …

Wildcats drop both games against Niles at home. 1-0 and 8-3. Game 1:  Gavin Beuter threw 5 2/3 giving up zero hits and striking out 8. Game 2:  Gahan, Stasiuk, And Keene had multi hit games with 2 each. Quake, Garrick, Gidley, and Stasiuk combined on the mound giving up 7 hits total. “We have to get our bats going …

State Sen. Kim LaSata has announced a St. Joseph County venue has been named the inaugural recipient of her “Small Business of the Month” award. Mendon-based Cowboy Up was named Monday as the award’s first recipient. LaSata said she is proud to recognize Cowboy Up as the first winner of the award, which is issued in conjunction with Small Business …

The Three Rivers Golf team traveled to Klinger Lake Country Club today (Monday, May 3, 2021) to take on host Sturgis, and the Tigers of Allegan.  The course got the best of the Cats, as they finished with a total of 212 on the night.  Host Sturgis was second, with a score of 200, and Allegan took the match firing …

A ribbon-cutting event 13 months later than planned took place Saturday in Three Rivers. The ceremonial gesture marked the official opening of Armstrong Park, an 80-acre development between Main Street and Buckhorn Road. Jared Hoffmaster, vice president of River Country Sports Commission said the 80-acre development, for generations to come, will be at the center of youth athletics and the …

Deputies from the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the theft of a motor vehicle. Sheriff Mark Lillywhite said the department was notified last week that a blue, 2013 Buick Encore was stolen from a residence in the 26000 block of Fawn River Road in Sturgis Township. The theft is believed to have occurred sometime between Thursday night and …

“All great achievements require time.” ~ Maya Angelou Three Rivers has been known as the half-way point between Detroit, the “Motor City”, and Chicago, the “Windy City”. Detroit’s nickname is understandable, but Chicago’s nickname did not come about just because of the average 10.3 miles per hour winds. In 1893, Chicago hosted the World’s Colombian Exposition, honoring the 400th anniversary …

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Two men have been convicted in the 2019 torture-slaying of a northern Indiana woman whose body was found inside a trash bin dumped in southern Michigan. An Elkhart County jury found Donald Owen Jr., 22, and Mario Angulo Jr., 20, guilty of murder Thursday in the October 2019 and killing of 31-year-old Kimberly Dyer at a house in Elkhart. The …

Michigan residents who visit secretary of state offices will always need an appointment, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said Thursday, making permanent a change that was made to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Gone are the days when a person could walk into a branch and wait in line. Benson called it an “antiquated, inefficient, take-a-number system that …