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Three Rivers City Commission members will start their meetings an hour earlier than usual beginning next week. City manager Joe Bippus said the twice-a-month meetings will now commence at 5 o’clock. Meetings are the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Bippus said one factor in the move was to accommodate city staff, whose workdays end around 4:30. If their …

Officials from Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport have announced the addition of a third daily flight offered by American Airlines. The midday flight to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport started April 3. Daily departure of the newly added flight is 12:15 p.m. American continues to offer daily flights from AZO to Chicago, departing at 7:17 a.m. and 7:40 p.m. Craig Williams, airport …

Three Rivers has announced its lineup of downtown events for 2025. The first, the city’s annual Spring Cleanup, is May 3. The next three events, “Music on Main,” will be held May 15, June 19 and July 17. “Art on Main,” a popular summertime event, takes place July 19. The annual “Sass in the City” is Aug. 1. Next, HarmonyFest …

Colon Township Library is appealing to the public for help with its charity event later this year. It is asking for donations of wooden chairs, small tables and shelves. The items are then decorated and/or painted, then made available later in the year during a fundraiser to benefit the library. Anyone able to help should take donations to the library …

February’s unemployment rate in St. Joseph County decreased by half of a percent from January. Figures from the monthly labor-market analysis by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget show St. Joseph County’s unemployment rate fell from 6.3 percent in January to 5.8 percent in February. The county’s February rate from a year earlier was 4.5 percent. Meanwhile, Cass …

A Three Rivers man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday in Calhoun County’s Burlington Township. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched shortly after 5:30 a.m. to an area on 11 Mile Road, near Q Drive South. According to investigators, the 79-year-old man, who was not identified, was driving north on 11 Mile Road when he encountered a disabled semi blocking …

A Decatur woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash last week in Cass County’s Silver Creek Township. Sheriff Clint Roach said deputies were called shortly before 9:30 p.m. Friday to the intersection of M-51 and M-152. Investigators said Kerry Darrigan, a 70-year-old Decatur man, was heading north on M-51 when he approached from behind a vehicle stopped at the intersection …

Here’s a reminder that the deadline for St. Joseph County Conservation District’s annual spring tree seedling sale is coming up later this month. More than 25 tree and shrub species are available. The selection includes white oak, Green Giant arborvitae, white pine, basswood, dawn redwood, spicebush, and white flowering dogwood. Prices vary by species. The order deadline is April 25. …

Beacon Health System, owner of Three Rivers Health, has signed an agreement to acquire the Ascension healthcare system in southwest Michigan. The transaction is expected to close this summer, subject to standard regulatory approvals. Once the arrangement is complete, Beacon Health System will own Ascension’s network of four hospitals, 35 outpatient clinics and an ambulatory surgery center. The hospitals include …