Michigan’s State Boundary Commission voted Wednesday to approve its April recommendation supporting Three Rivers’ effort to annex a 77-acre property from Lockport Township. By a 3-2 tally in the commission’s office in Lansing, the panel stayed consistent with its April 12 split vote. With Wednesday’s move, Shelly Edgerton, director of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, is expected …
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County agrees to purchase property for animal control
A new St. Joseph County Animal Control facility is still a number of years and several thousand dollars from reality, but a noteworthy step was taken Tuesday after county commissioners agreed to the purchase of more than an acre of property for what will someday be the site of a new animal-control headquarters. County administrator Pat Yoder said the 1.4-acre …
Read More »Suspect arrested in breaking-and-entering
Three Rivers Police K-9 officer Jake was deployed last weekend in response to a breaking-and-entering in progress. Authorities said officers were called to a residence in the 800 block of South Main Street, where arriving officers heard a suspect in the second-story level. As Jake gave warning barks, the suspect turned himself in without incident. Police arrested a 28-year-old parole …
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Hi! My name is Earl and I am a male, blue tick hound, about 2 years old. I am black and tan with the blue ticking on the rest of my body. I’m already house-trained and I know how to sit. I try to play “fetch” but it usually ends up that I’m playing “keep away”. I’m a pretty handsome …
Read More »Area native to appear on game show
A Three Rivers native now living out west will be a contestant on a game show making its season debut next week. John Graham, a 2005 Three Rivers High School graduate, stands to win $50,000 on “SuperHuman,” a FOX network program. A two-hour special aired in January and FOX subsequently ordered eight, one-hour episodes that will air over the summer …
Read More »Mendon Community Foundation awards scholarships
Mendon Community Foundation awarded seven scholarships during a May 26 ceremony. The Jan Hollenbeck Teachers Scholarship was bestowed to Braxton Samson and Kaley Smith. Samson is headed to Glen Oaks; Smith is on her way to Western Michigan University. Samson also was awarded the Doug Samson Memorial Scholarship. The John F. Outman Memorial Scholarship recipient was Alex Heckman, who plans …
Read More »Police raid home, make arrest
A 40-year-old Nottawa man was arrested late Friday night after his home was raided by police. Investigators from the St. Joseph County Area Narcotics unit obtained a search warrant for a residence in the 23000 block of River Run Road in Nottawa Township. SCAN unit members had gathered information about distribution and use of methamphetamine at the home, according to authorities. …
Read More »Out and About – Week of June 5th
I’ve never been much of a boss. While working for a freight forwarder near O’Hare Airport in Chicago, I vied for a position as warehouse foreman. I was told that I didn’t get the position because I wasn’t a hard-nose slave driver. They used another term, but I’ll refrain from using that name here. I’ve overseen individuals working toward a …
Read More »Local church welcomes comfort dog
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church became the first church in Michigan to have a comfort dog. Jude, an 18-month-old golden retriever, became part of the family Sunday during a Leash Ceremony at the Three Rivers church. The event was attended by six other comfort dogs and their handlers, most from Illinois. The effort to land Jude was spearheaded by parishioner Gretchen …
Read More »Several matters of new business for city commission
Two public hearings and eight matters of new business highlight this evening’s Three Rivers City Commission meeting. The public hearings center on a budget hearing and property-tax act, and a user-fee ordinance update. Business to be considered by Mayor Tom Lowry and commissioners include the sale of 125 East Broadway Street to Clark Logic for $275,000, a resolution related to …
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