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Three Rivers Middle School has been selected as one of four partners in the Promoting Adolescent Reading Model Demonstration Project, a program offered through the Michigan Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative. Funded through the U.S. Department of Education, the grant focuses on improving reading outcomes for adolescent students, according to Three Rivers superintendent Jean Logan. The four-year project is …

Nicole Airgood, principal of Sturgis’ Eastwood Elementary School, has been named the 2015 Outstanding Practicing Principal by the Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association. Presented to only one recipient per year, the Outstanding Practicing Principal Award recognizes principals who have exhibited extraordinary leadership, commitment to their students and faculty, service to their communities and contributions to the profession. The …

Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency’s board again looked to its environmental health director to take over as health officer, succeeding Steve Todd, who is retiring. Rebecca Burns will assume the role Jan 15. Todd was named environmental health director in 2001, and in 2006, became the health officer, the top job in the tri-county agency. Todd has worked at the …

Glen Oaks Community College is another step closer to getting dormitories. Members of the board of trustees voted last week to allow the company Student Suites to move forward with a fully developed plan for dormitories at the college. The vote followed a presentation by Dick Davis and Kimberly Christianson of Missouri-based Student Suites. Davis and Christianson shared details about …

KALAMAZOO – The Kalamazoo Wings (10-13-1-1) scored three goals in the first period of each of their- two games against the Brampton Beast (8-14-2-0) this weekend to propel them to victories on both nights. On Friday, the Justin Taylor scored a shorthanded goal just 32 seconds into the opening period to give the K-Wings a quick lead. The goal by …

Two men from the community of Jones were arrested after more than a pound of marijuana was found inside their vehicle. According to a media release from the Edwardsburg Police Department, the 18-year-old driver of the vehicle attempted to flee the scene of a traffic stop at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the 69000 block of Section Street. The driver adhered …

A change in leadership at St. Joseph County Animal Control was addressed by county commissioner Rick Shaffer last week. Longtime animal control director Tom Miller retired in October and commissioners have yet to decide whether to replace Miller or follow through on a proposal to fold the agency into the sheriff’s department. It is currently being run by the sheriff’s …

Funeral arrangements for a longtime and highly regarded Three Rivers doctor have been announced by Hohner Funeral Home. Services for 94-year-old Don Schimnoski, more casually known as Dr. Don, will start with visitation with the family 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday next week. A celebration of life will follow at 11 a.m. Dec. 18 at the First United Methodist Church …

A Constantine man was injured after the farm tractor he was driving was struck from behind Wednesday afternoon in Constantine Township. State police said the tractor was being driven at 4:15 p.m. on North River Road by 56-year-old Ron Kulp, when it was hit from behind by a vehicle driven by Ronald Greulich, 47, of Constantine. The incident occurred just …

Hi, I am “Pepper”. Being a girl, I like to cuddle, play and I am very friendly. I am six months old with short hair. My docket number is 12960 at the St. Joseph County Animal Control Shelter, located at 652 E. Main St., Centreville. Animal Control is open Monday – Friday from 9 am. – 4:30 pm. The first …