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THREE RIVERS — The St. Joseph County Transportation Authority has had plenty of importance as an asset for county residents since it was formed in 2002.
In 2019, the service provided 81,965 rides to patrons, and already has reached 75 percent of that total in 2022, something SJCTA Director Al Balog...
THREE RIVERS — Those who want to challenge material at the Three Rivers Public Library now have a revised form and policy to do so.
On Tuesday, the library’s Board of Trustees approved revisions to their policy on controversial materials, which would revise the process of how the library handles...
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Mich. — Monkeypox, a virus that was recently declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization, is not in St. Joseph County at this time, according to the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency (BHSJ).
However, it has been reported in St. Joseph...
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — One of the most hotly contested races in the 2022 election cycle in the local area is the race for the Republican nomination for state representative in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Following redistricting after the 2020 census, St. Joseph County resides in the new...
THREE RIVERS — The first cannabis company to receive a retail permit in Three Rivers became the second recreational marijuana store to open in the city last week.
Confluence Cannabis, located in the old Goodwill building at 104 S. U.S. 131, opened its doors to the public officially on July 18,...
WHITE PIGEON — The White Pigeon Village Council is looking to do make a couple financial tweaks to a snowplow contract with White Pigeon Township.
During their meeting Wednesday, July 20, the council tabled action on a contract with the township for the village to provide snowplowing services to...
STURGIS — A long-awaited pickleball court at a park behind the St. Joseph County Commission on Aging’s (COA) Rivers Enrichment Center in Three Rivers could soon be open to the public.
In her director’s report during Wednesday’s COA board meeting in Sturgis, COA Executive Director Pam Riley told the...
NOTTAWA TWP. — A rezoning request and site plan that would have laid the groundwork for a Dollar General store in Nottawa was recommended to be denied Tuesday night by the Nottawa Township Planning Commission.
After a near two-and-a-half hour meeting, the planning commission recommended to the...
WHITE PIGEON — Shelly McBride is a familiar face in White Pigeon’s school community.
A graduate of White Pigeon High School, McBride was the principal of Central Elementary School in the village for 13 years after teaching in Centreville for seven years prior. Now, McBride is staying with her...
CONSTANTINE — The Constantine Village Council reviewed an application from Tranquility Fields, Inc. (TFI) of Ann Arbor to install a marijuana consumption center for events at 230 N. Washington Street, between Locust and Birch Streets, at a July 18 council meeting. Tranquility Fields also applied...