Walton James “Jim” McCally – Born October 4, 1938 to Grace Ellen (White) McCally and Walton Andrew “Hank” McCally in Three Rivers, Mich., and was raised there, where he excelled playing baseball as a pitcher and graduated from Three Rivers High School in 1957.He passed away at Edgewood Health and Rehabilitation on January 19, 2024 Read More…
Rudolph Frank Losik Jr. (FRC) 83, formerly of Three Rivers, Michigan, passed away unexpectedly December 29, 2023 in San Jose, California following a brief illness. He was born in Three Rivers to Rudolph Losik and Mary Simone Losik, February 9th, 1940. Rudolph attended Immaculate Conception Catholic School and Three Rivers High School before leaving with Read More…
“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.” -PlatoSoap has more uses than cleaning our bodies and Read More…
by Larry-Michael and Becky Lynn Hackenberg A Weekly Almanac GuidePlan, Do, Finish, Rest.Living in HarmonyWith EarthWeekend ofJanuary 27-28, 2024 Earth-Sun-Moon NotesIn A Nutshell…The Full/Doing Moon occurred Thursday, January 25 at 12:54 p.m. EST. The first Full Moon of the year, it is named the Wolf Moon as it was the time of year the wolves Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CENTREVILLE — Natural hazards have affected St. Joseph County in numerous ways over the years.Most recently, winter storms, most involving ice, have led to schools being closed for several days in the last two weeks, but severe thunderstorms, windstorms and flooding have wreaked some havoc on the area in the recent Read More…
By Dennis Volkert Sturgis City Commission and staff held a work session Monday to begin developing a vision and goals for 2025 and beyond.The session was a first step in a process toward a five-year plan, city manager Andrew Kuk said. It provides a preliminary framework to categorize “areas of action.” Next steps include discussion and Read More…
Sturgis Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a job fair Wednesday at Youth For Christ.Twenty-two businesses took part, providing details about their services, job openings and contact information, and fathering applications and resumes. At least 100 job-seekers attended, with about 60 arriving during the first hour, said Kari Hatt, executive director of SACC. It was the first fair Read More…
Someone recently posted photos of two, recently discovered, Marion telephone books, from the spring of 1961. This brought quite a bit of discussion, much of it involving remembered numbers, and the immortal party line. Almost everyone shared a party line, particularly rural subscribers.Almost non-existent today, and certainly an old thing by today’s standards, the phone Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent MCBAIN – Beal City defeated McBain Northern Michigan Christian 46-21 on Tuesday in Highland Conference action.Beal City had quarter leads of 15-6 and 20-12 and outscored NMC 24-0 in the third quarter.“We played a good first half of basketball, made adjustments on defense and started seeing some good looks on offense,” NMC Read More…
By Kaitlyn CampbellThe Clare girls basketball team won their game against Harrison on Jan. 11 with a final score of 54-6. They also won their game against Ithaca on Jan. 16 with a final score of 51-36.In the game against Harrison, Kendra Fouts scored 20 points and had eight steals. Tess Kelly had 14 points, Read More…