By Paul GarrodStaff Writer ALMENA TWP. – A 58-year-old Almena Township man is currently being held on a felony assault charge at the Van Buren County Jail with a bond set at $1 million, after he assaulted another man Friday, Sept. 29, in Almena Township, according to a press release from the Van Buren County Read More…
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer PAW PAW – The Van Buren County Board of Commissioners approved a request Sept. 26, to authorize the use of $950,000 in ARPA funds for a Van Buren County Youth Center in conjunction with the Van Buren Intermediate School District (VBISD).Commissioners have had numerous discussions on the use of ARPA funds Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — Casey Tobias has had a caring heart for almost all of her life. She recalled, as a child in the 1970s, loading brown paper bags full of food and supplies and taking them to soldiers who were getting off buses coming home from Vietnam. In more recent times, Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — Two new recreational marijuana retailers could be making their way onto U.S. 131 in the coming months. On Monday, the Three Rivers Planning Commission sent special exception permit approval recommendations to the Three Rivers City Commission for two applicants: TR Retailer LLC and Three Rivers NZ LLC, both Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CENTREVILLE — The 172nd St. Joseph County Grange Fair is now in the books, and organizers say this year’s event was fairly well-received by the community. Compared to previous years, Fair Board Member Mindy Timm said this year’s fair was “probably one of our most successful years.” “We heard a lot Read More…
For the past several years, the city of Sturgis has worked to complete improvement to downtown parking lots.Sturgis City Commission has approved a task order with Fleis and Vandenbrink Engineering in the amount of $171,600 for preliminary design, final design and bidding services for the next stage of the projects.City manager Andrew Kuk summarized the Read More…
By Dennis Volkert Sturgis City Commission on Sept. 13 approved a request from Sturgis District Library to replace temporary posts with permanent posts for its “story walk/poetry walk” feature at Thurston Woods Park. In August, the Parks, Recreation, and Doyle Community Center Board reviewed the request and recommended it for approval. The story walk/poetry walk runs along Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CENTREVILLE — The 172nd St. Joseph County Grange Fair is now in the books, and organizers say this year’s event was fairly well-received by the community.Compared to previous years, Fair Board Member Mindy Timm said this year’s fair was “probably one of our most successful years.”“We heard a lot of good Read More…
By Kaitlyn Campbell An Isabella County judge has dismissed some parts of a civil lawsuit that involves two would-be developers of a stalled healthcare park in Clare.On Sept. 26, Judge Mark Duthie’s opinion and order dropped civil fraud, conspiracy and breach of contract accusations against David Coker but gave Anthony Demasi 21 days to file Read More…