The Portage Public Schools Board of Education is slated to meet Friday afternoon (June 21) to choose between two finalists for the superintendent position. That’s the indication in an MLive story by Julie Mack following second interviews with Mark Bielang, superintendent of the Paw Paw Public Schools and Roger Rathburn, superintendent of the Three Rivers [...]

American Legion Post #223 in Constantine recently obtained a grant for $10,900 from the Home Depot Foundation. The money will be used to remodel six bathrooms at the Legion, and new flooring will be put down in the breakfast area Wednesday and Thursday (June 19-20). In addition, employees at the Three Rivers Home Depot volunteered [...]

Several closings of the East City Parking Lot are planned in the next few days to accommodate resurfacing of the facility. According to Christy Trammell, Executive Director of the Three Rivers Downtown Development Authority (DDA), the resurfacing project has been planned for several years “and it is finally going to be done.” Trammell said the [...]

With the Independence Day holiday rapidly approaching, now is the time to circle Thursday, July 4th on your calendar and make plans to attend the pancake and French toast breakfast that day at the Constantine United Methodist Church. The Constantine Methodist Men and friends are sponsoring the event from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. The [...]

The Three Rivers Area Community Foundation (TRACF) has awarded over $20,000 through scholarship endowment funds. The TRACF has been serving the Three Rivers area and surrounding townships since 1975.  Its mission is to build endowment funds and redistribute those investment returns back into the hands of the community.  By focusing on people, organizations, and sustainability, [...]

Pergolas are now in place at the North Main Street and Railroad Drive entrances to the reconstructed ‘Mural Mall’ in downtown Three Rivers. The structures – components of the new design for the pedestrian walkway and gathering spot connecting the two streets – were installed Tuesday (June 18). “Meet Me at the Mall”, a grand [...]

LANSING—More than 8,700 Southwest Michigan residents took part in a tele-town hall meeting on Monday with Sen. John Proos. The meeting was designed for Proos to discuss the recently completed state budget and listen to constituents about their priorities and concerns. “The tele-town hall was an outstanding success — nearly doubling the participation of my [...]

To the Editor: Many thanks are in order as we look back over the past year of planning and preparation for the re-imaging of the Sue Silliman House museum in downtown Three Rivers.  The many positive comments from the more than sixty visitors on Saturday during the Three Rivers Water Festival were greatly appreciated and [...]

The Three Rivers City Commission has set Friday, July 12 at noon as the deadline for persons interested in filling the vacancy created by the resignation of At-Large Commissioner David York to submit a Citizen Interest Form to the City Clerk’s office.  The forms are available at City Hall and online from the City of [...]

“Where are we with MASB?  Do we have a meeting scheduled with them? These questions were posed by Susan Schmidtendorff, president of the Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education, during the board meeting Monday evening (June 17).  Her queries came in regard to board action in April to contract with MASB – the Michigan [...]

Three days and nights of reggae music are on tap Thursday through Saturday (June 20-22) during the Island Festival in downtown Kalamazoo. For more on the story from WMU News, click on the following link:  Island Festival features music, food.

School is finally out and most kids will spend the next three months complaining to their parents that that they’re bored and have nothing to do.  Hundreds of young people who are involved with 4H, however, are gearing up to finish their projects in time for fair in September.  Several of these kids will be [...]

The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners has endorsed submission of the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) FY 2014-2016 Multi-Year Plan to the Michigan Commission on Services to the Aging for final review and approval. The action came Tuesday (June 18) following a presentation by Laura Sutter, AAA Coordinator with the Branch-St. Joseph Area Agency [...]

The American Red Cross Blood Drive will visit Three Rivers on Wednesday (June 19). The Blood Drive will take place at the JoCo Center on Wood Street from 11:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. For information about donating blood, click here.

I’m starting this week’s column midway through the 57th Annual Water Festival here in Three Rivers. I’ve been involved with the Water Festival for at least five or six years now, so I feel that I know at least a little bit about what I’m talking about. I’ve been co-chairing the parade for several years [...]

Construction of a nearly five-mile, two-lane US-131 bypass of Constantine – a project that began on February 4th – continues to move forward with a target of completion in November 2013. The project – with an $18 million price tag – includes a new, 870-foot bridge over the St. Joseph River near Riverside Drive, on [...]

The revamped Three Rivers Farmers Market will be in operation Tuesday (June 18) from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Farmers Market is located in the pavilions at Scidmore Park off West Michigan Avenue. The Farmers Market will continue each Tuesday until early to mid October.

The Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees held a public budget hearing, adopted the college’s 2013-2014 operating budget, accepted gifts and grants, awarded service pins, and conducted other business during its June 17 meeting held on the Dowagiac campus. After holding a public budget hearing, the Board of Trustees of Southwestern Michigan College adopted the [...]

The Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education has adopted the 2013-2014 Preliminary Budget for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. The action came Monday evening (June 17) following a public hearing during which there were no citizen comments. The hearing – held prior to the regular board meeting – included a presentation by [...]