Voters in the White Pigeon school district have strongly endorsed renewal of a three-mill sinking fund tax levy for another five years – 2012 to 2016. Unofficial results from Tuesday’s (May 8th) balloting show that – with three of four voting precincts reporting – the millage drew affirmative votes from nearly 69 percent of those [...]

Voters in the White Pigeon school district will go to the polls Tuesday (May 8th) to consider renewal of a sinking fund tax levy. The proposal is for renewal of three mills for five years. The White Pigeon Community Schools Board of Education voted unanimously in January to submit the renewal proposal to voters during [...]

Nominating petitions for Three Rivers City Commission seats to be filled in balloting this year are due in the City Clerk’s office by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Offices to be filled this year are: Second District Commissioner (two-year term) Fourth District Commissioner (two-year term) At-Large Commissioner (two-year term) Third District Commissioner (one-year [...]

St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney John McDonough has announced his candidacy for re-election. The announcement came in a news release issued Friday (April 13): Source:  News release from St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney John McDonough

St. Joseph County Treasurer Judith L. ‘Judie’ Ratering has filed nominating petitions for election to the post to which she was appointed in late January.  She was sworn in February 3rd to fill the vacancy resulting from the resignation of Phyllis Bainbridge who cited illness in departing before the end of her term. According to [...]

Plans for a proposed Meijer, Inc. store in South Haven hinge on the outcome of a rezoning issue that will be on the ballot in the February 28th election. For more on the story from Andrew Lersten and the Herald Palladium, click on the following link:  Confronting Meijer

Cass County voters will be asked to approve a one-mill tax levy for roads in balloting on February 28, 2012. That’s the situation following action by the Cass County Board of Commissioners Thursday night (November 17th). For more on the story from John Eby and the Dowagiac Daily News, click on the following link:  Road [...]

Voters in the five governmental jurisdictions that participate in the Three Rivers Health Authority overwhelmingly supported the ‘transfer of assets’ proposal that was on the ballot Tuesday (November 8th).  The voting took place in the City of Three Rivers and the townships of Constantine, Fabius, Lockport and Park. Unofficial results show that nearly 85 percent [...]

Five seats on the Sturgis City Commission were filled in balloting Tuesday (November 8th). Rob Sisson, Michael Wilson, Robert Hile and Michael Gay were unopposed and Ina Taulbee withstood a write-in challenge from Andy Boyd.

Tom Lowry will return to the office of mayor in the City of Three Rivers following Tuesday’s (November 8th) election. Lowry, who served previously as mayor for 12 years, garnered 280 votes compared to 115 for Wendy Shank.  Both candidates names appeared on the ballot, but Shank announced her withdrawal from the mayoral race in [...]

Millage proposals in two adjacent ‘River Country’ communities had different outcomes in Tuesday’s (November 8th) election. Voters in the Village of White Pigeon approved a proposal to establish a .35 mills tax levy for ambulance services for a five-year period from 2012 through 2016.  The tally was 71 in favor with 27 opposed. In the [...]

Voters have overwhelmingly approved the ‘transfer of assets’ ballot initiative proposed by the Three Rivers Health Authority Board to transition Three Rivers Health from its current status as an ‘authority’ hospital to a 501(c )(3) status. Unofficial results from Tuesday’s (November 8th) election show that nearly 85 percent of the votes cast were in favor [...]

There was a light turnout for the first of two ‘town hall meetings’ on the ‘transfer of assets’ initiative to change Three Rivers Health from its current status as an ‘authority’ hospital under Public Act 47 of 1945 to that of a Michigan nonprofit corporation. The 50-minute event – held Wednesday evening (November 2nd) in [...]

Three Rivers Health has an initiative on the Nov. 8 ballot asking voters to approve a transfer of assets from its current Act 47 Authority ownership to a community-owned not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation. Act 47 ownership has served this community well since 1979, but is no longer appropriate for today’s economy.  Voters may refer to [...]

Three Rivers, MI – Members of the Three Rivers community will have the opportunity to attend town hall meetings in Three Rivers and Constantine to discuss  the major healthcare decision on the ballot on Tuesday, November 8, as the Three Rivers Health Authority looks to transfer its assets from Act 47 status to a 501c3 [...]

A regional bank has approved a loan that would trim operating expenses at Three Rivers Health – IF a ‘transfer of assets’ proposal is approved by voters in the November 8th election. That was the word from Bill Russell, president and CEO of Three Rivers Health, while reporting on the ballot proposal during the Three [...]

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 is the last day to register to vote or change your address for the November 8, 2011 election. According to Three Rivers City Clerk Lindsay Howes, electors who wish to vote in the election must be registered no later than October 11, 2011. To register, visit any Secretary of State Branch [...]

The Board of the Fabius Township Citizens’ Coalition, Inc. (FTCC, Inc.) has announced that its Annual Meeting and Election of Officers for the 2012 season will be on Wednesday, September 7th, at 6 p.m. at 12302 Corey Lake Road, Three Rivers. The Annual Meeting and Election will follow a potluck picnic at 6 p.m.  Please [...]

At-Large Commissioner and Mayor Pro-Tem Wendy Shank has withdrawn her candidacy for mayor of the City of Three Rivers, but her name will remain on the ballot for the November 8th general election. Shank had been poised to vie with former Mayor Tom Lowry in the autumn voting, but she has dropped her bid for [...]

First District Commissioner George Ramsey has announced he will NOT seek re-election to the Three Rivers City Commission in the November 8th general election. Ramsey, who was appointed to fill a vacancy in the fall of 2009, was elected to a one-year term in the general election last fall. In an e-mail note following a [...]