There’s encouraging news about the Three Rivers Farmers’ Market in Scidmore Park! Here’s the report from the Three Rivers City Hall Facebook page: “We are excited to announce that we have an amazing group of vendors for the Farmers’ Market this year!! All 10 spaces have been filled for the entire season! Remember the market [...]
Sprucing up the town is at the heart of ‘Community Pride Day’ which is set for Saturday (May 11th) from 9 a.m. until noon in downtown Three Rivers. Volunteers are asked to meet at the Carnegie Center for the Arts for donuts and coffee and tools for the job they choose. Activities will include planting [...]
New traffic signals are in place and operational at the intersection of Main Street and Michigan Avenue in downtown Three Rivers. The old signals – attached to a diagonal cable across the intersection – were removed Wednesday (May 1st) and the new signals were activated. According to Nick Schirripa, communications representative with the Michigan Department [...]
Amy Newell, a sophomore at Trine University with Three Rivers connections, is doing well in MIAA play. Thanks to Three Rivers Fire Chief Dan Tomlinson for bringing her success and recognition for her achievements to light by providing a link to a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) story. In doing so, Dan noted that Amy [...]
An early morning biosolids foam over event Wednesday (May 1st) from the ATAD (Autoheated Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion) was completely contained within the newly constructed containment area at the City of Three Rivers Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). According to a news release from James Baker, superintendent of the WWTP, the containment area was constructed by LD [...]
The Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) into the St. Joseph River that began on 4-21-2013 has been completely stopped. That’s the word from James Baker, superintendent of the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) for the City of Three Rivers. According to Baker, Department of Public Services (DPS) and WWTP crews were able to access the location Monday [...]
Three Rivers, MI. – Effective immediately, the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency has cancelled the no body-contact advisory for the St. Joseph River between the sanitary river crossing at Broadway Street in Three Rivers to the Constantine Dam in Constantine. On April 22nd, the health department issued a no contact health advisory due to a [...]
Beautiful spring weather greeted the estimated 400 people who gathered at the Farmer’s Market pavilions in Scidmore Park on Saturday (April 27th) for the local observance of Save the Frogs! Day. The activities in the park – from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. – capped a month-long focus on frogs, their importance, and the threats [...]
The Carnegie Center for the Arts in downtown Three Rivers was bustling with activity Sunday afternoon (April 28th) during the opening of the 28th Celebration of the Visual Arts, a colorful showcase of the talents of students from the Three Rivers Community Schools and Immaculate Conception School – from kindergarten through 12th grade. Thousands of [...]
When a person is told that there is a worldwide crisis in the extinction of frog species a common reply is: “I didn’t know that” often followed by, “But I don’t hear or see as many frogs as I used to!” As many as 2,000 species of frogs are facing possible extinction, affecting not only [...]
The first of two introductory sessions for the ‘River Country Resilience Circle’ is slated for Saturday (April 27) in Three Rivers. Resilience Circles are small groups where people come together to increase their personal security through learning, mutual aid, social action, and community support. Matthew Mosher is coordinating efforts to form such a circle in [...]
The Three Rivers Police Department has released additional information regarding the armed robbery reported earlier at the BP gas station in Three Rivers. In a follow-up news release, police report that on Tuesday (April 23), at approximately 10:20 p.m., officers responded to an armed robbery at the station, located at 715 West Michigan Avenue. The [...]
Editor’s Note: The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency (CHA) has provided additional information regarding the “No Contact” Health Advisory it issued in conjunction with a Sanitary Sewage Overflow affecting the St. Joseph River at Three Rivers. The additional information is included in the following news release from the CHA. “No Contact” Health Advisory Issued – [...]
The National Weather Service has extended the Flood Warning for the St. Joseph River at Three Rivers until Monday afternoon (April 29). At 9 a.m. Wednesday (April 24) the stage was 8.12 feet, down slightly. Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. The flood stage at Three Rivers is 7.0 feet. At 8.0 [...]
Menards announces a Grand Opening Celebration to recognize the opening of the new Three Rivers, MI store. Beginning Saturday, April 27th, the nine-day celebration will offer daily prize give-aways, product demonstrations, celebrity appearances and great deals on merchandise. The new Three Rivers store is located at 1001 Warner Drive, (West of 131 and South of [...]
Three Rivers police are investigating an armed robbery at the BP station on West Michigan Avenue in Three Rivers Tuesday evening (April 23). According to a news release from the Three Rivers Police Department, a man entered the station with a gun, forced the clerk into a storage room, and bound his hands and legs. [...]
The Three Rivers Police Department reports that Monday evening (April 22) officers located a vehicle they suspected to be involved in a string of thefts from businesses in Three Rivers. As the suspects were inside Walmart, officers prepared to stop the car as it left the store. As the vehicle left, officers coordinated a traffic [...]
