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St. Joseph County facilities to begin reopening

At Wednesday’s county executive committee meeting, committee members and staff discussed the next phases of reopening county facilities as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted statewide.

Lockport Township adopts 2020-21 budget

The Lockport Township Board held both its regular and annual meetings Monday evening, where it voted to approve amendments to its 2019-2020 budget and to adopt its 2020-2021 FY budget.

Vago: How I Came to See Time Differently

"How I Came to See Time Differently" is the second installment of a short series exploring how we look at the past, the passage of time, how some times can seem more recent than others, and why it might be useful to think carefully about how we consider what is and what isn’t ancient history.

World Fare to offer groceries following TRDDA loan approval

The Three Rivers Downtown Development Authority and Main Street Program (TRDDA) voted Friday to approve an $8,000 loan to World Fare, a nonprofit fair trade store in downtown Three Rivers.

City Takes Master Plan to Public Comments

The Three Rivers City Commission Tuesday voted unanimously to begin a 63-day public comment period for its 2020 Master Plan, which the City of Three Rivers is required to periodically review and update.

Commentary: The Language of the Unheard

WSV Columnist Dave Vago on this week's protests in Minneapolis: "Make no mistake: no matter how it manifests, the anger at systemic injustice in Minneapolis this week is righteous, and it is rooted in a situation exponentially more egregious than stolen electronics."

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Vago: How much time is a long time?

"Studying the past can be a tricky thing. We can quantify data, put events on a timeline, and use any number of tools to see how the world we live in today has unfolded, to see how different events impacted one another, to look for patterns, and to use the lessons therein to make decisions about the future. However, in everyday life, while we may look at past events in passing, we rarely consider them methodically."

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