The Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services of St. Joseph County (CMH) has a staff member on 14-day quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 recently. A source who wished to remain anonymous provided a tip to Watershed Voice, alleging that CMH staff, clients, and others were not notified of the exposure.
There have been 11 confirmed deaths in the county since the start of the pandemic, while the number of new cases per day has dropped since August 25, according to statistics posted on the BHSJ website.
Three weeks ago, Peter Butts joined the staff of the Three Rivers Public Library (TRPL) as the new children’s librarian.
Following a public hearing Wednesday morning, members of the St. Joseph County Road Commission (SJCRC) voted to abandon a section of Union Street in Mottville Township.
A status conference and trial date have been set in the attempted murder case against Lee Andrew Parker, Jr.
The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners approved a $217,975.82 grant agreement with the state at a regular meeting Tuesday evening. The funds were made available by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and are distributed to the states through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.
The Three Rivers City Commission continued a contentious discussion over the sale of the former Carnegie Library building Tuesday.
Lockport Township Assessor Dale Hutson explained the role of a Designated Assessor at a township Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday evening. His explanation came in response to recent concerns about the need for someone to fill the Designated Assessor position by several township trustees.
The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners and the Three Rivers City Commission will both hold regular meetings as planned this evening, Tuesday, September 15. Both are accessible via the Zoom online meeting platform, which is also accessible by telephone.
Watershed Voice reached out to a collection of parents and Three Rivers Superintendent Ron Moag for their thoughts and reactions to how the first week of school went amid the unique, new challenges of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the options put in place by Three Rivers Community Schools administrators to meet those challenges.
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