Two suspects in a Three Rivers home invasion, Amber Carpenter and Alexander Zuchnik, faced a preliminary examination hearing before 3B District Judge Robert Pattison on Tuesday afternoon. The hearing was held to provide preliminary witness testimony and determine what charges will proceed to a trial.
With the end of August just a week away, pandemic infections and deaths continue to climb in St. Joseph County, while Three Rivers saw a hotspot occur at a local healthcare facility in late July and early August.
Watershed Voice spoke with ten *culture is not optional staff to learn more about the work they are doing at The Huss Project, their backgrounds, and how their time in Three Rivers has been going.
Much work at The Huss Project has been occurring under the hands and guidance of two new onsite caretakers, the husband-and-wife pair of Margaret Wenger and Dan Truesdale.
The Three Rivers Woman’s Club has installed a new display in downtown Three Rivers commemorating the 100th Anniversary of women’s right to vote.
Local author and Watershed Voice columnist Charles Thomas returns with some flash fiction titled "Love Sick." "We all want a life filled with love, but how and where can we find it?"
This week, Watershed Voice heard from several readers who reported rumors were circulating that in some townships, up to two-thirds of absentee ballots had been tossed without being counted. After an inquiry to her office, County Clerk Lindsay Oswald, who serves on the BOC, provided the minutes of the August 6 BOC meeting, when its members reviewed the sealed ballot boxes that the townships submitted.
St. Joseph County Road Commission Managing Director John Lindsey discussed possible fleet replacement options with commission board members at a work session Wednesday.
Alleging the denial of its "statutory right to initiate an ordinance relating to certain adult use marihuana establishments in the City of Three Rivers," Jobs for Michigan Communities, a ballot question committee, filed suit Monday, August 17 in St. Joseph County Circuit Court against City Clerk Melissa Bliss and the City of Three Rivers. Watershed Voice takes a detailed look into what the civil action entails.
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