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Voters reject Sturgis Public Schools $98.4 million bond proposal

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May 6, 2026

Voters rejected the $98.475 million proposal with 54% voting no (1,501 votes) and 46% voting yes (1,277 votes). A total of 2,778 votes were cast on the proposal. Superintendent Arthur Ebert says the district will now need to reevaluate how — or whether — many of the projects it had planned to pursue will move forward. “All of the projects contained within the bond proposal will either need to find an alternative funding source, be reduced in scope with an alternative funding source, or not be completed."

Mayor profile: Dowagiac Mayor Patrick Bakeman

By Maxwell Knauer

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News

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December 10, 2025

Watershed Voice spoke with the new Dowagiac mayor about his first month in office, the goals he hopes to pursue, and his approach to transparency. Bakeman has served as mayor for just over a month, or three City Council meetings. He emphasized that significant policy changes take time.

Three Rivers election turnout and voter method analysis

By Maxwell Knauer

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Three Rivers

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November 14, 2025

Citywide, 6,292 registered voters reside in Three Rivers, and 1,231 cast ballots, for an overall turnout of 19.56%. Turnout was slightly higher in Precinct 1 (24.17%) than in Precinct 2 (15.97%). Across both precincts, voters 60 and older had the highest participation rate at 37.19%, continuing a trend of strong turnout among older residents. In contrast, representing the lower end, voters ages 22–30 had a participation rate of 7.32%, while voters ages 18–21 participated at a similarly low rate of 6.74%.

Voters choose new and returning leaders across St. Joseph County and Kalamazoo

By Maxwell Knauer

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Three Rivers

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November 5, 2025

In St. Joseph County, Angel Johnston defeated 13-term incumbent Tom Lowry for Three Rivers mayor. Johnston received 63.48% of the vote (784 total), while Lowry took 34.57% (427). Write-in candidate Nathan Walden received 0.49% (six votes).

2024 General Election Results: Carra reelected to Michigan House, Walberg reelected to U.S. House, Senate race pending

By Frank Stanko

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Three Rivers

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November 6, 2024

Republican Steve Carra faced Democrat Erin Schultes. Michigan District 36 includes both St. Joseph and Cass Counties, where Carra received nearly 70% of the votes.

Election results: Lowry, Brown, Dane win re-election bids

By Alek Haak-Frost

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Local

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November 8, 2023

Despite an uncommon number of contested races on this year’s Three Rivers city ballot, there will be no new faces on the city commission in 2024.

Election Results: Allen wins at-large Three Rivers commission race, Shaffer returning to county commission with win

By Alek Haak-Frost

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News

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November 9, 2022

Lucas Allen will be the next at-large Three Rivers city commissioner after receiving 73 percent of the ballots cast, collecting 1,128 votes against the 401 write-in votes tallied against him, defeating write-in candidate Danielle Moreland in Tuesday's general election.

2022 Primary Election Results: LaSata falls to Lindsey, Carra tops Solis in respective primary races

By Alek Haak-Frost

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Local

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August 3, 2022

Want a quick, full recap of local election results? We've got you covered, St. Joseph County.

Election Results: Carra Wins Race for 59th District State Representative

By Dave Vago

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Local

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November 4, 2020

As of 10:59 p.m. Tuesday night, with just under 72 percent of St. Joseph County precincts reporting, Republican Steve Carra led Democrat Amy East for the seat of 59th District Representative in the Michigan Legislature by a margin of approximately two to one. At that time, Carra carried 12,200 votes in the county to East’s 6,775. He also held a significant lead in Cass County. Speaking from St. Joseph County Republican Party Headquarters in Three Rivers around 11 p.m., Carra said his campaign was declaring victory. Results are also in for several other contested, local races.

Keep Your Voice Down: T-Swift & The Bubble Boys

By Alek Haak-Frost

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Local

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August 12, 2020

In Episode 8 of Keep Your Voice Down, Doug and Alek are joined by fellow Watershed Voice Podcaster Michael "Hogey" Hogoboom to discuss last week's primary election results, what November's ballot will look like, and of course, Taylor Swift's new album, which Hogey has plenty of opinions about. The trio also discusses the NBA and NHL bubbles, the Three Rivers DDA, Three Rivers Community Schools' Board of Education and Charles Thomas' latest piece on what he misses most about Three Rivers.

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