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Local meeting primer: Three Rivers City Commission

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December 16, 2025

The Three Rivers City Commission will meet this evening and is expected to again attempt to select a mayor pro tem. The commission will also consider a funding request tied to a Michigan State Housing Development Authority Neighborhood Community Development Block Grant. The city previously submitted a letter of intent requesting $600,000, but staff are requesting a revision to $700,000 after receiving higher-than-expected cost estimates. The funds would be used to renovate the upper floors of 111 Portage Ave. into three apartments.

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Meeting primer: Three Rivers City Commission
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October 7, 2025

Commissioners will hold a public hearing and likely vote on a zoning ordinance amendment allowing group housing for veterans in residential and business districts. The ordinance defines “Veterans Family Homes” and “Veterans Group Housing” by size (2-20 residents) and sets location and permit requirements. The measure, developed with input from the St. Joseph County Veterans Affairs Department, aims to expand housing options for local veterans. 

Constantine’s exit from wastewater system to free up capacity for new development in Three Rivers
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July 8, 2025

With PFAS levels expected to decline, the city eyes business growth and reduced pollution.

Feds launch long-awaited plan to combat PFAS
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October 19, 2021

The Biden Administration announced Monday newly accelerated efforts to prevent and mediate pollution from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of “forever chemicals” known to cause harm to human health.

Three Rivers will use $274K grant to identify city’s lead service lines
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August 10, 2021

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday that more than $2 million in grants have been awarded as part of the MI Clean Water plan for 15 Michigan cities, villages, and townships across the state, including the City of Three Rivers.

U.S. House passes Dingell bill regulating ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
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July 22, 2021

The U.S. House Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation that would regulate toxic chemicals found in drinking water, as well as designate two types of those toxic chemicals as hazardous substances that would spark federal cleanup standards. The bill, H.R. 2467, also known as the PFAS Action Act of 2021, passed 241-183, with 23 Republicans joining Democrats in voting for it.

Michigan reps. say U.S. House will vote next week on expanding PFAS regulation
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July 16, 2021

EPA Administrator Michael Regan, a former top environmental official in North Carolina, said the agency is currently in the process of regulating two of the most studied types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in drinking water. Two Michigan Democrats, U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell of Dearborn and Dan Kildee of Flint, added that House Democratic leaders will bring the PFAS Action Act of 2021, which aims to reduce Americans’ exposure to the toxic chemicals in air, water and consumer products, to a floor vote next week.

New analysis warns of ‘garden sludge’ fertilizers containing PFAS
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May 25, 2021

“Michigan has gone farther than other states in dealing with the toxic legacy of PFAS contamination, [but] unfortunately, these chemicals are so persistent and so widespread that they are literally accumulating in our own human waste.” – Christy McGillivray, political and legislative director at Sierra Club Michigan, commenting on a new report from the Sierra Club and the Ann Arbor-based Ecology Center of Michigan

Local Meetings Primer: Three Rivers, St. Joseph County Commissions meeting tonight
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February 2, 2021

The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners and the Three Rivers City Commission will both hold regular meetings as planned this evening, Tuesday, February 2. Read this local meetings primer for what to expect.

COVID-19 vaccine could be less effective in people with high PFAS levels in blood
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January 4, 2021

The COVID-19 vaccine could be less effective in people with high levels of perfluorinated compounds — PFAS — in their blood, several scientists said.

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