The Sturgis City Commission will meet Wednesday evening at City Hall (130 N. Ottawa St.) for a regularly scheduled commission meeting at 6 p.m. Here’s what’s on the docket.
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The Glen Oaks Community College Board of Trustees conducted its annual evaluation of President David H. Devier’s performance for the year during a meeting on Thursday, June 8.
Sturgis city commissioners will meet Monday evening for a special work session regarding the city’s 2023-2024 Fiscal Year budget. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. at Sturgis City Hall.
Teletherapy is more common than ever after the COVID-19 pandemic practically made its use a necessity. But as with most things, online therapy comes with both benefits and drawbacks.
Editor’s Note: This story includes strong language and references to suicide.
Mayor Tom Lowry presented a proclamation during Tuesday evening’s city commission meeting in observance and celebration of Juneteenth (June 19) in the City of Three Rivers. Celebrations are scheduled at the George Washington Carver Center (June 9), the Huss Project (June 17), and Skate Dreams skating rink (June 19).
The Three Rivers city commission met Tuesday evening for a regularly scheduled meeting. Items on the agenda for the night included a presentation for the 2023 Citizen of the Year, a public hearing for a Special Exception Use (SEU) license for the city’s first marijuana transport facility, and proposed user fee rate increases.
The Three Rivers City Commission will convene for a regular meeting tonight June 6 at 6 p.m at Three Rivers City Hall. Here’s what to expect and how you can participate.
The third annual Watershed Voice Artist Showcase returns this summer on July 15 and will feature a wide range of music, poetry, and standup comedy. Watershed Voice is proud to officially announce the 12 acts performing in the 2023 Artist Showcase.
June is recognized as Pride Month, a time when people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, and racial identities have a safe place to celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride. Watershed Voice has compiled a list of resources for local, summer Pride events for Southwest Michigan.
June 3 marks the first Huss Project Farmer’s Market of the 2023 season. The market will take place every Saturday under the pavilion at 1008 8th St. from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through September. Here’s a full rundown of what to expect this weekend, and throughout the summer.
Watershed’s resident taco aficionado Beca Welty writes, “There is just something magical about the impending summer heat and the way it compels me to track down the nearest taco truck in order to satiate my cantina cravings. On a picture-perfect Memorial Day weekend I was struck by this exact desire and vamos’d my way to Taqueria El Tejano.”
The Sturgis Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is hosting the fourth annual Bourbon, Bacon, and Blues event tonight, Friday, May 26, on North Street in downtown Sturgis. The festival will include live music, bacon-themed food offerings, axe throwing, and 12 participating distilleries.
Andrew George of Three Rivers Pride stops by Keep Your Voice Down to chat about the upcoming and first ever Pride Festival in the City of Three Rivers on Saturday, June 24. Andrew, Alek, and Doug talk about how a Pride flag ban protest and the community support it garnered spurred on the creation of Three Rivers Pride Festival, how it all came together in under six months, and details on what to expect at the event.
The Three Rivers city commission met Tuesday evening for a presentation of the city’s 2024 fiscal year budget. The budget must be adopted by June 20.
The Sturgis Area Community Foundation (SACF) recently announced Sturgis Public Schools teacher Tyson Dilts as the recipient of the 2023 John E. Oster Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Many Three Rivers residents lost access to curbside recycling services following the recent discontinuation of Michiana Recycling and Disposal’s recycling program effective March 31.
Are there other companies offering curbside recycling to residents of Three Rivers? We did the legwork and found out.
The Three Rivers High School Class of 2023 celebrated its upcoming graduation with a parade Monday, May 23. Check out our photo gallery from the event.
Three Rivers city commissioners will convene Tuesday evening for the first of three meetings regarding the 2024 Fiscal Year budget.