The Lockport Township Board passed a resolution Monday evening to create a Special Assessment District (SAD) in the Tamarac Subdivision. The SAD would enable the township to collect funds from the property owners within its boundaries for the purpose of shifting responsibility for billing for the subdivision’s street lighting from the neighborhood association to the township.
St. Joseph County
The St. Joseph County Democratic Party (SJCDP) held a candidates’ meet-and-greet event Saturday morning at its headquarters on Portage Street in Three Rivers. Called “Donuts with Dems,” the event featured socially distanced coffee, donuts, and a chance for citizens to meet and speak with local candidates for office. Watershed Voice spoke to some of the event’s organizers and attendees, as well as the three candidates who were present.
River Run Road resident Danny Madden is the recipient of the 2020 Citizen Life Saving Award for St. Joseph County. Madden responded after a neighbor was involved in a lawn mower accident on Memorial Day 2020, this past Monday, May 25.
The Fabius Township Board approved the boundary of a special tax assessment district on Edgewood Drive during a public hearing at its monthly meeting Wednesday evening.
At its regular meeting Tuesday, the Three Rivers City Commission passed a resolution in favor of outdoor, café-style sidewalk seating for the Riviera Theatre Bar. The resolution will help the bar obtain a permit from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), which oversees and regulates street and sidewalk obstructions on North Main Street. Outdoor seating will allow the bar to reopen after pandemic restrictions forced it to shut down last week.
A 24-year-old male from Bellevue (Eaton County) drowned in Colon Township Saturday afternoon after walking into deep water in Leidy Lake, according to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department.
Three Rivers Open Mic Night celebrated its two-year anniversary Thursday night at the Huss Project’s Front Porch Pavilion in Three Rivers.
St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite announced the donation of a storage shed to St. Joseph County Animal Control Wednesday.
Watershed Voice recently spoke with Park Township Trustee Tom Springer, Dave Allen of Midwest Energy & Communications (MEC), and Three Rivers consultant Bob Sills about what it would take to solve St. Joseph County’s rural broadband problem.
Community Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services of St. Joseph County (CMH) will sell a building in Sturgis following a meeting of its board Tuesday evening. The board also discussed the organization’s financial standing and reopening plans, among other topics.
Ben and Nicole Karle recently began distributing free “Hate Has No Home Here” yard signs at the Huss Farmers Market and other venues in the area in the name of “empathy and love and acceptance.”
The Three Rivers Community Schools (TRCS) Board of Education approved its 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 budgets following a budget hearing Monday, and approved the hire of a new band director.
Following the Edenville Dam failure in Midland County, Michigan on May 19, Watershed Voice began an investigation into the condition and regulation of St. Joseph County’s “high hazard” dams.
As COVID-19 continues to increase the demand for internet access, and the resources normally available to those without access to broadband internet at home are limited, partners throughout St. Joseph County are working with the Information Technology Disaster Resource Center (ITDRC) to establish public WiFi outdoor access points at 18 school buildings throughout the county.
Confirmed and likely cases of COVID-19 are rising rapidly in St. Joseph County, according to the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph County Community Health Agency (BHSJCHA). Health Officer Rebecca Burns, Three Rivers Mayor Tom Lowry, and St. Joseph County Emergency Manager Erin Goff spoke with Watershed Voice about the troubling trend Wednesday.
A close friend of Laura Jacobs, who was killed after being struck by a vehicle in the Three Rivers Meijer parking lot on Thursday, June 18, is raising funds to pay for her late friend’s funeral expenses.
The Three Rivers Public Library Board of Trustees discussed a bid and mockups for prospective signage for the new library location on North Main Street from Sign Art Inc. of Kalamazoo at its regular meeting on Tuesday evening.
A 47-year-old Colon man is in custody after breaking into a residence in the 28000 block of Pleasant Road in Mendon Tuesday.