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Exchange Club mum sale continues in Sturgis

Exchange Club mum sale continues in Sturgis

ByDennis VolkertSep 13, 20241 min read

The fall mum sale, presented by Exchange Club of Sturgis, continues through 6 p.m. Sept. 13 and 9 a.m.-noon Sept. 14, or until supply is depleted.  All proceeds benefit local community services.  Site is 306 W. Chicago Road, at southeast…

TR schools close again Friday due to second online threat

TR schools close again Friday due to second online threat

ByRobert TomlinsonSep 13, 20242 min read

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — For the second straight day this week, Three Rivers Community Schools was closed due to anonymous online threats against the district. On Thursday night, just one day after a threat over Snapchat closed…

9/11 Memorial at Cascades Falls

9/11 Memorial at Cascades Falls

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20243 min read

On the evening of Sept. 11, Cascade Falls in Jackson, Michigan, provided a solemn backdrop for a memorial honoring the victims and first responders of the 9/11 attacks. Organized by the Jackson, MI Tunnel to Towers Foundation, the event brought…

Immaculate Conception celebrates 75th anniversary

Immaculate Conception celebrates 75th anniversary

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20241 min read

COMMERCIAL-NEWS | ROBERT TOMLINSONMost Reverend Bishop Edward Lohse (center) gives a blessing during a re-dedication ceremony of Immaculate Conception Catholic School during the school’s 75th anniversary jubilee Sunday. Lohse was joined by (from left to right) Wally Ferrara, Liam Burkey,…

County Fair begins this weekend in Centreville

County Fair begins this weekend in Centreville

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20246 min read

A nighttime view of the St. Joseph County Grange Fair from a previous year. The 2024 edition of the fair starts Sunday, Sept. 15. Photo provided CENTREVILLE — The biggest event in St. Joseph County in 2024 will be getting…

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Sports

Constantine defeats rival Schoolcraft in overtime

Constantine defeats rival Schoolcraft in overtime

ByRobert TomlinsonSep 14, 20247 min read

Constantine’s Canon Manley (66) tackles Schoolcraft’s Drew Enright (8) on the first play of the Eagles’ overtime possession Friday. (COMMERCIAL-NEWS | ROBERT TOMLINSON) By Robert TomlinsonNews Director SCHOOLCRAFT — There is a saying that Constantine head coach Shawn Griffith tells…

Soccer Roundup TR shut out against Niles, Harper Creek

Soccer Roundup TR shut out against Niles, Harper Creek

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20241 min read

NILES — Three Rivers’ boys’ soccer team was shut out twice this past week, losing 8-0 to Niles on Wednesday, Sept. 4 and 4-0 to Harper Creek Thursday, Sept. 5.The losses move the Wildcats to 1-4 on the season. Constantine…

Football Roundup Adrian holds on to beat Three Rivers

Football Roundup Adrian holds on to beat Three Rivers

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20248 min read

ADRIAN — In what was a battle between two stingy defenses, Adrian came out on top over visiting Three Rivers Friday, Sept. 6, by a final of 10-7.Both teams would get on the board with back-to-back scores in the first…

Former track standout enters Clare Hall of Fame

Former track standout enters Clare Hall of Fame

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20242 min read

By John RaffelCorrespondent CLARE – Clare High School is slated to introduce its 2024 Hall of Fame inductees this week including Tim Gibson, who graduated in 78, and was school record holder in the long jump and was on the…

Saugatuck football cruises to victory over Lakeview

Saugatuck football cruises to victory over Lakeview

ByEditorial StaffSep 11, 20242 min read

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorLAKEVIEW—How would the Saugatuck football respond?That was the question following the Trailblazers’ season-opening loss to Buchanan.As it turned out, coach Bill Dunn’s squad responded quite well.Three Saugatuck players rushed for at least 84 yards—with two of those…

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Columns

Looking Out: The last tomato

Looking Out: The last tomato

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20243 min read

by Jim Whitehouse Tomatoes. Wonderful things are tomatoes. Every spring when I plant tomatoes in our garden, I anticipate eating one of those sun warmed beauties picked right off the plant and scoffing at the memory of the rock-hard flavorless…

Historical Notebook: When Douglass Houghton Traveled Through Albion

Historical Notebook: When Douglass Houghton Traveled Through Albion

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20243 min read

In celebration of our “Festival of the Forks,” coming up this next weekend, we go way back to the beginning of Albion’s history. Tenney Peabody (1792-1856) was the first white settler at “the Forks” of the Kalamazoo River. In March,…

Out and About: Grieving, the 1950s, and cold weather vehicle ‘considerations’

Out and About: Grieving, the 1950s, and cold weather vehicle ‘considerations’

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20243 min read

We all have an expiration date. There are at least two things we must do and there’s not much we can do about them. We are all going to die sometime and we must all pay taxes. You really don’t…

Pat’s Bits and Pieces: The Anniversary of 9/11

Pat’s Bits and Pieces: The Anniversary of 9/11

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20244 min read

Today is Wednesday, September 11, 2024, now 23 years since 9/11. This morning I noticed that Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered all U.S. and Michigan flags across the state to be lowered to half-staff to honor and remember the victims of…

May I Walk with You? Perfect Prayer

May I Walk with You? Perfect Prayer

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20242 min read

Sometimes prayer isn’t so easy. Sometimes it is really easy, especially if things are going well. Meaning that we are not worried about anything, everyone is healthy, the future is bright, we are on good terms with everything, and relationships…

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Obituaries

Obituary: Mary Katherine (Lent) Flucke

Obituary: Mary Katherine (Lent) Flucke

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20242 min read

Mary Katherine (Lent) Flucke was born in Saginaw, Michigan, on November 9, 1933, the daughter of  Albert John Lent and Elsie (Wilber) Lent. Mary graduated from Smith College in Northampton, MA, in 1955 with cum laude distinction and an honors…

Obituary: Brenda Jo Asher

Obituary: Brenda Jo Asher

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20242 min read

Brenda Jo Asher, age 61 of Battle Creek, passed away at Bronson Hospital on September 6, 2024. She was born on August 1, 1963 in Eaton Rapids, Michigan the daughter of Brent and Sherley (Jones) Satterlee. Brenda attended Mendon High…

Obituary: Jean Marie (Hass) Rockwell

Obituary: Jean Marie (Hass) Rockwell

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20243 min read

Jean Marie (Hass) Rockwell, age 86, left us to be with her beloved Savior on September 9, 2024, at Birch Meadows in Three Rivers, Michigan surrounded by those who loved her.Born on March 21, 1938, in Benton Harbor, MI, to…

Obituary: Patricia Ann Haines

Obituary: Patricia Ann Haines

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20244 min read

Patricia Ann Haines, 77, of Three Rivers, passed away Saturday, September 7, 2024 at Three Rivers Health surrounded by her loving family.She was born April 22, 1947 in Three Rivers, the daughter of Richard and Mary (Cosgrove) Crego who gave…

Obituary: Marilyn Marie (Paul) Ward

Obituary: Marilyn Marie (Paul) Ward

ByEditorial StaffSep 13, 20242 min read

Marilyn Marie (Paul) Ward, 81, of Three Rivers, passed away Saturday, September 7, 2024 at Birch Meadows Senior Care in Three Rivers.She was born March 12, 1943 in Everett, Washington, the daughter of Olga (Edmunds) and Raymond Paul, and graduated…

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