Fifth break and/or spill since beginning of June By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CONSTANTINE — A reported break in a force main caused yet another sewer spill Monday in the 15000 block of Gleason Road in Fabius Township. According to Constantine…

At left, a look at the current popcorn stand located in Scidmore Park as of Wednesday. At right is a rendering of what a new popcorn stand at the park would look like. The Three Rivers City Commission gave approval…

Alternative Latin rock band Cabildo performs during the 2023 HarmonyFest music festival in downtown Three Rivers. Cabildo, along with the headlining Desmond Jones Band and many other bands, will perform at the 2024 HarmonyFest coming this Sunday to downtown Three…

Three Rivers senior running back Lamonta Stone (6) rushes toward the end zone for the first touchdown on the new turf in Armstrong Field in the first quarter of Thursday’s 36-0 win over Charlotte. (COMMERCIAL-NEWS | ROBERT TOMLINSON) By Robert…

A shooting occurred Friday afternoon at the McDonald’s restaurant in White Pigeon. (Photo provided by Michigan State Police) By Robert TomlinsonNews Director WHITE PIGEON — A woman is dead and a man has life-threatening injuries following a shooting incident at…

Lockport Township Trustee Rick Daniels discusses the township’s position on library service contract negotiations between the township and the Three Rivers Public Library during Monday’s Lockport Township board meeting. (COMMERCIAL-NEWS | ROBERT TOMLINSON) By Robert TomlinsonNews Director LOCKPORT TWP. —…

An aerial view of the newly-renovated Armstrong Field at Three Rivers High School, complete with a new turf field, track, and scoreboard. It is expected to be ready and complete by the Wildcat football team’s home opening game against Charlotte…

NOTTAWA TWP. — Multiple people were hospitalized following a crash that occurred in Nottawa Township late Saturday. According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department, the crash occurred at the intersection of Nottawa Road and Wasepi Road Saturday night. Police…

The cast of the Three Rivers Community Players production of “Junie B. Jones the Musical Jr.” pose following the first song of the show, “Top Secret Personal Beeswax.” The show opens at the Three Rivers Community Players Theatre Aug. 9,…

Chad Spence (left) and Deborah Davis (right) won their respective primary races for sheriff and prosecutor in Tuesday’s election, highlighting a number of big races around the county in the August primaries. (Photos provided) By Robert TomlinsonNews Director ST. JOSEPH…

A large piece of the rubberized roof from the Team Manufacturing and Supply building dangles over a tree and power lines nearly a tenth of a mile away from the building following severe tornado-warned storms that hit northwest St. Joseph…

The St. Joseph County Road Commission is seeking a renewal of its one-mill millage in the Aug. 6 election, which has been passed every 10 years since 1994. (COMMERCIAL-NEWS | ROBERT TOMLINSON) By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CENTREVILLE — One of…

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — Voters in St. Joseph County will be selecting who they want to be their drain commissioner for the next four years. On the Aug. 6 ballot, two Republican candidates will be vying…

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — Two candidates are vying to fill a soon-to-be-empty seat on the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners. In the Aug. 6 election, there are two Republican hopefuls vying for the Fifth District…

David Hayslip (left) and incumbent Luis Rosado (right) are vying for the Fourth District seat on the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners in the Tuesday, Aug. 6 election. (Photos provided) By Robert TomlinsonNews Director ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — One…

(From left to right) Republican candidates Steve Carra, Michael Malmborg and Frank Perez, as well as Democrat Erin Schultes are vying for their party’s nomination for 36th District State Representative in the Tuesday, Aug. 6 primary election. (Photos provided) By…

(From left to right) Deborah Davis, incumbent David Marvin, and John McDonough are vying for the title of St. Joseph County prosecutor in the Tuesday, Aug. 6 primary election. (Photos provided) By Robert TomlinsonNews Director ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — Voters…

(From left to right) Dennis Allen, Jason Bingaman, Joe Bingaman, Gordon Evilsizor and Chad Spence are vying for St. Joseph County Sheriff in the Tuesday, Aug. 6 primary election. (Photos provided) By Robert TomlinsonNews Director ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — One…

Three Rivers police are searching for 46-year-old Melanie Jo Loree, who was last seen July 8 in the 300 block of South Erie Street in Three Rivers. (Photo via Three Rivers Police Department) UPDATE 3:55 p.m. 7/26/2024: Loree was found…

Eric Conn, a lawyer representing two lawyers from the Fahey Schultz Burzych Rhodes (FSBR) law office that are involved in a lawsuit between Tom Lowry and Lockport and Park townships, makes his argument before the St. Joseph County 45th Circuit…