By Robert Tomlinson and Dennis Volkert STURGIS — Voters in the Sturgis Public Schools district will have a say Tuesday as to whether a school bond will be renewed for the next six years to fund a number of school improvements and updated athletic facilities. On the Tuesday, May 5 ballot, a bond renewal will Read More…
At the April 22 meeting of Sturgis City Commission, Jordan Smith of accounting firm Maner Costerisan presented the audit report of the city’s financial performance for the period ending Sept. 30, 2025. The city received a “clean” opinion, which is the highest level of assurance. The general fund balance was $3.72 million. Total revenue was Read More…
City responds to concerns about no curbside option By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — Spring cleaning is here in the City of Three Rivers, and a couple of options will be available for city residents as part of a citywide pickup. According to Three Rivers City Hall, beginning next week, residents can either use Read More…
By Frank Passic We continue with our theme of “Albion, 100 Years Ago.” May 1, 1926: Chris Petroff, proprietor of the West End Grocery, 619 Austin Avenue, has purchased the grocery of Charles Sprague, 306 Crandall St. Mr. Petroff is making extended improvements in the store and will open for business at his new Read More…
By KATHRYN PALON Contributing Writer Jackson Police Chief Christopher A. Simpson announced that officers responded to a disturbance at 145 W. Morrell St. April 29, at approximately 11:05 a.m. Upon arrival, officers found two injured adults — a 31-year-old Jackson man with multiple stab wounds and a 37-year-old Jackson woman with a stab wound to Read More…
By ELIZABETH FERSZT Contributing Writer The fate of the Hayes Hotel has been in dispute ever since the contract with developer J. Jeffers & Company expired Dec. 31, 2024. The Jackson City Council then sold the hotel to another developer, Collier Gibson, in February 2025. In March 2025, a 4th Circuit Court judge ruled in Read More…
By Maggie LaNoue, Contributing Writer Albion’s trees are coming down from multiple directions. The city is culling aged and dangerous trees along boulevards and in parks. Windstorms have snapped trunks in wooded neighborhoods. Warmer winters are allowing insects and diseases to persist longer than they once did. Against that backdrop, Kary Gee of Gee Farms Read More…
By Maggie LaNoue Contributing Writer Every day, nearly three million gallons of water flow into Albion’s wastewater treatment plant. The problem is that only about half of it should be there. Albion’s pump stations move roughly 1.4 to 1.5 million gallons of wastewater through the city’s sewer system each day. But the treatment plant receives Read More…
STURGIS — The Sturgis Trojans boys’ golf team won their County Cup golf match against Three Rivers Wednesday afternoon, scoring 5.5 to the Wildcat’s 2.5, breaking a three-year streak by Three Rivers in the match play competition.Gavin Lewis won five and three against Three Rivers’ Grady McDonough, Owen Frost was victorious one-up over Bryson McGraw, Read More…
NILES — Three Rivers’ softball team had no issues with Niles on Tuesday, sweeping the road doubleheader by finals of 12-1 in five innings in Game 1 and 10-0 in Game 2.In Game 1, the Wildcats got seven runs in the fourth inning to highlight their offensive onslaught of the Vikings. They also scored one Read More…