By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — In the days before Thanksgiving, a house fire displaced Tessa Pitcher of Three Rivers and her children, leaving them with practically nothing for the holiday season.However, when fire trucks from the Three Rivers Fire Department and Fabius-Park Fire Department showed up to her current place of residence Monday Read More…
A look-back at the year in Sturgis, through the lens of Sturgis Sentinel. By Dennis Volkert/Sentinel
Downtown Three Rivers held its first-ever lighted parade down Main Street Friday evening, Dec. 19. Originally scheduled for Christmas Around Town on the weekend following Thanksgiving, weather conditions forced it to move to Dec. 19, and went off without a hitch despite some wariness about the weather for the evening earlier in the day.Three Rivers Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent CLARE — Clare’s wrestling team was 0-2 at the Mount Pleasant Oiler Tournament conducted earlier this month.Clare lost to Charlotte 52-12.For the Pioneers, Kyle McGraw (120) decisioned Braylon Rodriguez 11-8, Chris Green (157) lost 14-5 to Tyler Densmore, Isaiah Hilliard (165) pinned Elijah Dillard in 5:48, Marshal Strouse (175) decisioned Robert Williams Read More…
At one time I held the belief that God created each person good, holy, and sacred and that they were called to be natural, just be themselves. It seemed that whatever could be justified as natural was good, holy and sacred. I’ve changed my mind. I now hold the belief that each person is born, Read More…
By Christopher Johnson This past Saturday. Farwell enjoyed it’s second Winter Market with a return of baked goods, knit crafts, maple syrup and more. However, this also came and went with a bittersweet gravity, as it marked Tonya Rowe’s final event with the Farwell community. At least for now.Rowe has served the Village of Farwell Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CENTREVILLE — Paige Nichole Bohne of Sturgis was sentenced in St. Joseph County 45th Circuit Court Thursday in the death of her 2-year-old child. The 22-year-old was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Paul Stutesman to 225 months to 45 years in prison on one count of first-degree child abuse, and to Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director VICKSBURG — Dominant first-quarter defense and tenacity down the stretch led to the Three Rivers girls’ basketball team getting their first win of the 2025-26 season against Vicksburg Friday night, defeating the host Bulldogs 43-35.The Wildcats held Vicksburg to just two points in the first quarter en route to an 11-2 Read More…
PLAINWELL — A bus breakdown and what coaches called a “stealth rescue mission” by parents on the way to Kalamazoo did not faze the Three Rivers bowling team Tuesday, as the girls’ team won 28-2 and the boys’ team shut out the Trojans 30-0 at Revel and Roll West.Jayna Larson and Brynn Copenhaver led the Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CENTREVILLE — According to Centreville Public Schools, in its over-900 student population, 53 percent of those students get free or reduced-price lunch every day.With food insecurity also being a challenge among parts of its population, a new initiative in the district is looking to put food, toiletries and more into the Read More…