By Maggie LaNoue, Contributing Writer Albion residents will have several opportunities in the coming week to learn more about planned road work, infrastructure projects, and redevelopment proposals, and to share questions and input with city leadership. The first opportunity will take place during the next Albion City Council meeting on Monday, March 2. A study Read More…
By Maggie LaNoue, Contributing Writer Albion’s Black history is often told through landmark events and institutions, but it is also a story shaped by work — by the jobs people came north for, the industries that sustained families, and the businesses that grew alongside the city. From early barbershops and skilled trades to today’s locally Read More…
by Sylvia Benavidez The Albion Art Center is rapidly becoming a place where Albion’s cultural influences and history are preserved, celebrated, taught, and displayed. Mary Slater, president of the Albion Arts Commission, shared in an interview how community teamwork is at the heart of the center’s current Multicultural Exhibition, on display Thursdays through Sundays from Read More…
By Ken Wyatt “Acceptance of one’s life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.” – Dr. Paul Tournier, “Learn to Grow Old.” +++ It Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director STURGIS — Both of Sturgis’ basketball teams completed the series sweep against Three Rivers on Friday, Feb. 20, with the girls’ team defeating the Wildcats 56-39 and the boys’ team winning 58-43.Here’s how both Sturgis teams got the job done last week: Girls’ gameSturgis’ girls’ basketball team came back from an Read More…
THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers’ girls’ basketball team got a buzzer-beating shot by Dani Glass to down Constantine on Senior Night by a final score of 34-32.Glass hit a baseline shot on the run with seconds left to beat the buzzer and send the Wildcats home victorious over the Falcons.Glass led the team with 17 Read More…
“Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.” -James BryceDid You Know?
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CONSTANTINE — As a senior, Gregg Reed was a key cog of the Constantine wrestling team that made the state semifinals back in the 2023-24 season, winning a match in the state semifinals at 190 lbs. against a wrestler from a powerful Dundee team. Reed, who was nicknamed the “Giant Slayer,” Read More…
THREE RIVERS — The City of Three Rivers announced Wednesday there would be preventative maintenance being performed on sewer mains in the second district of the city.The maintenance is expected to begin Monday and be completed by Thursday, April 2 using high-pressure water jets. City officials say some residents, while work is being done, may Read More…
FLOWERFIELD TWP. — St. Joseph County sheriff’s deputies say a woman is in stable condition following a reported overdose late last week.According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched on Feb. 20 to the 15000 block of South Street in Flowerfield Township for a report of an overdose. Upon arrival, Narcan was Read More…