By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — Downtown Three Rivers was bustling with activity last weekend, as a new festival brought the autumn season to Main Street and Portage Avenue.Saturday, Oct. 11 was the first-ever Fall Festival in downtown Three Rivers, which featured a few fall-themed activities, food vendors, craft vendors, live music, and kids’ Read More…
By Dennis Volkert Deep Blue Something opens the 2025-26 performance series at Sturges-Young Center for the Arts.The show is at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25. Ticket price starts at $35. Season tickets are available through that date as well.Deep Blue Something is an alternative rock band that formed in 1991 in Denton, Texas. Current members are Read More…
Sturgis City Commission approved several measures or requests at its Oct. 8 meeting. Commissioners adopted a resolution of property transfer from Sturgis Township into the city, at the request of Metalloid Corporation. According to city engineer Barry Cox, on Aug. 4, 2000, the city of Sturgis entered into an Act 425 agreement for the “conditional transfer of property” Read More…
OCTOBERThroughout OctoberSturgis Historical Museum hours: 10 am..-2 p.m. Saturday, and by appointment, sturgismueseum@gmail.com, 269-503-7440.Oct. 18“Boo Bash 5K,” 9 a.m., fundraiser for Thurston Woods Village benevolent fund; registration fee $25.Oct. 20Sturgis Public Schools Board of Education meeting, 5:30 p.m., Sturgis Central Commons.Oct. 21St. Joseph County Commission meeting, 5 p.m., historic courthouse, Centreville.Sturgis Planning Commission meeting, 5:30 Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers police on Wednesday arrested a suspect that was wanted on a felony warrant following an hours-long police presence in Three Rivers Tuesday.According to Three Rivers police, officers from the Three Rivers Police Department were at a home in the 500 block of Ninth Street, near the Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent FARWELL — Karleigh Ames is looking to finish off her third varsity and senior season as a Farwell volleyball player on a strong note.Ames said her first two seasons “have gone pretty decent.”Ames has been a libero for the Eagles.“You have to be aware of your surroundings and know where the ball Read More…
While perusing the latest “Great Lakes Bay Catholic”, the magazine of the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw, I noticed that there are 24,466 registered families in the Diocese of Saginaw, along with 56 parishes. I remembered that a long time ago I spoke to a group of people about the structure of the Roman Catholic Church Read More…
The Clare equestrian team competed last week in Midland for 4 days against the best teams in the state of Michigan. The team consisted of Natalie Malson, Kerrigan Koch, Brooklyn Zemko, Grace Russell, and Heidy Schunk dug deep and came out victorious by over a 30-point lead! These girls have had a great season as Read More…
By Genine Hopkins The Gathering Church will no longer be in Hayes Township and the Food Pantry associated with the Gathering Church is searching for a new home. Both are results of the land owner of the current location, next to Steve’s Country Market, selling the property and a new owner taking possession. The pantry Read More…
By Christopher Johnson Clare’s art alley is getting its own splash of fall colors.Over the course of this week, the Clare County Arts Council has been busy with a new addition to the gallery space winding behind Cops & Doughnuts.Over a conversation of new brochures for the quilt committee, the idea was raised that something Read More…