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St. Joseph County Animal Control receives shed

St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite announced the donation of a storage shed to St. Joseph County Animal Control Wednesday.

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Solving St. Joseph County’s rural broadband problem

Watershed Voice recently spoke with Park Township Trustee Tom Springer, Dave Allen of Midwest Energy & Communications (MEC), and Three Rivers consultant Bob Sills about what it would take to solve St. Joseph County's rural broadband problem.

New Band Director Brings Experience to Three Rivers

Three Rivers Community Schools voted Monday to hire Cheryl Thomas as the new director for the Three Rivers Middle School and High School bands. Watershed Voice reached out to Thomas to learn more about the background and skills she will bring to Three Rivers.

CMH to sell building in Sturgis

Community Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services of St. Joseph County (CMH) will sell a building in Sturgis following a meeting of its board Tuesday evening. The board also discussed the organization's financial standing and reopening plans, among other topics.

Three Rivers area couple promotes anti-hate message

Ben and Nicole Karle recently began distributing free “Hate Has No Home Here” yard signs at the Huss Farmers Market and other venues in the area in the name of "empathy and love and acceptance."

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Bippus receives high marks from city commission, sans Mayor Lowry

Three Rivers City Manager Joe Bippus received 312 out of 350 possible points in his annual evaluation conducted by Three Rivers city commissioners, according to documents obtained by Watershed Voice via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

Three Rivers school board approves budgets, hires new band director

The Three Rivers Community Schools (TRCS) Board of Education approved its 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 budgets following a budget hearing Monday, and approved the hire of a new band director.

Mendon Township: 20-year-old Sturgis woman killed in fatal crash

Julia Renee Zimmerman, 20, of Sturgis was killed in a three-vehicle crash on Friday, June 26 in Mendon Township, according to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department.

Where to celebrate the Fourth of July in the age of COVID-19

Watershed Voice has called and Googled around the greater St. Joseph County area to bring you a list of what is and is not taking place on and around Independence Day. We’ve also found updates on other popular summer events in the area.

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Substantive information on county’s ‘high hazard’ dams sparse

Following the Edenville Dam failure in Midland County, Michigan on May 19, Watershed Voice began an investigation into the condition and regulation of St. Joseph County’s “high hazard” dams.

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