County Information

State Rep. Aaron Miller has announced his monthly, in-district office hours with local residents. A Sturgis-area resident, Miller said he enjoys connecting with his constituents and hearing what matters most to them. He emphasized that it is important to be accessible to everyone. Miller will hold this month’s office hours June 25 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Broadway Café …

Work on converting the former Three Rivers Inn to the new St. Joseph County Commission On Aging site is continuing, though at a pace a bit slower than COA officials had hoped. During last week’s COA advisory board meeting, agency director Tim Stoll said work continues on the financing component of the process. He said he recently attended what he …

St. Joseph County Animal Control, along with the sheriff ’s department, recently launched a Facebook page. The page, St. Joseph-CountyMiAC, is within the county’s control and supported by its IT department. St. Joseph County Undersheriff Mark Lillywhite said the page will provide information and verify resources to animal control supporters to help maintain the highest level of trust and transparency …

St. Joseph County Clerk Lindsay Oswald has announced a proceeding related to the recall of a Sturgis City Commission member. Oswald said the St. Joseph County Election Commission will hold a Clarity/Factual Hearing on Statements of Reasons for recall on Ina Taulbee. The hearing will take place at 3:30 p.m. Monday in the second-floor Probate Courtroom at the county courthouse.

A few details have come to light regarding a weekend shooting incident in Three Rivers. The victim was identified as a 31-year-old Sturgis man who was treated at Three Rivers Health and later released. He was injured following an incident outside Paul’s Pantry around 7 p.m. Sunday. State police said a group of four people were ordered to leave the …

Members of the St. Joseph County Road Commission Board said 20 culverts have been damaged in the county this year due to flooding- related incidents. During a board meeting earlier this month, director of operations Michael Harris said a dozen of the damaged culverts collectively are in Colon, Flowerfield and Leonidas townships. In addition, two each are damaged in Fabius, …

Sturgis city commissioners last week agreed to bring medical marijuana zoning amendments and ordinance back for first reading. A similar motion in February failed 4- 3. Commissioner Jeff Mullins said he believes there is room for compromise after concerns were raised that included buffer zone distances between medical marijuana facilities and inappropriate locations. During commission discussion last week, vice-mayor Jon …

A man was shot outside a Three Rivers party store over the weekend, according to Michigan State Police. Troopers said the incident took place Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of Paul’s Liquor Store, in the 200 block of East Michigan Avenue. According to authorities, four men inside the business were involved in an argument and ordered by a clerk …

Todd Reynolds was hired last week by the White Pigeon school board to serve as junior/senior high school principal beginning July 1. He replaces Jon Keyer, who is retiring. Keyer said the district had 12 applicants and interviewed four. Reynolds has served as principal for eight years at Galesburg-Augusta and five years at Lake Fenton. A Marshall native, Reynolds attended …

Representatives from a Sturgis company, and a Kalamazoo County authority on macroinvertebrate, were recognized by the St. Joseph County Conservation District at its annual meeting Wednesday. Kim Bush, Environmental Health and Safety Specialist for Abbott Nutrition, was on hand to accept the “River Stewardship Award.” Bush and Abbott’s 42-member “Green Team” last summer spent a day tackling a portion of …