CITIZEN PATRIOT DAVE WEATHERWAX The uniformed members of the Jackson County American Legion Ritual Team including Russ Melville, Frank Jacobs and Pat Adams salute and stand at attention as pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of veteran David Smith to graveside at Maple Grove West Cemetery, in Grass Lake.
Voters cast their ballots at Cascades Baptist Church on Tuesday. With 63 of 107 precincts reporting, Mike Nofs, a Republican from Battle Creek, leads with 13,571 votes to Martin Griffin's 6,302 votes in the 19th district state Senate race.
After opting out of Grass Lake Township's newly established Downtown Development Authority last June, officials from the Jackson District Library are considering changing their minds.
The Jackson area isn't exactly known for an abundance of wind turbines, but growing interest in renewable energy among residents could have some area townships changing their zoning rules.
Four teenagers were taken to Allegiance Health early Wednesday morning after the car they were riding in left the road and struck a tree in Grass Lake.
Abby Fitzgibbons said she didn't ask any questions about Sister Brenda's clothing, but her fourth-grade classmates at Our Lady of Fatima Elementary School did.
Animal torture cases against a former Grass Lake Township horse owner and his farm manager are back in Jackson County Circuit Court after the Michigan Supreme Court decided not to hear their appeals.