Quick answer: Jackson’s first full October weekend packs in five solid options: line dancing Friday night, free custom-fitted kids bike helmets plus the farmers market Saturday morning, a craft sale benefiting the animal shelter Saturday, a free guided tour of the Michigan Military Heritage Museum Saturday afternoon, and country star Chris Janson opening the Potter […]
Quick answer: The Albion District Library will receive $100,000 through Michigan’s Rural Heritage Partnership Grant Program to repair water damage threatening its historic 1919 Carnegie library building. The grant — the largest award level available through the program — is part of roughly $673,000 awarded to preservation projects across eight rural Michigan communities. Sections below […]
Quick answer: Grand River Brewery reopened its downtown Jackson location on October 1 — just weeks after serving its final customers on September 13, 2026, following 13 years at 117 W. Louis Glick Highway. The brewery announced the reopening itself on September 29, telling customers it was “beyond excited to open the doors tomorrow.” Sections […]
Quick answer: On the November 3 general election ballot, Jackson County voters will decide the Jackson County Central Dispatch Proposition for 9-1-1 System Funding — whether to double the current $1.50-a-month surcharge on phone bills to up to $3 to buy new 800-megahertz radios for every firefighter and police officer in the county. If approved, […]
Quick answer: Blackman-Leoni Department of Public Safety detectives arrested 35-year-old Jordan Morey on September 29 in connection with the September 15 fatal hit-and-run on Rosehill Road near Videto Lane that killed 58-year-old Eric Estey of Jackson. Morey is charged with Failure to Stop at the Scene of an Accident Resulting in Death and is lodged […]
Jackson County’s sheriff pitched a five-year, roughly $1.4M Axon AI upgrade at the Aug 4 study session (per Citizen Portal’s AI summary): AI-drafted reports, five-minute FOIA redaction, a volunteer real-time crime center. No vote taken.
On Nov. 3, Jackson County voters will decide whether to raise the monthly 911 phone surcharge from $1.50 to up to $3 to fund new 800-megahertz radios for all county first responders. Here’s the proposal, the math, and the stakes if it fails.
Two weeks after a fatal hit-and-run killed scooter rider Eric Estey on Rosehill Road, Blackman-Leoni DPS detectives arrested Jordan Morey in the Lansing area, and Flock license-plate cameras helped crack the case.
Accelerate Jackson has named Shannon Siedlik as program manager of the APEX Accelerator, the program that helps local small businesses compete for government contracts. The appointment puts a dedicated leader behind one of the most practical — and underused — growth tools available to Jackson-area entrepreneurs. What the APEX Accelerator does APEX Accelerators (formerly known […]
Drivers on US-127 in Jackson should brace for an orange-barrel October: construction between Parnall and Bellevue Roads runs through October 31. Lane closures, reduced speeds, and delays are in store for one of the area’s busiest north-south corridors. What is happening and when Where: US-127 between Parnall Road and Bellevue Road, Jackson. When: Ongoing now, […]
