Quantcast
skip to Main Content

Thursday, April 28

Tim Rogers, President & CEO, Enterprise Group;  General Materials’ BuilderWalk;  Stephen Osmond, Director, Jackson Symphony Orchestra;  Rod Wetzel, Book Author;  Heather Price, Sandhill Crane Vineyards;  Jackie Lincoln, Lumen Christi Spring Raffle with student Anna Manchester

Read more

Two Area Hospitals Get Top Grades in Leapfrog’s Patient Safety Rankings

The Leapfrog Group announced today the Spring 2016 Hospital Safety Score update, assigning letter grades to more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals, assessing medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. Two area hospitals, Henry Ford Allegiance Health and St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea both scored A's, the top ranking awarded.  Additionally, Henry Ford Allegiance Health earned the “Straight A” since 2013 designation, which calls attention to hospitals who have consistently received an A grade for safety in the last three years of Hospital Safety Scores. Alongside the update, Leapfrog contracted with Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality on a new report estimating the number of avoidable deaths at hospitals in each grade level. The analysis finds that despite considerable improvement in the safety of hospital care since the Score’s launch in 2012, avoidable deaths remain high. Findings point to a 9% higher risk of avoidable death in B hospitals, 35% higher in C hospitals, and 50% higher in D and F hospitals, than in A hospitals. The April 2016 update highlights newly-added patient experience measures shown in the research to have a relationship to improved patient safety outcomes. These include results of patient surveys about communication in several areas and…

Read more

Wednesday, April 27

Bill Jors, Mayor of Jackson;  Sandra Place, Administrator, Jackson Co. Medical Care Facility;  Carrie Joers, Melissa Moore & Evan Struck, Art 634’s Make-Talk-Sing-Play Event;  Brandon Hamilton & Noah Kopplin, Jackson High Valedictorians;  Carrie Benham, Naturalist, Dahlem;  Lori Blohm, Emily Blom & Dog ‘Alice’, Jackson Co. Animal Shelter, for Finley’s Smokehouse Dog of the Week

Read more

County Sheriff, Clerk and Surveyor to Run Unopposed in November

Jackson County Sheriff Steve Rand, Clerk/Register of Deeds Amanda Riska and Surveyor Dean Gutekunst will all be running for re-election without opposition in November according to filings with the Jackson County Clerk.  The 2016 county election has attracted candidates for other positions and all incumbents intend to seek re-election, except for one Commissioner. For Prosecuting Attorney, incumbent Republican Jerry Jarzynka seeking a second term will face Democrat opponent William G. Rappleye, a Jackson attorney. There will be an August primary battle for two county offices, Treasurer and Drain Commissioner.  Incumbent Treasurer Karen Coffman and Lauri Sue Olney, both Republicans will battle to face Democrat Kevin Commet in November.  In the Drain Commissioner race, incumbent Republican Geoffrey Snyder will face Republican Frank James McGinn in the September primary.  No Democrat has filed to run in that race. In County Commission races, six incumbents will likely keep their seats on the board as no opposition candidates have filed by the deadline.  They are Sarah Lightner, District 1, Rodney Walz, District 2, Phillip Duckham, District 4, James (Steve) Shotwell, Jr., District 5, Daniel Mahoney, District 7 and John Polaczyk, District 8. Incumbent Commissioners facing opposition are District 3's Carl Rice, Jr.,  a Republican.…

Read more

Classic Turning on Global Great Lakes

Classic Turning Inc. provides quick turnaround of complex parts using the latest equipment and technology. Their manufacturing engineering and CNC machining expertise serves a multitude of industries and is capable of supplying parts complete with all special in-house metal finishing operations. 

Read more

Spring Arbor head baseball coach Sam Riggleman set to coach final home games before retiring

SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – After announcing his retirement prior to the start of the 2016 season, Spring Arbor University head baseball coach Sam Riggleman is preparing to coach the final home games of his 40-year coaching career this week.   Spring Arbor will welcome Crossroads League rivals Mount Vernon Nazarene University on Tuesday, Apr. 26 and Goshen College on Thursday, Apr. 28. The team will host non-conference foe Rochester College in its final regular season home contest on Friday, Apr. 29 at 4 p.m.   The Cougars are 16-18 this season and currently sit tied for second place in the league standings with an 11-7 record. The top four teams in the standings will host a first round conference tournament game on Saturday, May 7.   Riggleman has won more than 1,000 games over his career – a feat only 18 other NAIA coaches have accomplished. He is a two-time NAIA National Coach of the Year and has led SAU to five national tournament appearances, including a national runner-up finish in 2007. The Cougars have captured three regular season conference championships and two conference tournament titles under his direction.   Riggleman has reached the pinnacle of his profession, and was…

Read more
Back To Top
Search