Sen. Shirkey on Vaccine and Mask Mandates; Herd Immunity Solution to Pandemic
Airdate: August 16, 2021
Jackson County Cumulative Report: 15,320 COVID-19 Positive Cases and 290 Deaths
(August 16, 2021 12:00 PM) The Jackson County Health Department released the COVID-19 positive numbers for Jackson County. As of 12:00 PM today, there are 15,320 positive cases (cumulative), and 290 deaths (cumulative)*. There are 56 new cases and 1 new death since Friday’s report. Cumulative recovered, as of August 16: 14,536** As of August 11, there are 13 persons at Henry Ford Allegiance Health being treated as inpatients for COVID-19. The cumulative numbers posted on Mondays include the data from Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Recovered numbers are being posted as received. *These numbers do not reflect any cases or deaths identified through Michigan Department of Corrections. Their numbers are listed under a separate category and reported by the state at Michigan Statistics. Cases reported involving Jackson County school students or staff are included in our posted numbers. For details regarding cases and outbreaks at Michigan schools please see https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163_98173_102480---,00.html **Recovered is defined as the number of persons with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis who are alive 30 days post-onset (or referral date if onset is not available). Gender Number of Cases Percent Male 7098 46.3% Female 8102 52.9% Unknown 120 0.8% The Age group is reported as a percentage of the total instead…
I-94 Project Update for August 16, 2021
Construction of the Lansing Avenue bridge over I-94. MDOT photo. (August 16, 2021 11:18 AM) During July and August, crews continued building the new westbound I-94 roadway, nearly finished the new westbound I-94 bridge over West Avenue, completed nearly half of the Lansing Avenue bridge over I-94, completed substantial work on the box culverts under West Avenue/US-127 north of I-94, and began earthwork at the Elm Road/I-94 interchange. A major milestone is scheduled to occur near Labor Day involving placing traffic on the new westbound I-94 roadway from Lansing Avenue to Airport Road. This change will also allow the reopening of the free-flow westbound I-94 ramp to northbound US-127 and the reopening of the southbound US-127 ramp to westbound I-94. The closure of Shirley Drive is also expected to end near Labor Day. The westbound Cooper Street entrance ramp to I-94 is also scheduled to reopen. After the I-94 traffic shift occurs, work will begin to rebuild the new eastbound I-94 roadway, the south half of the Lansing Avenue bridge, and the new eastbound I-94 bridge over US-127/West Avenue. When both directions of I-94 are shifted onto the new westbound I-94 roadway, the eastbound I-94 exit ramp to Cooper Street…
Extreme Dodge Jackson County Scoreboard for 08-16-2021
Jackson City Golf Championship At Cascades Golf Course Quarterfinal matches John Tarpley 2 up over Mike Raymond Cannon Risner 1 up over Dave Mickle Mike Brockie 3-and-2 over Bob Varner Colin O’Connell 3-and-1 over Nathan LaZebnik Semifinal matches on Wednesday Brockie vs. O’Connell, 1 p.m. Tarpley vs. Risner, 2:30 p.m. 36-hole final on Saturday R.W. Mercer Tour/Jackson Junior Golf Tour At Country Club of Jackson Adult/Junior Best Ball Boys 15 and up (18 holes) Bentley/Brian Coon 61 Boys 14 and under (18 holes) Hoyt/Chad Wrona 66 Boys all ages (nine holes) Ian Knoblauch/Tom Montgomery 28 Girls 16 and up (18 holes) Sydnie/Pete Redovich 60 Girls 13-15 (18 holes) Anna/Don McCubbins 54 Girls all ages (nine holes) Rylie/Todd Raehtz 29 PGA Tour event At Wyndham Championship Brian Stuard shot rounds of 65, 66, 72, 65 to tie for 15th place, earning $91,342. PBA 50 David Small’s JAX 60 Open Sunday final Championship match – Norm Duke 238, Brad Angelo 227 Third match – Norm Duke 248, Eugene McCune 235 Second match – Norm Duke 268, Ryan Shafer 171 Opening match – Norm Duke 197, Larry Verbly 171