I-94 Closed at Elm Road in Jackson Beginning Thursday
(October 19, 2021 3:21 PM) The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will close I-94 at Elm Road in Jackson for overnight bridge beam placement on Thursday and Saturday nights. Night one work begins at 9 PM on Thursday, October 21, and concludes at 6 AM on Friday, October 22. Night two took begins at 9 PM on Saturday, October 23, and concludes at 6 AM on Sunday, October 24. This work is part of MDOT's ongoing $120 million investment to rebuild and widen I-94 near the Airport Road interchange to just west of the east US-127/I-94 interchange in Blackman and Leoni Township. The I-94 project involves upgrading the US-127/M-50 (West Avenue)/I-94 interchange to a diverging diamond interchange, the Elm Road interchange with roundabouts, and the Lansing Avenue bridge over I-94. I-94 traffic will be closed in both directions while beams are being placed at the Elm Road overpass. Please follow posted detours. Motorists are advised to seek alternate routes.
Jackson County Cumulative Report: 20,098 COVID-19 Positive Cases and 323 Deaths
(October 19, 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 20,098 positive cases (cumulative), and 323 deaths (cumulative)*. There are 118 new cases since yesterday’s report. The Jackson County Health Department has announced a change in reporting effective Oct. 6, 2021. Cases defined as probable will be reported in cumulative case and death counts. As additional methods of testing besides the PCR test have become more common, the amount of cases classified as probable has increased and are included to provide a more accurate picture of disease in our community. As of October 14, there are 40 persons at Henry Ford Allegiance Health being treated as inpatients for COVID-19. Cumulative recovered, as of October 15: 17,781** 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…
Dr. Courtland Keteyian, Vice President of Population Health, Henry Ford Allegiance Health
Airdate: October 19, 2021
