Jackson County Cumulative Report: 40,012 COVID-19 Positive Cases and 556 Deaths
(May 4, 2022 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 40,012 positive cases (cumulative), and 556 deaths (cumulative)*. There are 258 new cases since last Wednesday’s report. The next report will be on May 11. 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. Cumulative recovered, as of April 27: 38,767** 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 *…
UIA Waives $431M in Federal Pandemic Overpayments
(May 4, 2022 10:48 AM) The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) announced today that over 55,000 claimants will not have to pay back a total of approximately $431 million in overpayments of federal pandemic unemployment benefits that the agency previously determined to have been improperly awarded. To date the UIA has waived over $4.3 billion in overpayment debt for more than 400,000 thousand claimants with more to come. “This is a huge weight lifted off so many Michiganders’ shoulders,” said Governor Whitmer. “No Michigander who did the right thing when applying for benefits should be required to pay anything back resulting from errors at the federal level. At every turn, I will stand up and fight on behalf of Michiganders to make sure they get what they were promised. Thanks to these waivers that we fought for and secured Michiganders will get to keep their hard-earned money.” Additionally, roughly $11 million will be refunded to claimants who had been paying back their federal benefits overpayment, or it will be applied to any outstanding debt a claimant may have. “This is wonderful news for those who lost their job through no fault of their own,” UIA Director Julia Dale said. “The…
JTV Sports Quick Focus: Heidrich Returns to Play Soccer With Her Friends
By Jeff Steers JTV Sports (May 4, 2022 10:32 AM) Soccer player Kylin Heidrich returned to Grass Lake High School to play soccer in her junior season. The Warriors are glad she did. Heidrich scored five goals on Monday in an 8-0 win over Jackson Christian on the road. The senior has scored 17 goals in 10 games so far for the Warriors – scoring at least one goal in the team’s last seven games. She attended Grass Lake at an early age, moved to Stockbridge from third to 10th grade, then moved back. “I wanted to move back and play soccer with a lot of my friends,” Heidrich said. The Warriors are 4-5-1 through Monday in girls’ soccer. “We have to be able to keep our heads in games to start,” Heidrich said. “Once we started to connect our passes against Jackson Christian, we found a lot of success.” Grass Lake scored four goals in the first 40 minutes against JCHS, then tallied four more goals in just 15 minutes to close out the contest. Heidrich has concentrated on the sport playing club soccer for nearly a decade. She knows that next fall she will need to concentrate on…
Extreme Dodge Jackson County Scoreboard May 3, 2022
Boys track and field Western tri-meet: Western defeated Hastings, 91-72, and Pennfield, 151-12, at home on Monday. Jacob Singleton won the 800-meter run (2:05). 1,600-meter run (4:42), 3,200-meter run (10:33), and was a member of the 3,200-meter relay team (8:51) with Cooper Singleton, Jeff Palmer, and Sam Miller. Thomas Daly won the 100-meter dash (11.92), the 200-meter dash (24.22), and teamed with Dylan Hackworth, Connor Cory, and Kamerin Carter to win the 400-meter relay (46.44). Girls track and field Western tri-meet: Western defeated Hastings and Pennfield at home on Monday. No scores were posted on the www.athletic.net website. Western is undefeated in Interstate-8 Conference action. Individual winners for the Panthers were Lilli Luma in the 100-meter dash (13.51), Lilly Heydenburg won the 800-meter run (2:36), Alyna Lewis won the 1,600-meter run (5:40) and the 300-meter hurdles (47.91), Ashlyn Hoffman won the discus (85-4.5), and Luma and Kayda Herrick won the high jump (4-10). On Deck for May 4, 2022 Baseball Columbia Central at Grass Lake 4 p.m. Napoleon at Clinton 4 p.m. Hanover-Horton at Jonesville 4 p.m. Jackson at Pinckney 4 p.m. Northwest at Western 4 p.m. Softball Columbia Central at Grass Lake 4 p.m. Jackson at Lincoln 4 p.m…
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
JTV News presents The Morning Show. Wednesday, Andy and Bart’s guests: Kristin Pluta, Health Officer, Jackson Co. Health Department. Rebecca Armstrong, Al Glick Youth Football Camp. 9 AM and 11 AM. Wednesday on The Bart Hawley Show: Greg Salisbury, VP of Gas Engineering & Supply, Consumers Energy; Juan Zapata, Manager & Cameron Carr, Jackson County Airport; Tina Matz & April Grella, Jackson College, Corporate & Career Services; Ken Wyatt & Linda Hass, Jackson County MI Historical Society; Jacob Stasa-Haney & Sophia Kerr, Mish Mash Art Show. 1, 5, 8, and 11 PM; 2 and 5 AM. This week on JTV: Food Circus: Delicious food and great friends. That's what you'll get when you visit the Manchester Market in Manchester. They offer an artisan bakery, butchery, farmers market, cafe, authentic Italian gelato, a pantry grocery store and an amazing deli. Where We Live Where We Live visits Reality's Chance Sanctuary at Pleasant Lake and looks at this sanctuary for wild horses. Owner Laura Hauenstein shows off the grounds and explains the mission as we trot from one end of the property to the other. Reality's Chance Sanctuary on Where We Live, presented by Lloyd Ganton Retirement Centers. The Jackson Show Highlights…
Proposals Pass in Grass Lake, Concord and Western
(May 3, 2022 10:47 PM) Concord School District voters approved the bond request of $9,500,000 to build a multi-grade level STEM facility; remodel, furnish, and upgrade school buildings; acquire, install and equip the multi-level STEM facility for instructional technology; purchase school buses, and improve and equip playgrounds and sites. The bond passed by a vote of 397 to 342 with an 18,4% voter turnout. In Grass Lake Charter Township, voters approved a millage renewal and increase for maintaining and operating fire protection services, raising an estimated 457,552.00 in the first year of the levy. The issue passed by a vote of 578 to 196, with 15% of registered voters going to the polls. Western Community School District voters approved a bond request to borrow $46 million to construct a new elementary school on Dearing Road. The new school would be built on property the district owns across the street from the middle and high schools. The bond is a zero-millage increase, with voters being asked to continue the current 7 mills to finance the bonds. The vote was 1,117 yes to 1,048 no, and a voter turnout of 22.45% was reported.