Elm Road Closures Begin Friday for Bridge Demolition
(August 3, 2022 3:33 PM) The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will close Elm Road from Barrett Lane to Rosehill Road in Jackson for bridge demolition and to build ramps to new bridge. 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. Start date: 7 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 Estimated end date: 7 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, 2022 Traffic restrictions: Traffic south of I-94 will be detoured via Elm Road to Michigan Avenue, then M-106 (Cooper Street) to Parnall Road. Traffic north of I-94 will be detoured via Parnall Road to M-106 (Cooper Street), then Michigan Avenue to Elm Road. The Elm Road ramp to westbound I-94 will be closed and detoured via Parnall Road and M-106 (Cooper Street) to I-94. The eastbound I-94 exit ramp to Elm Road will be closed and detoured via M-106 (Cooper Street) and Parnall Road. Additionally, this work will require NIGHT…
Parma Western Looking to Continue Program Growth
By David Rice | JTV Sports Wednesday August 13th The Western Panthers were heartbroken last year at the end of their playoff run, and that gave them extra motivation to work even harder in the offseason. Parma Western, under a 1st year coach, Nick Rulewicz, finished 8-4 and won a district championship. The team is hungry for more though, and this 2023 senior class wants to accomplish more. “We feel like we can play more than the 9 guaranteed games”. “There are 9 games but we want 12-15 games left before we hang it up”, said the players. Despite the teammate love between the class of 2022 and 23 seniors, the seniors for this year’s team have (one of their) mottos as “trophies”, “be better than the previous senior class and play 12-15 games”. Western’s summer workouts have also been going well as Coach Rulewicz has a full off-season to work with the team compared to last year. “I was hired in late April last year, and right around this time (August) is when we got everything rolling. It has been nice to have a full off-season for workouts and such”, said Rulewicz. “Our numbers are also very good. We…
Jackson County Cumulative Report: 43,739 COVID-19 Positive Cases and 587 Deaths
(August 3, 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 43,739 positive cases (cumulative), and 587 deaths (cumulative)*. There are 393 new cases and 4 new deaths since last Wednesday’s report. The next report will be on August 10. Cumulative recovered, as of August 3: 41,739**. *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 * Cases, Deaths, and Recovered all include confirmed and probable. **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). Confirmed Cases- PCR test processed at lab Probable Cases- positive antigen test or link to PCR confirmed case 37,729 6,010 Probable cases include individuals with either a positive proctored rapid antigen test OR COVID-19 symptoms and an epidemiologic link to a confirmed COVID-19 case. If…
Melissa Burgett, Orthopaedic Rehab Specialists Race Series, Clark Lake Run/Walk
Airdate: August 3, 2022
