Monthly Archives: August 2022

(UPDATED August 2, 2022 3:49 PM) Jackson College students are recognized each fall, winter, and spring semester for high academic achievement by being named to the Dean’s List. The minimum requirements for being named are: Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits during the semester with a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher. Part-time students, who after completing a total of 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, and 96 credit hours, have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher Congratulations to Jackson College’s Dean’s List honorees for the Spring 2022 semester.  Update:  Due to a programming glitch, many of the Jackson College honors students were omitted from the spring 2022 dean’s list. The College apologizes and wants to make certain each student receives the recognition they deserve  (part-time students are not in alphabetical order). Students recognized for the spring semester include (full-time students, followed by part-time students): Jackson College Dean’s List, Spring 2022  Full-Time Students  Jeremiah Adams, Jackson Noah Adams, Jonesville Michael Adamson, Adrian Autumn Albert, Kalamazoo Payton Alexa, Ann Arbor Angela Althoff, Michigan Center Valerie Ames, Adrian Brittian Anderson, Concord Ashley Anderson, Rives Junction Sydney Andrulis, Jerome Logan Angel, Fenton Bethany Ankenbauer, Dexter Robert Baker, Brooklyn…

Elm Road bridge.  MDOT file photo. (August 2, 2022 11:08 AM) The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will close I-94 from the east US-127 interchange to M-106 (Cooper Street) for bridge demolition and drainage work in Jackson. 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: 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 Estimated end date: Noon Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022 Overall project end date: November 2024 Traffic restrictions: This work will require closing I-94 from the US-127 east interchange to M-106 (Cooper Street). Eastbound traffic will be closed from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. while westbound traffic will be closed from 9 p.m. until noon Friday and Saturday night, if necessary. Motorists should expect delays. I-94 eastbound traffic will be detoured via M-60 to Michigan Avenue, then northbound US-127. I-94 westbound traffic will be detoured via southbound US-127 to Michigan Avenue, then M-60.

Members of Robert Holt’s family wrap a Quilts of Valor around Robert Holt, age 104, during a ceremony on Monday at Albion. The quilt was produced by the Eaton Rapids Main Street Quilters.  By Jeff Steers JTV News (August 2, 2022 11:21 AM) At the age of 104, Calhoun County resident Robert Holt is still pretty sharp. Case in point, Holt accepted a quilt from a group on Monday and was wrapped up in the large blanket. After saying how warm it was, Holt quipped “Where is the bed?” Holt received a Quilts of Valor from the Eaton Rapids Main Street Quilters at Forks Senior Center in Albion on Monday. He is a World War II veteran having served in the Army. He still lives in his own home, is the oldest resident in Calhoun County, and was recently part of a billboard campaign in hopes of passing a veterans affairs millage in the county. Holt was born in Missouri, graduated from Lincoln University High School, and want on to college. He eventually moved to Albion to work for Albion Malleable Iron Company making 68 cents per hour. He was drafted into the Army and sent to Germany. Holt said…