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Jackson News

Local news for Jackson, MI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

58 min ago | Lansing State Journal

Policeman accused of stalking another cop

Lansing officer faces felony charge in Jackson Co. Christine Rook * clrook@lsj.com * July 9, 2008 * From Lansing State Journal A Lansing police officer is accused of stalking and harassing a Blackman Township ...

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Tue Jul 08, 2008

Washington Times

Weak economy forces festivals to rethink, cancel

For the first time in more than 20 years, the organizers of the Harbor Fest musical festival in Racine, Wis., were forced to cancel their seminal summertime event on the shores of Lake Michigan.

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Related Topix: Jackson Metro

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Jackson Citizen Patriot

Jackson could use more fun for family

Two weeks ago, I was having dinner all by my lonesome following a day of sailboat racing at Portage Yacht Club near Pinckney.

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Related Topix: Pinckney, MI, Jackson Metro, Oakland County, MI, Family, Kids, Entertainment

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Jackson Citizen Patriot

Despite a struggling economy and a high unemployment rate, Jackson...

Despite rising unemployment in Jackson County, residents are buying lottery tickets like crazy -- more than $35 million last year alone.

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Related Topix: Jackson Metro, Jackson County, MI, Lottery

Sat Jul 05, 2008

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Detroit man gets 13-20 years in road rage case

A Detroit man whose driver's license has been suspended 22 times has been sentenced to 13 to 20 years in prison in what authorities describe as an extreme case of road rage.

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Related Topix: Jackson Metro, Mason, MI

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Jackson Citizen Patriot

Man charged in assault with chicken `antagonized'

The charter school, which enrolled about 270 students in kindergarten through eighth grade, will not reopen this fall because Grand Valley State University has declined to renew its charter after a 10-year ...

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Related Topix: Jackson Metro, McBain, MI

WKHM-AM Jackson

Smartzone One Step Closer

THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE STATE. THE ENTERPRISE GROUP'S CEO SCOTT FLEMMING SAID THE APPLICATION ITS SELF WAS HELPFUL.

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WKHM-AM Jackson

Jackson Teens in Crash

LIEUTENANT ERIC TROJANOWICZ OF THE INGHAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAID THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED NORTH OF HOLT ROAD.

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

Jackson Citizen Patriot

Habitual criminal sentenced again

Steven Higgins was abandoned by his parents as a boy, bounced around the foster care system, and rarely has tasted freedom as an adult.

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Jackson Citizen Patriot

Man, 19, arrested, faces attempted murder charge

Man, 19, arrested, faces attempted murder charge A city police officer arrested a Jackson man for attempted murder early this morning after allegedly witnessing him steal a car with the owner attached.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

WLNS-TV Lansing

Jackson Count Traffic Tickets Down

Drive through Jackson County you'll probably see fewer police cars with flashing lights on the roads.

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Related Topix: Jackson County, MI

WILX-TV Lansing

Lack Of Paint Cause of Accident?

Norvell Road is a rural route Jackson sheriff's deputies say two Brooklyn women were driving down close to five Saturday morning when one of them crossed the center lane and hit the other head on.

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Related Topix: Jackson Metro, Brooklyn, MI, Grass Lake, MI

Ann Arbor News

Local man charged in attacks with fork, chicken

Official: Stabbing occurred at home, clubbing on street Thursday, June 26, 2008 BY STEVEN HEPKER JACKSON - An Ypsilanti man is accused of stabbing his mother in the back with a dinner fork and clubbing another ...

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Related Topix: Jackson County, MI

WILX-TV Lansing

Accident Victim In Serious Condition

He was taken to the University of Michigan hospital after a car accident early Saturday morning that killed three people.

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Related Topix: Jackson County, MI

Mon Jun 30, 2008

WKHM-AM Jackson

Fire Captain Retires

AFTER 27 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF JACKSON, CAPTAIN ROBERT WOODMAN OF THE JACKSON FIRE DEPARTMENT IS RETIRING.

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Related Topix: Jackson Metro

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Jackson Citizen Patriot

Longtime Clark Lake resident dies

After the end of World War I, when Robert Curtis was a young boy growing up in Jackson, he and family members would make the trip south to Clark Lake by horse-drawn carriage.

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Related Topix: Jackson Metro

Thu Jun 26, 2008

WHEC-TV Rochester

Michigan man accused of fork, chicken attacks

JACKSON, Mich. - A man was accused of stabbing his mother with a fork and assaulting a second woman with 10 pounds of frozen chicken.

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Jackson Citizen Patriot

New turf set for Withington

The new surface, which will look and feel more like grass, will restore the stadium as one of the state's top football facilities, said Jackson Athletic Director Russell Davis.

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Tue Jun 24, 2008

Grand Haven Tribune

Jackson couple sentenced in N.D. U-Haul chase

A Jackson, Mich., couple have been sentenced for driving a U-Haul truck through North Dakota fields in an attempt to escape police after not paying for gas.

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Related Topix: Jackson Metro

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Jackson Citizen Patriot

Camp 911 offers youths training for emergencies

For the Citizen Patriot After getting an inside look at an emergency room, Chris Bell feels prepared for an emergency situation.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Detroit Metro, Jackson Metro

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