Spring Arbor News

Flames and smoke billow from an abandoned factory in Summit Township on Thursday.

Young men enjoy canoe races at Michindoh. The conference center recently was given to Spring Arbor University as a gift.

Dear Pat: Is it legal for a grocery store to take ground beef that has turned dark with age and wrap it inside fresh, red, ground beef and sell it? -- A Stockbridge reader Dear Reader: If a store places a single sell-by date on a package that contains fresh and not-so-fresh meat, it could be a deceptive practice, according to the Michigan ...

A student at the Phoenix Alternative School in Jonesville, Joey Laier hopes to graduate next year and pursue a career in diesel mechanics.

A Grand Valley State University student and Spring Arbor native shot during a police raid has pleaded guilty to a felony.

A 16-year-old Jackson boy who police said was unlicensed and under the influence of alcohol went off the road this week and struck a tree on Euclid Avenue.

Dear Pat: If the stimulus money that Jackson is receiving is available for N. Jackson Street, why are the property owners being assessed for part of the cost? -- A Summit Township reader Dear Reader: The Jackson City Council turned down the $696,000 federal stimulus funds for repaving N. Jackson Street because the adjacent property owners objected ...

Dense forest and open skies aren't the typical gift bestowed on a university, but Spring Arbor University President Charles H. Webb isn't complaining.

Dear Pat: The potholes in the Argyle Street Kroger and Big Lots parking lot are horrendous.

Two Jackson County students have joined a prestigious group of academic champs. Lumen Christi High School graduate Patrick J. Hones and soon-to-be Western High School alumnus Alexander Lundquist were awarded National Merit Scholarships this week.

Students from Jackson Christian High School will be able to earn credits at Spring Arbor University starting this fall without ever leaving their high school campus.

Russ Melville of Summit Township salutes during a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony Monday at Mount Evergreen Cemetery.

BAINBRIDGE - Andy Triebold of Spring Arbor, Mich. and Steve Lajoie of Mirabel, Quebec successfully defended their Pro Class title Sunday at the General Clinton Canoe Regatta that began in Cooperstown and concluded in Bainbridge.

In the day after her death in a single-vehicle crash on M-50, community members were mourning the loss of a woman whose impact, those who knew her said, will be long-lasting. ``Her influence reached far and wide, raising a wonderful family.

Bostwick, Danyell N., of Jackson, a son, Daireon Allen, 5 pounds, 10 ounces, born May 15 at Allegiance Health.

Scott TenBrink, executive director of the Fitness Council, addresses the group gathered at the Falling Waters Trail parking lot on Weatherwax Drive Friday morning.

A nearly $500,000 project to resurface and improve Spring Arbor Road from Brown Street to McCain Road starts today.

Dear Pat: Now that the Amtrak station in Jackson is getting some federal funds, is there a possibility the station hours can be extended? The station closes at 4 p.m., and people must wait outside the station for trains.

Joe Walsh talks with students about their reading assignment while substitute teaching in a kindergarten-first grade split classroom at George Long Elementary School in Grass Lake on Monday morning.

Firefighters work at the scene of the fire at the Holiday Inn in Jackson on Thursday morning.