Vandercook Lake News

Roughly half of the Jackson-area high schools improved their graduation rates between 2007 and 2008 while rates for the other half decreased, according to a state report released last week.

The Michigan Department of Transportation will remove about two thirds of its lane restrictions on state routes to accommodate traffic over Fourth of July weekend.

More than 100 people gathered to watch eight people be baptized in Ackerson Lake on Sunday evening.

The second-rainiest spring of the last decade, according to data from Weather Underground, is in the books after raising concerns about flooding area lakes.

Described as a hard worker who seemed to have clear goals in life, Sean Daly was taking summer classes at Jackson Community College and working from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day.

Rachel Lawton, 10, far right, of Vandercook Lake participates in the Welcome Dance at the Honoring Our Sisters Pow Wow at Camp O' The Hills in Norvell Township on Sunday.

Jessica Huling, 34, of Jackson died Wednesday, June 17, at Allegiance Hospice Home.

The Jackson County Parks Department has teamed up with area entrepreneurs to bring business back to county parks and fill concession stands for the first time in years.

A Jackson County sheriff's sergeant is encouraging people to lock their vehicles after 10 vehicle break-ins were reported in Summit Township on Wednesday.

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

Sixty-six years after William Kelley Jr. died during basic training, the Jackson-area soldier finally has a military marker on his grave.

Sixty-six years ago this month, Uncle Sam delivered terrible news to the Kelley family in Leslie.

Elizabeth Sawicki's kindergarten class Tuesday stood at the edge of the sea, judging sand castles.

THE ISSUE: The Vandercook Lake School Board considered updating the district's athletic handbook.

An apparent organized flexing of Second Amendment rights last weekend was a bit too Wild West for some local citizens and business owners.

Phill Tripp is the owner of Tripp's Auto Shot and Collision Center. Name of business: Tripp's Auto Shop and Collision Center Owners: Phil and Barb Tripp Address and Web site: 2999 W. Michigan Ave., www.trippsautoshop.com Phone number: 783-4318 Employees: 27 Annual operating budget: $4.8 million Little-known fact: Phil has a passion for cooking and ...

A Jackson County man convicted of leaving his dying fiancee in the road following a motorcycle crash will spend the next four to 20 years in prison.

Steven Weaver, right, and Doug Prather joke after Weaver surprised his fellow Eaton Corp.

A truck stops behind a Jackson Public Schools bus as students cross Franklin Street.

A fixture of the local music scene for more than 40 years, David Weatherwax played his last gig in Jackson - at least for a while - on Sunday night.