Danielle Salisbury

The race is nonpartisan and the top two vote getters will move on to the November general election.

A meeting is scheduled for next week at the township hall. Riparian rights, property taxes, road ends and lake docks are the listed discussion points.

A July 4 declaration in Kalamazoo County has a Jackson historian and city Republicans defending what they say is a proven history - the GOP birthplace is Jackson.

| GRASS LAKE, MI – A free family-friendly event begins Friday, July 10, in Grass Lake.

Two proposals, one to renew the current millage, and another to increase it by 1 mill appear on the Aug. 4 ballot in the township, where there is a full-time fire department and police protection specially provided by the county sheriff.

The millage has been previously approved by voters and fully funds the volunteer fire department's operations.

31-year-old Wayne Odell Payton Jr. of Jackson is believed to have drowned after he and a coworker went for a swim Friday during a boat ride on the lake.

HILLSDALE, MI – Steve Jarvis jokes he was “kidnapped.” But months later, he knows the better word is probably “saved.”

A homeless shelter in Hillsdale was dismantled once and now the sober transitional home operating in its place is again starting anew.

Authorities are cracking down on docks and boats in Napoleon Township that have been in place for generations.