By Robert TomlinsonNews Director KALAMAZOO — Momentum can mean a lot in sports. If a team has momentum go in their favor, they can feel like nothing can stop them and they can do anything. On the other hand, if momentum is going against them, it can feel draining and agonizing, and it can end Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director KALAMAZOO — For the second straight season, Three Rivers will be moving on to the MHSAA Division 2 team wrestling state semifinals. And they have their middleweights and heavyweights to thank. The second-seeded Wildcats got six consecutive victories from their 138 through 175-pound wrestlers to climb back from a 29-11 deficit Read More…
By Elizabeth Ferszt And Kathryn Palon Contributing Writers A Jackson teenager was killed in a wrong-way crash on US-127 last Thursday. The teenager, identified as 16-year-old Rickie Pickens, was a passenger in the car traveling the wrong way. Pickens was a sophomore at Jackson High School. “Rickie was a valued member of our football team Read More…
By ELIZABETH FERSZT Contributing Writer A 43-year-old Jackson County man, Donald Flack, pled no contest to second degree murder charges in connection to the death of a 15-month-old Jackson County child in 2022. According to a press release from Prosecuting Attorney Kelsey Guernsey, the death of the infant occurred Dec. 13, 2022. Officers responded at Read More…
By ELIZABETH FERSZT Contributing Writer Sheri Butters, manager of the Jackson Collaborative Network, gave a presentation at the Feb. 24 Jackson City Council meeting that highlighted some sobering data about the demographics, health, and wealth of both the city and Jackson County. “We work to build capa-city for systems change,” said Butters. “We are not Read More…
By Maggie LaNoue, Contributing Writer Albion residents will have several opportunities in the coming week to learn more about planned road work, infrastructure projects, and redevelopment proposals, and to share questions and input with city leadership. The first opportunity will take place during the next Albion City Council meeting on Monday, March 2. A study Read More…
By Maggie LaNoue, Contributing Writer Albion’s Black history is often told through landmark events and institutions, but it is also a story shaped by work — by the jobs people came north for, the industries that sustained families, and the businesses that grew alongside the city. From early barbershops and skilled trades to today’s locally Read More…
by Sylvia Benavidez The Albion Art Center is rapidly becoming a place where Albion’s cultural influences and history are preserved, celebrated, taught, and displayed. Mary Slater, president of the Albion Arts Commission, shared in an interview how community teamwork is at the heart of the center’s current Multicultural Exhibition, on display Thursdays through Sundays from Read More…
By Ken Wyatt “Acceptance of one’s life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.” – Dr. Paul Tournier, “Learn to Grow Old.” +++ It Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director STURGIS — Both of Sturgis’ basketball teams completed the series sweep against Three Rivers on Friday, Feb. 20, with the girls’ team defeating the Wildcats 56-39 and the boys’ team winning 58-43.Here’s how both Sturgis teams got the job done last week: Girls’ gameSturgis’ girls’ basketball team came back from an Read More…