Aya Miller

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SCHOOLCRAFT, MI -- A monument honoring one of Schoolcraft Township‘s founders is no more. The tombstone marking the grave of Ira Lyon was crushed by a tree during a storm on March 30. The grave is at the entrance to the Schoolcraft Township Cemetery at Lyons Street and U.S. 131. MORE: Historic graves, farmland damaged as storm ravages Southwest Michigan villageThe monument will be replaced with a flat gravestone marking the grave’s location, said Don Ulsh, Schoolcraft Township supervisor.

2 weeks ago | mlive.com | Aya Miller

KALAMAZOO, MI — Working days for Jermaine Jackson — truancy officer at Kalamazoo Public Schools — aren’t spent behind a desk. Sometimes he may get an early morning call, “Mr. Jermaine, I missed the bus.” Or drive to a student’s house to see why they aren’t in class. Jackson was hired as the KPS truancy officer in late 2024 — a new position in the district — to address chronic absenteeism, which is when students miss more than 10% of school days.

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CASS COUNTY, MI -- A 71-year-old man is dead after a single vehicle rollover crash in Penn Township. Deputies with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash near Mud Lake Street and Penn Road at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 26. The driver was headed eastbound on Mud Lake Street when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree, overturning the vehicle. First responders attempted life-saving measures on the man but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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GAYLORD, MI - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will be selling timber damaged in the March ice storm. The late-March ice storm blanketed trees in northern Michigan with up to an inch of ice. Pockets of pine and hardwood trees on state forest land were “severely damaged,” a press release from the DNR stated. If the damaged trees aren’t removed, Michigan forestry experts fear an invasion of bark and wood-boring beetles would bring another wave of damage to state forests.

2 weeks ago | mlive.com | Aya Miller

MACOMB COUNTY, MI -- Two people are in the hospital after the drivers of two vehicles exchanged gunfire on I-94 near St. Clair Shores in Macomb County. Over a mile of the freeway near 10 Mile Road will remain closed as detectives investigate the shooting, a Michigan State Police Department post on X said. Two vehicles, a black Chevrolet Malibu and a silver vehicle, were heading eastbound on I-94 when the drivers started shooting at each other.