Vandercook Lake News

For the Citizen Patriot When it comes to dealing with people, Phil Tripp uses the Golden Rule in his business -- knowing that people appreciate fair treatment and will keep coming back if treated respectfully.

The Youth Advisory Committee of the Jackson Community Foundation has awarded $5,670 in grants to local school districts.

While Pam Beers, left, talks with her father, Bob Myers, right, Cyndi Alldaffer, seated, looks at a pair of earrings with her other sisters, Barb Simmons, center, and Robyn Borreson, right, during their annual Christmas shopping trip.

There may not have been snow on the ground, but a winter wonderland awaited visitors inside The Walton Agency on Thursday evening.

Three-year-old Adam Norris clung to the lap of his father, Alan, while the tractor they were riding Sunday rattled over a muddy path.

Jackson County sheriffs deputies help a local couple escape their burning home. The flames broke out at about 1:30 Saturday morning on the 900 block of East McDevitt in Vandercook Lake.

A Jackson County sheriff's deputy who was in the right place at the right time saved a Vandercook Lake couple from a house fire Saturday morning.

Larry Moon, left, receives a haircut Friday. Moon, who has moved from being homeless to having his own place, was one of more than 300 people participating in this year's Jackson Project Connect on Friday at the Salvation Army in Jackson.

Potterville girls track coach Michael Kuyers was named the Michigan High School Coaches Association coach of the year.

Specters, apparitions, inexplicable sounds and things going more than bump in the night.

Jackson County Major Crimes Task Force members search the Grand River along Probert Road at the back of Ella Sharp Park on Monday afternoon.

Fifty-five student art works are coming off the walls of the Ella Sharp Museum and going on the walls of local businesses and organizations this week.

A man accused of setting fire to parked vehicles in Summit Township last month pleaded guilty Friday.

Valrie Whisler Jackson "Pretty much trying to stay warm and update my shots at the doctor's because it's really bad, I heard." Jane McClure Vandercook Lake "I work at a care home, and within the next couple of days, I'm getting flu shots.

"That's where all the money is going to," said Jonathan Owens as he referred to his 1-year-old daughter, Joselyn.

Three people police suspect have been behind at least nine area break-ins have been charged with home invasion.

Two suspects, two fires and dozens of break-ins, all in just a few hours Monday night.

Nearly 20 signs displaying terms for student behavior were wrapped around a conference room Tuesday in order of severity -- from as mild as eye rolling to as severe as stabbing.

Lefere, Heidi M., of Jackson, a daughter, Brooklyn Marie, born Aug. 24, 6 pounds, 6 ounces at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing.

Travis McCann of Jackson takes aim at a Union soldier during a battle re-enactment at the Cascades Civil War Muster on Saturday.