Eaton County News

On Sept. 22, the American Red Cross was happy to announce that the Eaton County Community Blood Drive held at the Lawrence Avenue United Methodist Church received 101 productive units.

CHARLOTTE - Cancer can make its victims feel emotionally isolated but in Eaton County one group of residents has discovered it can be bonding experience.

Voting at polls across Mid-Michigan are preparing to close. Voters who are in line at polling places by 8 p.m. are allowed to vote, however, local clerks reported few lines today and said voter turnout has been light at most locations.

If you're like most of us, as you read Monday's State Journal 1B story about the Eaton County man billed for a fire he doused himself, you might have choked a little on your Cheerios.

A shortage of swine flu vaccine has forced some health officials to rethink how they'll protect the public.

By mid-December, Eaton County officials expect to know whether they were chosen by the Commerce Department to receive a $5-million grant to begin the process of extending high speed internet service to all areas of the county.

GRAND LEDGE - The neighbors awakened by the sound of equipment being moved knew that Bader and Sons don't make deliveries at 4 a.m. and called police.

DELTA TWP. - On Oct. 28 at 9:40 a.m., deputies from the Eaton County Sheriff's Office responded to a fatal vehicle crash at the intersection of Lansing Rd.

A 19-year-old Eaton Rapids man is dead after police said the motorcycle he was driving collided into the rear tire of a semi.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 3:59 p.m. The following is a message from Gov. Granholm: A Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced that the Michigan Economic Development Corporation is helpingA seven companies grow in Michigan and is backing three brownfield redevelopment projects.A Combined, the 10 projects are expected to create 2,815 new jobs ...

Rural Eaton County residents may be cruising the Internet at high speeds by 2011 if a project to bring broadband to the entire county gets federal stimulus package support.

John Villeneuve said kids playing with fireworks near his home in Eaton County, northeast of Battle Creek, caught a bush on fire in his front yard.

In 42-degree weather this morning, amid a constant drizzle of rain, Lansing resident Chris King, 30, took his place at the back of a line hundreds of people long so that his two young children could get H1N1 vaccines.

EAST LANSING - A 35-year-old resident at Michigan State University's veterinary teaching hospital accused of kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct involving a teenage girl.

GRAND LEDGE - Eaton County Parks invites everyone to join the parks naturalist at Fox Park for a series of night hikes during the months of October, November, and December.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among Michigan women.

Firefighters from numerous departments in Eaton and Ingham counties are working tonight at a fire at the Robin's Nest Restaurant south of Eaton Rapids.

Mass H1N1 flu vaccination clinics are being scheduled across mid-Michigan in an attempt to protect the public from swine flu.

EATON COUNTY - The Eaton County Democratic Party held its annual dinner, Democrats in Action, at the Grand Ledge Country Club on Oct.

Eaton Community Hospice sets October Fest for Saturday EATON CO. - Eaton Community Hospice invites will host an October Fest on Saturday, Oct.