Eaton County News

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity for Monday, May 28 and Tuesday, May 29.

The Ingham County charges against former Okemos High School teacher William Polston have been dropped.

EATON CO. Southbound I-69, south of Charlotte in Eaton County is closed until approximaterly 11:30am due to an accident.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity for Wednesday, May 23 and Thursday, May 24.

An Eaton County woman is in hot water even before she starts serving a two-year sentence for stealing $120,000 from an employer.

Rescue crews are searching the Shiawassee River and its banks near the Shiatown Dam in Durand right now.

As part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months.

A power outage plunged much of Lansing into the dark on Friday afternoon. The outage seems to have struck downtown Lansing, including city and state offices and the county courthouse.

We have a crew on the scene of a fully engulfed house fire on Haddon Hall Drive off of Eifert Road in Delhi Township.

"This 'Stand Your Ground' law is the only law I can think of that actually promotes violence," said Rep.

The driver was cited for Driving While License Suspended. 8:54 p.m., Deputies Ruge and Jaakkola responded to West Palmer for a physical domestic.

A house fire in Lansing sends three people to the hospital with life threatening injuries.

Voters have approved a 1.9230-mill proposal that will allow Springport Public Schools to levy a full 18 mills on non-homestead and non-qualified agricultural property.

The former da Vinci Institute high school teacher accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student is now in jail.

Gov. Rick Snyder signed a package of bills Tuesday allowing citizens with concealed pistol licenses to carry consumer-grade Tasers for personal protection.

"Everybody knows it's dangerous but I don't think they realize how dangerous it actually can be and the consequences that could happen," says Marena Cruz, who graduated from Holt High School in 2011.

A motorcyclist, suspected of leading police on a multi-county high-speed chase that injured one deputy, has been arrested according to Michigan State Police.

An ER doctor at Sparrow Hospital was stabbed by a patient. Neither Sparrow Hospital nor Lansing Police are releasing many details, but we do know the stabbing happened around midnight Friday and the doctor A man is hospitalized with head injuries after slamming into the back of a car on U.S. 127 in Jackson County Friday morning.

Eaton County Sheriff's deputies are searching for 75-year-old Robert Muethel, who's been missing since 10am Friday.

The Eaton County Sheriff's Delta Patrol is looking for a man who tried to get a teenage girl into his truck Friday.