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Christmas parade returns to Grand Ledge tonight after pandemic hiatus
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The Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce hosts its Night Lights Christmas Parade tonight after having to cancel the 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce hosts its Night Lights Christmas Parade tonight after having to cancel the 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Grand Ledge school officials continue to receive criticism about their response to the COVID-19 pandemic — including district rules requiring masks be worn inside all school buildings.
Drivers through Grand Ledge have to navigate a new roundabout on M-43 near the city’s middle and high schools. The roundabout opened in late August on M-43 between Jenne Street and Brookside Drive. It was paid for by Grand Ledge Public Schools to give direct access from the state highway to Beagle Middle School and Grand Ledge High School. Traffic previously had to go through residential neighborhoods to get to the schools. Steven Gabriel, assistant superintendent for human resources and operations for the district, said he uses the roundabout almost daily and it’s accomplished the district’s goals.
Grand Ledge’s Fall Festival returned for the second year with almost double the amount of vendors on Oct. 9.
Grand Ledge Public Schools is collecting applications for a new director for diversity, equity, inclusion and student support until Oct. 22.
Grand Ledge City Council has renewed a lease with Over The Ledge Theater Co. for the historic Ledges Playhouse, after the group halted productions for several months during the pandemic.
GRAND LEDGE – Staggered schedules, prohibiting parent visitors, regimented recesses, and outdoor tent lunches are among the ways the Grand Ledge Public Schools are managing the return to in-person schooling this spring.
GRAND LEDGE- A project to build a new roundabout, approved by voters over two years ago, might be finally getting under way. The roundabout project, which is part of Grand Ledge Public Schools’ 22-acre athletic field restructuring, was designed to help with the flow of traffic from the high school, middle school and the new athletic fields that are under development by providing access to and from M-43. The roundabout project will be placed on M-43 between Jenne St. and the Brookside drive neighborhood.
22 Acres is used as an athletic practice field for sports like soccer, football and lacrosse. There is no driveway from M-43 that allows access to this property. Madison StoddardThe current 22-acres field that the new access road will be placed on.
GRAND LEDGE – “No matter what” is this year’s theme for the Grand Ledge girls varsity basketball team.
The team has gone through its ups and downs when awaiting the status of its season early on. Before the announcement made by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Feb. 8 in regards to the return of winter sports, the team didn’t know if they were going to have a 2021 season.
The initial season started on track with tryouts in early November. Not too long after the week of tryouts, on Nov. 18, there was an announcement of a partial pause of all high school sports until Dec.
GRAND LEDGE – Parents, teachers, students, and staff have been waiting for this moment. After months of deliberation, the Grand Ledge Public Schools are physically open for the first time this year on March 1.
Since Sept. 8, 2020, all Grand Ledge students have been attending classes virtually Monday through Friday. There is an approximate of about 2,200 to 2,500 students that started in-person learning on March 1. However, about 50% of families in the district have decided to remain virtual through the academic year.