ELM AVENUE

MDOT, Monroe city and engineering firm representatives discussed the planning for reconfiguring the I-75 interchanges at Elm Avenue and Front Street.

The open house about redesigning the Front Street and Elm Avenue interchanges will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the River Raisin National Battlefield.

Costumed canines and their humans celebrated Howl-O-Ween Saturday at St. Mary's Park.

The Martenson Family Funeral Home-Allore Chapel held a service, June 12, for the victims of the Uvalde mass shooting.

The River Raisin reached flood stage overnight in Monroe, with police closing off parts of Elm Avenue and Front Street because of high water.

A driver accused of fleeing Monroe police officers overnight crashed his car into a river and was found soaking wet, deputies said.

JACKSON COUNTY, MI -- Michigan Department of Transportation crews will temporarily shift a stretch of eastbound I-94 traffic onto the shoulder beginning Friday. Crews will close the right lane of the highway from Airport Road to Elm Avenue and shift the traffic onto the shoulder beginning at 9 p.m. April 23. As part of the shift, eastbound ramps will be closed at Airport Road, West Avenue and Cooper Avenue, they said. Related: $64M West Avenue, I-94 interchange redesign puts vehicles on left side of roadMDOT will reconstruct portions of the highway between the Airport Road interchange and the U.S. 127 South interchange. Once complete, the interstate will have a minimum of three lanes in each direction between West Avenue and U.S.127 South, MDOT officials previously said.

The two interchange redesigns are part of a project to reconstruct portions of the highway between the Airport Road interchange and the U.S.-127 South Interchange. The redone West Avenue interchange will become a “diverging diamond,” where drivers temporarily cross to the left side of the road when they are under the bridge. Related: $64M West Avenue, I-94 interchange redesign puts vehicles on left side of roadAt Elm Avenue, three roundabouts will be constructed in a similar fashion to the Cooper Street exit. MDOT is the largest funder of the $78-million project, which includes a new bridge over West Avenue. The City of Jackson is expected to contribute $539,200 for landscaping work at the roundabout south of I-94 and lighted sign installation and sidewalk work along West Avenue.

Six people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a multiple-vehicle, chain-reaction accident on I-75 near the Elm Avenue exit Friday afternoon. The Monroe Police Department reported six vehicles were involved in the crash on the southbound side around 12:30 p.m. Police said of the six people who reported injuries, three were transported to area hospitals. Based on the officers' investigation, it is believed that a separate, non-contact vehicle had lost part of its load on the freeway and the driver of another non-contact vehicle stopped to pick it up. Monroe Fire Department and Monroe Community Ambulance assisted at the scene. Anyone with information is asked to call (734) 243-7563 or (734) 243-7590.