Jackson County Pilot - Serving Jackson County, Minnesota

Nearly 2,000 spectators packed the Jackson County Central auditorium over the course of four shows Thursday, Friday and Saturday as Nita's School of Dance put on its annual spring recital, "Let Them Dance! 2008." Ten separate groups of dancers performed a total of 21 different dances in the shows, including tap, ballet, jazz and lyrical. Each of the four performances featured more than 100 dancers and six different groups of performers with the high school groups performing in each show and the other groups each dancing twice. Among those featured in this week's Jackson County Pilot is Alaina Wolff, pictured here as she completed the dance "Baby Face" with her classmates during Wednesday's dress rehearsal. See this week's Jackson County Pilot for more or check out the "Photo Reprint" link on this Web site to see copies of many more photos taken from the rehearsal.

Two busted for drugs at JCC HS
The Jackson Police Department conducted a random drug search of the Jackson County Central High School and parking lot Tuesday with the search resulting in the arrests of two students.

Phillips resigns from city council
As Tuesday night’s Jackson City Council meeting came to a close, alderwoman Sandy Phillips read her resignation from a prepared statement, leaving many council members and Mayor Mitch Jasper nearly speechless in surprise.

JCC teachers receive $6,000 grant
The Qwest Foundation and the Minnesota Business Partnership presented two Jackson County Central teachers with a Qwest Teachers and Technology grant for $6,000.

Three seconds lead boys
Three Jackson County Central boys’ track and field teams finished in second place as the Huskies finished fifth as a team at the section true team track and field meet in Slayton on Monday.

Huskies edged by second-ranked Eagles
The second-ranked New Ulm softball team left Jackson with a 2-0 win over the Jackson County Central Huskies on Monday afternoon.

Girls 12th at section true team
Three Jackson County Central girls finished in the top 10 as the Huskies finished 12th at the section true team track and field meet in Slayton on Monday.