The Davison Index

07/11/2025

https://davisonindex.mihomepaper.com/articles/in-sports-122/

BASEBALL A dozen local high school seniors who graduated in June got to play one last baseball game in the 10th annual North/South All Stars showcase at Dow Diamond in Midland on July 2. The North squad rosters players from the Saginaw area and the South from the greater Flint area. It was a thrilli...

07/11/2025

https://davisonindex.mihomepaper.com/articles/davison-farmers-market-all-day-craft-show-and-flea-market-flip-day/

DAVISON TWP. — This Saturday, July 12, bring the whole family in for a Davison Farmers Market adventure by attending a “Flea Market Flip Day,” from open to close. You might just find a treasure or two. Local artisans will have on display their handcrafted gifts for giving or keeping for yourse...

07/11/2025

https://davisonindex.mihomepaper.com/articles/get-fit/

Next 5 Fitness, 1444 N. Irish Rd., in Davison Township, held a ribbon cutting with the Davison Area Chamber of Commerce Monday, July 7 marking the opening of their new location at Kendrick’s Sports. Co-owner Jay McDaniel said the business offers pre-made workouts, five rounds in 50 minutes and cus...

07/11/2025

https://davisonindex.mihomepaper.com/articles/college-news-136/

Ellis graduates from Marquette University MILWAUKEE, WI. — This past spring, Gabe Ellis of Davison, graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ellis earned a Juris Doctor degree in Law. Ellis was one of 2,845 students to graduate from Marquette in May. The university celebrated i...

07/11/2025

https://davisonindex.mihomepaper.com/articles/out-of-the-past-628/

10 YEARS AGO July 9, 2015 Law enforcement scaled back volunteer search efforts July 7 due to rain and to give search crews a chance to rest. But on July 8, law enforcement search and rescue crews began a massive sweep of the Lake Callis Recreation Complex and Jack Abernathy Regional Park, before pus...

07/11/2025

https://davisonindex.mihomepaper.com/articles/township-board-approves-pay-raises-for-officials/

DAVISON TWP. — The five elected officials who serve on the Davison Township Board of Trustees will receive a pay raise for the 2025-26 fiscal year. The board approved the pay raises at a June 26 special meeting by a 5-0 vote. The raises included a 22% raise for Supervisor Jim Slezak, bringing his ...

07/11/2025

https://davisonindex.mihomepaper.com/articles/local-eye-doctor-named-as-cardinal-spirit-recipient-for-june/

DAVISON — Davison Community Schools believes it is very fortunate to have many dedicated individuals from the community who are passionate and loyal in their support and service to the students and staff in the district. To acknowledge these fine citizens, DCS has established the Cardinal Spirit a...

07/11/2025

https://davisonindex.mihomepaper.com/articles/lasting-legacy/

DAVISON — Some knew him as the namesake of the Jack Abernathy Regional Park, others as a longtime city councilman, mayor and city manager of Davison. But to everyone he was a man who guided, in one capacity or another, the City of Davison through nearly 50 years of its history. Jack Abernathy, 83,...

06/20/2025

https://davisonindex.mihomepaper.com/articles/in-sports-119/

PRO GOLF Flint native and former Grand Blanc High golfer, Willie Mack III, 36, will be one of two headliners for the June 21-22 The John Shippen Men’s Invitational presented by Rocket, at the Detriot Golf Club. The winner will earn an exemption into the PGA Tour’s 2025 Rocket Classic on June 26-...

06/20/2025

https://davisonindex.mihomepaper.com/articles/out-of-the-past-625/

10 YEARS AGO June 18, 2015 After nearly two years of studying the possibility of a district wide Balanced Calendar school year, Davison Board of Education members officially put their stamp of approval on the idea, June 15, voting to implement the K-12 calendar beginning in the 2016-17 school year.....

06/20/2025

https://davisonindex.mihomepaper.com/articles/28th-annual-nancy-streber-memorial-golf-classic/

06/20/2025

https://davisonindex.mihomepaper.com/articles/park-improvements-and-exterior-seating-at-library-resolved/

DAVISON — The city council voted unanimously on Monday, June 9 to go ahead with $15,000 in budget amendments for improvements to city parks and outdoor seating at the library. The council, however, is still working on plans for how it will spend approximately $58,000 in ma*****na tax money in the ...