🌱 What new projects will Milan’s AgResearch Center launch under Jason Williams?

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• What new projects will Milan's AgResearch Center launch under Jason Williams?

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• Thursday: Hot with periods of sun, with a high of 92 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 79, low: 65.
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 73 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Jason Williams officially named director of the AgResearch and Education Center at Milan (eurekalert.org) — Milan residents will see familiar face Jason Williams take over permanently as director of the University of Tennessee's AgResearch and Education Center at Milan on October 1. Williams, who has worked at the center since 1995, plans projects like a community garden and expanded precision agriculture research that could directly benefit local farmers and families.
   

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Sunday October 18
• Health Ministries Walk →
  Milan City Park, Milan
  10:00 am

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Friday October 2
• Milan vs Union City →
  Milan High School Milan, TN 38358
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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• Friends of the Library First Thursday Noon Review
  Jackson-Madison County Library - Multiage Programs, 433 E. Lafayette Street, Jackson
  12:00 pm
• PHS Volleyball @ Huntingdon 5pm
  Trenton , TN 38382
  5:00 pm
• Girls Soccer @ Southside →
  Gibson County High School Dyer, TN 38330
  5:30 pm
• PHS Girls Soccer vs. Huntingdon 6 pm
  Trenton , TN 38382
  6:00 pm
• GCSSD Special Work Session
  GCHS, 130 Trenton Hwy, Dyer
  6:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Skill & Chill
  Jackson-Madison County Library - Multiage Programs, 433 E. Lafayette Street, Jackson
  10:00 am
• Solve 2026 Conference →
  Jackson Country Club, 31 Jackson Country Club Ln, Jackson
  5:30 pm
• Lake County @ WCHS Football →
  West Carroll High School, 1415 Hwy 77, Atwood
  6:30 pm
• Memphis Wrestling returns to Jackson, TN →
  Picture Perfect Event Center, 2310 North Highland Avenue, Jackson
  7:00 pm
• Viking Football vs. Greenfield @Home - Homecoming
  Barker Stadium @HJSHS
  7:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Domino's Pizza, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Manager (5424) - Milan, TN in Milan. Apply here.
• Sunland Logistics Solutions posted a job opening for Material Handler 2 in Milan. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Milan here.

🗞 Nearby News

Gibson

• Gibson Co. Lake Implements Changes To Boat Ramp (radionwtn.com)

Jackson

• AmeriCorps NCCC team arrives in Jackson for community service projects (wbbjtv.com)
• Jackson-Madison County Library awarded $19,762 technology grant (wbbjtv.com)
• West Texas nostalgia: Abilene-Sweetwater ranks No. 3 nationally (bigcountryhomepage.com)

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