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Van Buren County Sheriff’s Son Charged In Connection To Murder
Charges have now been filed against the son of the Van Buren County Sheriff, who is accused of providing the gun used in a murder earlier this year.
WOODTV reports that the Michigan Attorney General’s Office has charged 23-year-old Nikolas Abbott with being an accessory after the fact to a felony, felony firearm and false report of a felony...
Kalamazoo County IDs Approved By Commission Wednesday
Kalamazoo County has now approved a measure that will allow for those without state or federal identification to obtain a county ID card instead.
MLive reports that at their meeting Wednesday night, the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners approved the measure, which was first introduced over the winter, by a vote of 6-5 on party lines...
Abandoned Home Burns Down In Battle Creek
Another abandoned home caught fire Wednesday morning in Battle Creek.
The blaze was reported around 1am Wednesday, at an abandoned home in the 100 block of Caine St. When the Battle Creek Fire Department arrived on the scene, the fire was already in full swing, with heavy smoke and flames surrounding the structure...
Two Men Accused Of Stealing $1,600 In Cigarettes
Two men were arrested in Kalamazoo last night after they are accused of stealing a large amount of cigarettes.
WOODTV says that on Monday morning, two men entered a store in the 3900 block of S. Westnedge Ave. and forced the clerk outside, before stealing over $1,600 worth of tobacco and fleeing...
4,000 Gallons Of Oil Spilled In Convis Township
Environmental regulators are attempting to determine the scope of an oil spill that took place in Calhoun County recently.
The Battle Creek Enquirer reports that the spill was discovered June 12, on a portion of a three-inch pipe in Convis Township near Bellevue and 13-Mile Rds, and crews have been working since then to clean up the oil...
122 Blighted Calhoun County Homes To Be Demolished
A large scale effort to fight blight is coming to Calhoun County.
The Calhoun County Land Bank Authority says that in the coming weeks, they will be working with the County, Bedford Charter Township, Emmett Charter Township, and the Cities of Battle Creek and Albion to demolish 122 blighted houses...
‘Obviously Intentional’ Fire Destroys Park In Springfield
Authorities are now investigating a large fire at a playground in Springfield Monday night.
The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office says that around 11:15pm Monday, emergency responders found the B. Carol Hinton Park on 27th St. completely engulfed in flames...
Comstock’s Fire Chief Dies After Car Crashes Into Him
A car crash on I-94 Wednesday night has left the chief of the Comstock Fire & Rescue dead.
WOODTV reports that Fire Chief Ed Switalski had been responding with firefighters and Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Deputies to a pair of crashes on Eastbound I-94 near Sprinkle Rd. ar...
Southwest Michigan’s Billboard Mystery Has Been Solved!
Last week, I brought up a question regarding some mysterious billboards that had popped up around Battle Creek and Kalamazoo. Now, it seems the mystery has been solved!
This week, several of the billboards that had previously contained red images, initially thought to be letters, were replaced by a collage of the previous images to show one phrase:
Out There Thinking
It appears that this was an ad
What’s With These Weird Billboards In Southwest Michigan?
Perhaps you've started to noticed weird billboards around Southwest Michigan. Maybe your eye caught a red nose-ring, with a couple numbers in the bottom right. Beyond that, there was nothing to indicate what the heck this was supposed to advertise...