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Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Area 2016 Primary Election Results
Calhoun County Races
Calhoun County Clerk-Register Anne Norlander won the Republicans nomination easily, defeating challengers Deborah Evans and Corey Williams. Norlander had near twice as many votes as the challengers combined total. S...
Here’s What’s on the Ballot Tuesday in Michigan’s Primary Election 2016
Michigan’s Primary Election is Tuesday August 2nd. Some area municipalities have proposals to fund roads and schools, and there are some hotly contested Calhoun County races to see who makes the final ballot in November.
Election Ballot Previews
Voters can check the races and ballot issues they’ll be voting on Tuesday by going on line...
Tigers 2016 Mid-Term Report Card
The baseball season is more than halfway done, and the Tigers could be a lot better. They’re 3 games over .500. , and if the season were over they’d be going home again. Detroit trails the Indians by 6 ½ in the Central Division, and they trail Houston, Toronto and Boston in the Wild Card Race...
Mega Millions Draw Tonight – Unique Michigan Ways To Spend The Cash
You could throw one hell of a party!
$454 million ! What would you do with that kind of money? What couldn’t you do with that kind of money. There is a possibility that someone could be facing those questions shortly after 11 PM this evening when the Mega Millions lottery drawing is held...
$415 Million Up For Grabs In Tonight’s Mega-Million
Fireworks could come early for a Michigan Lottery player if they win tonight’s $415 million Mega Millions jackpot. The cash option for tonight’s jackpot is $286 million.
The $415 million jackpot is the largest Mega Millions jackpot in 2016...
Seven Places to Play ‘Disc Golf’ in Battle Creek
A new Disc Golf course has opened in the Upper Peninsula, in the Porcupine Mountains. Well, you don’t have to travel far to play a round of Disc Golf, or Frisbie Golf, as there are several locations in the Battle Creek area.
Bomb Found at Elm Street Substation in Battle Creek
Police are working to neutralize a bomb found this morning at sub station on Elm Street.
Battle Creek Police say two gasoline cans and some sort of an ignition device were found at the Consumers Energy electrical substation. It's located about a quarter mile north of Michigan Avenue on Elm Street, across from the former Wolohan Lumber Company...
See Photos Inside Battle Creek’s Historic Fire Station #4
Thirty three years ago, the City of Battle Creek closed the old Fire Station #4 on Kendall Street. It had served the neighborhood of 80 years, ever since the Advance Thresher Company had it built across the street to protect their business...
FireKeepers Converting Old Fire House to Community Food Resource
FireKeepers Casino broke ground today on a new food resource for the Battle Creek community, that will bring a new purpose to a more than century old building on the city’s west side.
The casino has bought the old Fire Station #4 on Kendall Street, and will convert it into a restaurant, with community meeting rooms, and a Food Bank food pantry...
Police: Amish Teens Drunk and going 110 MPH
They were gonna party like it's 1899! Police in Rochester, Indiana say five Amish teens are in big trouble after they were clocked traveling 110 miles per hour and allegedly drinking.
The teens were pulled over on Friday just before midnight a couple of hours south of Kalamazoo...