Richland News

The gas station owners in Southwest Michigan must still be recovering from the Fourth of July weekend.

Plane crash claims son and grandson of former WHIZ President Mon, Jul 06, 2009. 09:38 PM A plane crash claimed the lives of the son and grandson of former WHIZ Media Group President and General Manager Allan Land.

A National Transportation Safety Board investigator says the pilot of a plane involved in a fatal crash near Tri-State Airport had just been cleared to climb when the aircraft disappeared from radar Sunday.

Two people were killed Sunday when a single-engine plane owned by a man from Richland, Mich., crashed shortly after taking off from Tri-State Airport, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

Jori Reijonen and her three children drove all the way from Richland to Kalamazoo for an ice cream party at Washington Square Branch Library that kicked off the Kalamazoo Public Library's summer reading program.

The storms on Friday did a number on West Michigan. The National Weather Service says three confirmed tornadoes touched down in our area, one in Allegan County and two in Kalamazoo County.

Edsel B. Ford II, the great-grandson of Henry Ford, was on hand at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts on Thursday to draw the winning ticket in the KIA's raffle of a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid.

Any other night, Lisa Baker and Karol Bartlam would have been on their couch watching an episode of a favorite TV show.

At least three tornadoes touched down in West Michigan overnight Friday, destroying several buildings and uprooting trees.

Three tornados touched down in West Michigan Friday night. The National Weather Service confirmed that late Saturday.

A West Michigan community comes together Monday to remember a local law enforcement official.

Customers can get a free sausage biscuit or cheeseburger with any purchase at many McDonald's restaurants from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday as the chain plans to give Michigan a break that day.

The death of Marshal "Mark" Kik , the police chief in Barry Township, touched many in the community, who remembered Kik as a caring man who "adopted" a struggling family at Christmas, volunteered in local schools and cheerfully led parades.

A 36-year-old Plainwell man was hospitalized in critical condition Friday following an accident on Sprinkle Road.

Sales in Kalamazoo and Richland The Kalamazoo Indoor Flea Market is being held in Room E of the Kalamazoo County Expo Center, 2900 Lake St.

Kalamazoo Co. Sheriff's deputies are searching for a driver who smashed his car into a home in Richland on Friday night.

Talk of several area municipalities working with Gun Plain Township to seek grant funds to hire another sheriff's deputy to patrol the region has ended amid growing economic concerns.

Every year, Gull Arbor Senior Living in Richland would receive the nomination forms for the Michigan Assisted Living Association's Spirit of Service Awards.

STABBING INVESTIGATED: Battle Creek police said a man, 22, was slashed on the left forearm at a party about 3:30 a.m. Saturday.

Yorkville Community Church, 11523 East D Ave., Richland, is holding its spring rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday.