Calhoun County News

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In amounts ranging from $3,000 to $75,000, nine school programs and government projects in Calhoun County were awarded shares of $187,875 in grants by the FireKeepers Local Revenue Sharing Board.

Captain Mike Wolfe pictured with student volunteers from the United Way's Youth Day of Caring event held on Friday, April 26th.

As Jackson County officials move forward with a possible merger of the Jackson County Department of Transportation with Calhoun's, one commissioner challenged the move and asked that commissioners talk to their constituents.

Are your kids looking for something fun and different to do this summer? Kids N Stuff Childrens Museum will be offering summer camp programs for kids ages 3-9 years old.

A Battle Creek-area baby with measles is recuperating without incident. But the 8-month old triggered a search for more than 100 people in 15 states who could have been exposed to the disease when the contagious baby traveled on an international flight, health officials say.

Dr. Richard H. Allen and Dr. Alfred Hamady were inducted into the Bronson Battle Creek Physicians Hall of Fame recently.

Allegations of corruption within the police department is creating a divide between some city leaders and the Battle Creek Police Department.

The following information is being provided by the Calhoun County Public Health Department as a public service update on the Measles Disease.

Calhoun County health officials are tracking down people who may have been inadvertently exposed to measles last Tuesday, April 30 at a Battle Creek area pediatric office or Kalamazoo area emergency room, and are notifying local health care providers to be on the lookout for the disease as well.

Officials say a giraffe stepped on an employee of Binder Park Zoo who had fallen down while working with the animal.

The Battle Creek Enquirer and WOOD-TV report 22-year-old driver Cynthia Eckhart and 23-year-old Alex Hanson died at the scene of the Saturday morning crash in Calhoun County's Bedford Township, about 50 miles southeast of Grand Rapids.

Another tornado destroys several barns near Tekonsha in Calhoun County. 1964 - An F2 tornado touched down in Alger County just northwest of Eben Junction in the early evening.

March was Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and this was the fifth year the clinic and Oaklawn Hospital worked together to provide free colonoscopies to underinsured Calhoun County residents.

Some of them are people who would likely benefit from immigration overhaul - including one young woman who recently found herself in a West Michigan jail.

Moe Skeeter, BC Bombers mascot, encourages team work during an assembly for the BLE Feelin' Good Mileage Club.

A Battle Creek man stood before a judge Friday, expecting to be sentenced to probation in last year's death of his neighbor.

Two challengers are trying to knock off two incumbents for a pair of seats on the Bangor City Council during the May 7 election.

A Battle Creek man is free from jail today but not free of murder and child abuse charges.

Police announced Wednesday night that they were attempting to locate Xavier Chase Wilson, who police said is 16 but has the mental capacity of a 12-year-old. The teenager is described as a white male standing 5-feet-1, thin wit blond hair and a tattoo of his initials "XCW" on his right forearm.