Jim Mishler

The ever-popular Labor Day annual Mackinac Bridge Walk is all set for Monday. Good news for participants. Not so good if you want to get across the straits Monday morning.

Exactly what happened when officers reached the scene is not known, other than at least one officer was involved in a shooting there.

There’s a battle brewing in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula. It amounts to an internal struggle between board members and staff of the Health Department of Northwest Michigan.

The City of Marshall Police Department is asking for your help. The department is posting a couple of photos of a suspect vehicle on its Facebook page. The owner of a pickup shown in surveillance camera photos is wanted for questioning.

The date is set. November 20th is the date for the 2021 Battle Creek Christmas Parade. The local Harper Creek Optimist Club is staging the event after it was canceled last year due to Covid-19 virus restrictions

The office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer is in receipt of a request from a resident of Barry County. The resident is demanding the removal of Sheriff Dar Leaf.

West Michigan businesswoman Stephanie Davison is deciding it’s better to say, “I won’t do it again” than take her chances in court with the State of Michigan on the other side.

Michigan state lawmakers are again looking over serious issues surrounding the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency. The findings they say are troubling. One is going so far as to say the agency needs to be “razed” and rebuilt from scratch.

The City of Battle Creek is issuing a Boil Water Advisory affecting Allison Drive between Bedford Road and Dunning Avenue.

The Battle Creek Family YMCA is not unlike most other public health and fitness facilities across Michigan. It’s faced a year and a half of rigid shutdowns and restrictions imposed by the state due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak. But there is one key difference with many others. It is still open.