Consumers Energy

According to Consumers Energy's Outage Map, around 10:30am Wednesday the outage affected customers along 20th St. in Battle Creek, between Columbia Ave. and the I-94 Business Loop. The outage extended into the Springfield area to the northwest, and along Goguac St. eastward to Meachem.

Consumers Energy was in the area making repairs in response to the fires.

The two main Michigan based Utilities say they are making progress restoring power to homes and businesses after high winds toppled trees and power lines that led to two deaths.

According to Consumers Energy’s Outage Map, roughly 7,700 people lost power around 2am, mostly on the north side of Kalamazoo and into Kalamazoo Township.

Authorities say that Deputies went to a home in the 13,400 block of Beadle Lake Rd. October 17, after someone said stolen goods were there. While speaking to someone at the residence, deputies noticed that there was theft of power taking place. Deputies returned later with a search warrant.

Power outages are inconvenient. But, despite the infrastructure's vulnerabilities damage by weather, it's still the best around.

Trees will be trimmed in several parts of Battle Creek, mainly on the south end of town.

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