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Next Monday is tax day, and here in Southwest Michigan we are at particular risk of falling victim to a robo-call as a result.

The US Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Division says Monday that they were investing $7.7 million in Michigan, with funds provided through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program.

The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that the first of three investigations began last Friday evening, where a vehicle was contacted and searched in the area of Fox Ridge Dr.

The KDPS says that sometime Thursday they received a call from someone shot by a paintball gun from a vehicle, in the area of Redwood and Greenwood Avenues in Kalamazoo.

The USDA federal inspectors observed the violations of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act at the Clemens Food Group’s Coldwater facility in August and October 2018.

Around 5am Sunday, they learned of two separate incidents in downtown where windows at businesses were smashed, causing thousands of dollars in damage.

The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that shortly after midnight Monday, officers were called to the 1500 block of Hays Park Ave. where a woman said her boyfriend assaulted her before running off on foot with a gun. She had suffered physical injury in the attack.

The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that around 2:09pm Saturday, officers were called to the store in the 2100 block of Parkview Ave. on reports of shoplifting; they made contact, and as they were attempting to detain their suspect, he threw a handgun to the side and managed to pull away …

According to the Michigan State Police, their investigation revealed that the Reverend Strick Strickland from the Second Baptist Church paid four victims under the age of 17 to have sex with him at his family home.

25-year-old Thomas Wyatt pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of 28-year-old William Bolton, with prosecutors dropping charges of careless discharge of a weapon causing death.