Power Outages

If you happen to become one of the unlucky folks, hunkering down in the dark, you may want to have the Consumers Energy Outage Map bookmarked on your mobile device.

The next major winter weather event of the season is expected to rip through most parts of Michigan Sunday, including Battle Creek, Kalamazoo and surrounding areas.

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.

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a High Wind Warning which is in effect until 6:00 Friday evening for most of West Michigan.

Crews are working to restore power to hundreds of thousands of Michigan customers who lost power during a weekend winter storm.

Power has been restored in the Lakeview area.
The power outage occurred at 4:37 PM, Thursday afternoon, after a critter sacrificed itself to hinder mankind. The "shocking" death caused mass traffic confusion along the Columbia Avenue and 20th Street corridor and put thousands of res…

There is currently a power outage in the Lakeview area and probably one less squirrel in the world, because the outage is due to an animal. Restoration is expected by 10 PM, Thursday evening. Traffic signals are down, so treat intersections as four-way stops and please use caution...

A Thursday afternoon storm that rolled through the state hit some areas of Southwest Michigan pretty hard.