-The Kellogg Community College Board of Trustees approved a plan last Wednesday to provide financial relief to current and future K.C.C. students by waiving online course fees. Here’s everything students and parents need to know!
-The Battle Creek Fire Department played hero on Saturday morning. Crews responded at 7:40 to 298 Hamblin Avenue and found thick black smoke coming from a single story commercial building. They were able to put the fire out quickly. More on that story can be found here!
-The Comstock Fire Department also quickly put out a garage fire on Saturday just before 4p. No injuries were reported. More on that story can be found here!
-Michigan State Police troopers are investigating a Sunday afternoon break-in of a Calhoun County residence in which the victim’s pickup truck was stolen. Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact the Michigan State Police Marshall Post at 269-558-0500. Additional info can be found here!
-The federal government is planning to send money to 28 states, including Michigan, to assist them in seeking out unemployment fraud. Here’s everything you need to know!
-Michigan says the Department of State will be enabling some new online services for customers and expand the capability of self-service stations to include driver’s license and state ID transactions in March. Check out all the details!
-Pines Behavioral Health has announced they have been awarded $352,000 from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to expand emergency services to all persons affected by COVID-19 in Branch County. Here’s the full report from WTVB!
-BCSD warns public about local phone fraud. The Branch County Sheriff’s Department posted a statement on its Facebook page on Friday about phone calls to local residents from someone saying they are an investigator from the Sheriff’s Department. WTVB has everything you need to know!
-Two raccoons that caused extensive damage to a substation on Broad Street are being blamed for a power outage that affected a large portion of the City of Angola on Friday afternoon. WTVB has the full story!
-A Portage school is going to virtual learning for awhile after a small outbreak of COVID-19. Superintendent Mark Bielang announced that Portage Central Elementary School would move to virtual learning through March 2nd, as the five cases there met the definition of an outbreak. Here’s everything parents need to know!
-AAA says Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $2.64 per gallon for regular unleaded, which is the highest price seen since October of 2019. This price is 35 cents more than this time last month and 15 cents more than this time last year.
-Kalamazoo Astronomical Society’s high-powered telescopes coming out for spring events. All the info on the events can be found here!
– For the second straight year, there will be no Coldwater Swap Meet and Car Show at the Branch County Fairgrounds due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Event chair Dale Parshall confirmed the news on Monday morning saying it was not an easy decision. WTVB has additional info!
-The Michigan Department of Transportation has announced that work on a four-year Rebuilding Michigan project on 25 miles of I-69 in Calhoun and Eaton counties will continue next Monday, March 1. Here’s everything that motorists need to know!
-Missing St. Joseph County teen returns home safe WKZO has been following this story every step of the way!
-A Southeast Michigan couple has won $136K on the ‘Cherries Wild’ premiere. MLive has all the details!
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