Police Training Tuesday at Condemned Properties

AngelaNews, 2017

The Battle Creek Police Department bomb squad will be conducting training exercises the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 21 at three properties owned by the Calhoun County Land Bank. The three houses, 40 Graves Ave., 217 Graves Ave. and 175 Roseneath Ave, are slated for demolition in the spring of 2018. … Read More

Calhoun County Land Bank Receives $100,000 to Fight Blight

AngelaNews, 2017

Over $3.6 million has been awarded to counties and cities across Michigan to fight blight, by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Several of those counties are here in Southwest Michigan; the MSHDA says Thursday that the Calhoun County Land Bank Authority will receive $100,000 to demolish an abandoned commercial property in Marshall, while Kalamazoo County will receive $132,000 to … Read More

County to Demolish Abandoned School in Albion

AngelaNews, 2017

Three days after an Albion teen was raped at an abandoned school building, Calhoun County has made plans to tear it down. The Albion Department of Public Safety says that around 1:20am Monday, July 10, a 17-year-old girl told police that she had been in the 600 block of Dalrymple … Read More

122 Blighted Calhoun County Houses to be Demolished

AngelaNews, 2017

A large scale effort to fight blight is coming to Calhoun County. The Calhoun County Land Bank Authority says that in the coming weeks, they will be working with the County, Bedford Charter Township, Emmett Charter Township, and the Cities of Battle Creek and Albion to demolish 122 blighted houses. … Read More

$625,000 in grants is coming to Calhoun County

AngelaNews, 2017

Two grants announced this week will fund redevelopment efforts throughout Calhoun County and healthy meals for a local summer camp. The Calhoun County Land Bank Authority was selected for a $600,000 brownfields assessment grant, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday. The land bank will partner with the cities of Battle Creek … Read More

These students are building a house in Battle Creek

AngelaNews, 2017

More than 20 students from Calhoun Area Career Center are building a house in Battle Creek. The first- and second-year students began working on the ranch-style, 1,300-square-foot house shortly after classes started in the fall. They have already built a master bedroom on each floor, two smaller bedrooms on the main floor, two full baths, two-and-a-half … Read More