Challenger Steve Frisbie has sued in Calhoun County Circuit Court to try to stop a proposed re-tabulation of ballots from Battle Creek.

Absentee ballots in Battle Creek will be re-tabulated following an error in last week’s election that has left results of a key state House race up in the air. An error in Calhoun County’s election reporting system from the Nov.

A legal dispute is brewing over the retabulation of some votes in Calhoun County, with potential that the new count could affect who is sent to the Michigan House of Representatives.

A programming error in Calhoun County, Michigan, led to 2,800 ballots not being initially counted, impacting a state House race.

BATTLE CREEK — Three dogs and three cats died in a house fire Sunday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the blaze at 143 E. Van Buren St. just before 2:30 p.m. Upon arrival, Engine 3 found flames coming from a first-floor window and quickly deployed a hose line to begin extinguishing the fire.