A Battle Creek man disappeared 17 years ago after running into a wooded area near the Fort Custer Training Center in Kalamazoo County.

LANSING, Mich. - Health officials have confirmed another human case of Eastern equine encephalitis in Michigan as aerial spraying in 14 counties concludes. Five additional cases of EEE have been confirmed in horses in Jackson, Kent and Tuscola counties, according to officials. The illness in the Cass County resident and the horses was contracted before aerial treatment began on Sept 30, health officials said. Aerial treatment covering more than 557,000 acres has been completed, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The confirmed cases were in Barry, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties.

LANSING, Mich. Health officials have confirmed another human case of Eastern equine encephalitis in Michigan as aerial spraying in 14 counties concludes. Five additional cases of EEE have been confirmed in horses in Jackson, Kent and Tuscola counties, according to officials. The illness in the Cass County resident and the horses was contracted before aerial treatment began on Sept 30, health officials said. Aerial treatment covering more than 557,000 acres has been completed, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The confirmed cases were in Barry, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties.