Michigan will get $3.6 million in federal stimulus funds to begin rehabilitating a railroad station right here in Battle Creek. U.S. Transportation officials announced in a release Thursday that the money is part of  40 million  dollars earmarked for high-speed

intercity passenger rail. Interior lobbies, restrooms, ticket areas and offices will be

renovated. The building's exterior will be refaced and get new lighting as well.

The funding also will help at a new Amtrak station in the

Detroit suburb of Dearborn, and a new facility in the suburb of Troy.