Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Calhoun County deputies looking for four suspects after early morning break-in
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department is looking for four suspects after an early Monday morning robbery at the Kelly's Express Mart on C Drive North. The Sheriff...
Mar 18, 2024 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Department Facebook page
Investigation underway into death of six-week-old boy in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Authorities are investigating the death of a six-week-old in Portage Sunday. At 10:20 a.m. personnel from the Portage Department of Public Safety, Kalamazoo Department of Pu...
Mar 17, 2024 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Calhoun County Road Department says R Drive South work getting ready to start
ATHENS TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Road Department says construction will begin in about two weeks on R Drive South in Athens Township from the West County Line to 1 1/2 Mile Road. T...
Mar 15, 2024 Courtesy Calhoun County Road Department
City of Battle Creek to use drone to check out possible construction sites
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The City of Battle Creek says it's Public Works team will start using a small drone over roads on Friday where they are proposing construction this year. The drones will...
Mar 15, 2024 Courtesy City of Battle Creek
Firekeepers announces $6.2 million contribution to local revenue sharing board
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP), owners of FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek, announced on Thursday that over $6-point-2 million will be goin...
Mar 15, 2024 Courtesy Firekeepers Casino and Hotel Facebook page
Body pulled from Kalamazoo River Monday identified as Paw Paw man
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The body of a man recovered from the Kalamazoo River Monday afternoon has now been identified. Investigators say they are still looking into the circumstances sur...
Mar 14, 2024 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
USDA announces millions for water and sewer improvements in southwest Michigan
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Six rural communities across Michigan, including one in Calhoun County and three in St. Joseph County are getting millions of dollars from the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
Mar 14, 2024 Steve Johnson / CC
No injuries reported after $125,000 BC house fire; smoke detectors credited with alerting occupants
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Electrical wiring is being listed as the probable cause of a house fire in the 200 block of North Woodlawn Avenue on Wednesday morning which caused over $125,000 in dama...
Mar 14, 2024 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
WMU to host regional Science Olympiad tournament Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University will be hosting more than 700 middle and high school students from southwest Michigan this Saturday for a regional Science Olympiad tournament....
Mar 13, 2024 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Body found inside Battle Creek home after fire Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After initially believing there were no injuries in a Monday morning house fire, Battle Creek authorities say a body was found in the home Tuesday. Crews with the Battl...
Mar 12, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
