Category Archives: Battle Creek News
UPDATE: New York semi driver killed in Wednesday morning crash on I-94 in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 26-year-old New York man died at the scene of a semi-truck crash this morning on I-94 near Exit 92 and West Columbia Avenue. Calhoun County Dispatch received a call at...
Jan 31, 2024
Organized crime crew hits Walgreens stores around Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say three women from a national organized crime crew have hit Walgreens stores in the state 25 times. The three started in Detroit and went west along ...
Jan 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Walgreens store is seen in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Eileen T. Meslar/File Photo/File Photo
Bell's Brewery Inc. investing millions to increase packaging automation capacity its Comstock Township facility
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bell's Brewery Inc. is investing $2.6 million to boost packaging automation capacity its Comstock Township brewery east of Kalamazoo as a way to produce more varie...
Jan 29, 2024 Bell’s Brewery’s production facility in Comstock Township, east of Kalamazoo. (Courtesy photo)
Calhoun County seasonal weight restrictions start Wednesday morning
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Usually, county road departments put seasonal weight restrictions in effect during the month of March as the weather starts to warm up. But that's not the case in Calh...
Jan 29, 2024
MSP investigating discovery of safe in Calhoun County ditch
ECKFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The discovery of a safe in a Calhoun County ditch over the weekend is under investigation. Michigan State Police say it was found in the 18-thousand block of D Dri...
Jan 29, 2024 Photo courtesy of Michigan State Police
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Announces Police Academy Sponsorship
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County Sheriff Steve Hinkley has announced a new recruitment program in which recruits can get paid to attend the police academy at Kellogg Community College t...
Jan 26, 2024 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Shooting threat at Thornapple Kellogg High School under investigation
BARRY COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police are investigating a shooting threat at Thornapple Kellogg High School in Barry County. The sheriff's office says the threat became known just after 9 a.m. Wedne...
Jan 25, 2024 Ken Hawkins / CC
Eight arrested at Van Buren County transitional housing facility during parole compliance check
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A parole compliance check at the Kalamazoo Probation Enhancement Program/Red Arrow Motel in Paw Paw Township led to the arrest of eight people Tuesday night. Deputies and de...
Jan 24, 2024 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Investigation into 1988 Albion murder of Henry Lawler Junior reopened
ALBION, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The 1988 stabbing death of a man in Albion has been reopened. The Albion Department of Public Safety in conjunction with Olivet University's Criminal Justice program is lookin...
Jan 23, 2024 Courtesy Albion Department of Public Safety
Woman saved from burning Pennfield Township motel, deputy and three firefighters treated for smoke in inhalation
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A woman was saved from a burning motel in Pennfield Township north of Battle Creek on Monday night after a fire broke out. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department ...
Jan 23, 2024 Pictured is CCSO Sgt Shad Walling keeping fire away from an occupied room while Pennfield Fire Department suited up to enter the room. Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
