Category Archives: Battle Creek News

BC Fire Marshal investigating blaze in unoccupied duplex on East Bidwell
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Battle Creek Fire Marshal Division is investigating a Saturday night fire which caused about $53,000 worth of damage to an unoccupied multi-family duplex at 25 East ...
Jim Measel Mar 04, 2024 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).

Allegan man killed in Monroe County crash
MONROE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A west Michigan man has been killed in a crash in Monroe County's La Salle Township. The sheriff's office says 52-year-old Robert Fuss of Allegan was driving a Subaru Outback...
Michael Arney Mar 04, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Local community centers receive grants for programming and capital projects
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity has awarded $64 million in Community Center Grant funds for 100 Michigan municipalities and organizations to expand...
Ken Delaney Mar 01, 2024 (courtesy State of Michigan)

Officials push for renaming Battle Creek Post Office after Sojourner Truth
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow have introduced legislation to designate the post office located at 90 McCamly Street South in Battle Creek as ...
Ken Delaney Feb 29, 2024 Sojourner Truth monument in Battle Creek, MI

NWS says EF 1 tornado hit near Marshall early Wednesday morning, one person injured
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids has confirmed a tornado took place near Marshall during the early Wednesday morning hours which injured one person. They ...
Jim Measel Feb 29, 2024 Courtesy National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids

Battle Creek man charged with embezzlement from vulnerable adult
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek man is being chaged by the Michigan Attorney General's offie with stealimg money from his elderly father. 44-year-old Clayton Yorks was arraigned Wednesd...
Ken Delaney Feb 28, 2024 Best Law

Midnight tornado northeast of Marshall causes significant damage, power outages
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department says a tornado that touched down just after midnight northeast of Marshall caused significant damage to trees, powerlines, home...
Jim Measel Feb 28, 2024 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Department Facebook page

Cassopolis, Battle Creek, and Albion receive state money for energy-efficient home upgrades
CASSOPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cassopolis, Battle Creek, and Albion will all be sharing in the Michigan State Housing Department Authority's third wave of MI-HOPE funding, awarding $7.4M in grants for ...
Ken Delaney Feb 27, 2024 (courtesy Michigan State Housing Department Authority)

Two men arrested by Calhoun County deputies during probation check
MARENGO TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office arrested two men on Monday during a probation check of a residence and probationer in the 19000 block of Division Drive in Mareng...
Jim Measel Feb 27, 2024 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.

Fight ends Tekonsha-Pansophia Academy MSHAA boys basketball district game
LITCHFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Officials from Tekonsha and Coldwater Pansophia Academy will be meeting sometime on Tuesday to figure out the next steps that need to be taken after a fight broke out in t...
Jim Measel Feb 27, 2024 popo.uw23
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