Category Archives: Battle Creek News

Homer Township woman injured in Sunday morning Calhoun County crash
ECKFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Homer Township woman suffered serious injuries on Sunday morning in a crash on L Drive South near 22 Mile Road in Calhoun County. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Depa...
Jim Measel Feb 26, 2024 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.

While testing continues, Community Health Agency will survey parents on Quincy school concerns
QUINCY, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - Following concerns over mysterious health conditions among some Quincy Community Schools students, the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency will be developing a...
Ken Delaney Feb 23, 2024 (courtesy Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency)

Alternate plans are being developed to deal with the end of West Michigan Air Care service
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Area hospitals are still weighing options and looking at alternative plans after West Michigan Air Care announced it will discontinue its medical helicopter service April ...
Ken Delaney Feb 23, 2024 (courtesy West Michigan Air Care)

$40 million airport expansion could receive FAA approval next month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Federal Aviation Administration hearing is set for next month on a proposed $40 million expansion project for the Kalamazoo Battle Creek International Airport. Airport D...
Ken Delaney Feb 22, 2024 Image from Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport's Facebook page.

Manager charged with secretly recording a meeting of Kalamazoo Township officials fired
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A week after being charged with eavesdropping on a private meeting, Kalamazoo Township Manager Dexter Mitchell has been fired. He has been charged with a felony f...
Ken Delaney Feb 22, 2024 Kalamazoo Township Manager Dexter Mitchell (courtesy Kalamazoo Township)

Tekonsha man arrested following arson at Calhoun County home
CLARENDON TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 26-year-old Tekonsha man has been arrested for arson following a Tuesday fire at a Clarendon Township home in Calhoun County. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Depart...
Jim Measel Feb 22, 2024 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Department

Kalamazoo man convicted of shooting to death another man during a shoe purchase set up on Facebook
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man has been convicted of fatally shooting another man he was meeting to sell shoes to in December 2022. Jalani Darshawn Nowling was convicted last week of was...
Ken Delaney Feb 21, 2024 A mugshot of Jalani Nowling (courtesy Kalamazoo County Jail)

WMU's Dunbar Hall set to reopen next month after $42 million renovation and expansion
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - When Western Michigan University students and staff return from Spring Break March 11, they will get their first to see the newly renovated Dunbar Hall on campus. After th...
Ken Delaney Feb 21, 2024 Dunbar Hall under renovation at Western Michigan University (courtesy WMU webcam)

UPDATE: Man's body found on Lake Michigan shoreline Identified
GANGES TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO-WHTC) - The body of a man washed up on the Lake Michigan shoreline north of South Haven, with authorities treating it as a suspicious death, has now been identified. Deputies...
Ken Delaney Feb 20, 2024 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)

Kalamazoo Township manager charged with eavesdropping on closed meeting
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Township manager Dexter Mitchell has been charged with eavesdropping on a private board meeting last year. Mitchell was charged Friday with installing a...
Ken Delaney Feb 20, 2024 Kalamazoo Township Manager Dexter Mitchell (courtesy Kalamazoo Township)




