Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Suspect in 2021 Arbors of Battle Creek party shooting found guilty, sentencing set for February 9
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man has been found guilty in connection with a fatal shooting during a party at the Arbors of Battle Creek in July of 2021. Lansing Hodges was found guilty of volunta...
Dec 22, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Calhoun Commissioners approve appointment of new county Medical Examiner
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Board of Commissioners approved the appointment of Doctor Patrick A. Hansma as the Calhoun County Medical Examiner on Thursday. He will take over for ...
Dec 22, 2023
Visitors to BC City Hall being asked to follow the "yellow brick road" during first floor renovations
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Renovations on the first floor at Battle Creek City Hall are scheduled to start on Monday, January 8, 2024 and City staff will ask everybody to follow the "yellow-brick ...
Dec 22, 2023 Courtesy City of Battle Creek
Cause of Monday night house fire in Sturgis under investigation
STURGIS, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The cause of a Monday night house fire in Sturgis is being investigated by the local fire marshal and the Michigan State Police. The blaze took place in the 600 block of Sout...
Dec 20, 2023 Courtesy Sturgis Public Safety Department Facebook page
22-year-old Charlotte man killed in Verona Road crash, MSP investigating
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Charlotte man lost his life on Monday in a crash on Verona Road east of 12 Mile Road in Calhoun County. Michigan State Police from the Marshall post say the vehic...
Dec 19, 2023 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
Calhoun Sheriff's Detectives investigating string of fraudulent local government checks
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Detective Bureau says they are investigating a string of fraudulent checks that appear to be issued by Calhoun County Government, b...
Dec 19, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Battle Creek police identify shooting victims, suspect
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The two people shot and killed in Battle Creek on Saturday have been identified as 44-year-old Steven Cica and his 22-year-old daughter Veronica Cica. The suspect, 22-...
Dec 19, 2023
Multiple accidents close down snowy eastbound I-94 near Mattawan Monday
MATTAWAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A stretch of eastbound I-94 between the Mattawan and Oshtemo Township exits was closed Monday morning into the afternoon due to multiple crashes, including a semi-tractor t...
Dec 18, 2023 Michigan Department of Transportation snowplow (Photo by MDOT)
KDPS looking into three shootings in one night, with two victims hospitalized
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says officers responded to three separate reports of shots fired within a four-hour window of time over the weekend, but say whet...
Dec 18, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Springfield head on crash early Monday kills one driver, seriously injures another
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A head on crash early Monday morning in Springfield killed one man and seriously injured another. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department said in a news release that the ...
Dec 18, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
