Category Archives: Battle Creek News
After high speed chase and struggle with police, three lodged in the Kalamazoo County Jail
CHARLESTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three suspects are in custody after leading police on a high speed chase in Kalamazoo County Monday morning, that also included one suspect trying to wrestle a w...
Dec 11, 2023 Jason Rojas / CC
Ground broken for new $20 million industrial building in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Ground was broken on Friday for a second Industrial Partners USA industrial speculative building on Watkins Road. Battle Creek Unlimited was among those taking part in t...
Dec 11, 2023 Courtesy Battle Creek Unlimited Facebook page
Former Battle Creek landlord sent to prison for life in 2020 murder of two tenants
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Former Battle Creek landlord Chad Allen Reed was ordered to serve the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday after he killed two tenants ...
Dec 09, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Section of Battle Creek Linear Park temporarily closed during repair work
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - - Crews for the City of Battle Creek are repairing the blue bridge along Battle Creek's Linear Park for the next week. That means there is a temporary closure of the Lin...
Dec 09, 2023
Police recover gun, fentanyl, and cocaine in Kalamazoo drug bust Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 41-year-old Kalamazoo man faces multiple drug charges, after police investigating drug distribution recovered multiple ounces of fentanyl and cocaine Friday The Southwes...
Dec 08, 2023 (courtesy Michigan State Police)
Calhoun deputies investigate numerous Village of Homer and Pennfield Township stolen vehicle reports
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Numerous stolen vehicle reports in the Village of Homer and in Pennfield Township within two days are being investigated by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. Deputi...
Dec 08, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Suspect in hate speech graffiti spray painted in Kalamazoo now in custody in Arizona
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspected of at least three separate acts of vandalism/graffiti involving hate speech in downtown Kalamazoo last month has been arrested in Arizona. According to the Kal...
Dec 07, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Inmate suicide at Calhoun County Jail Thursday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says a 40-year-old inmate from Southgate, Michigan hanged himself while in custody at the jail Thursday morning. Around 9:30 a.m. de...
Dec 07, 2023 (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
BC house fire that killed four cats under investigation by Fire Marshal
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A house fire in the 100 block of Pleasant Avenue early Thursday morning that took the lives of four cats remains under investigation by the Battle Creek Fire Marshal's o...
Dec 07, 2023 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
KCC meets fundraising goal for pickleball court project on BC campus
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Kellogg Community College has announced it has met its $50,000 community fundraising goal to improve and expand the outdoor pickleball courts on the North Avenue campus ...
Dec 06, 2023 Supporters of the Kellogg Community College Pickleball Project gathered at the KCC campus in Battle Creek recently to cut the ribbon and celebrate the project. Holding the ribbon are, from left, Eric Greene, KCC Vice President for Communications and Advancement; Dan Dodge, with the Battle Creek Pickleball Club; Clark Maddox (holding scissors), with the Battle Creek Pickleball Club; Donnie Speck, with the Cereal City Pickleball Club; Linda Freybler, Chief Executive Officer of the Calhoun County Visitors Bureau; and Dr. Paul Watson, KCC President. Photo by Krissy Stolz.
