Category Archives: Battle Creek News
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.
Man shoots himself in the foot after a domestic fight in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 22-year-old woman is in the Calhoun County Jail for domestic assault and charges are pending against a 24-year-old man after a physical fight that led to a gunshot to...
Dec 05, 2023
St. Joseph deputies say Burr Oak resident is safe after being reported as missing
BURR OAK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - St. Joseph County Undersheriff Jason Bingaman says 19-year-old Madyson Vanwormer of Burr Oak has been located and is safe. Vanwormer had been reported as missing by the St. ...
Dec 05, 2023
BCPD asking for public's help during investigation into West Rittenhouse shots fired complaint
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police are asking for the public's help as they are investigating a shots fired complaint early Sunday morning in the 100 block of West Rittenhouse Avenue. ...
Dec 05, 2023
Labor leader and lobbyist from Battle Creek pleads guilty to assaulting woman at Kalamazoo County gathering
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A longtime labor leader and lobbyist has pled to one count of Aggravated Assault after allegedly forcing a woman to fondle him at a gathering in Kalamazoo County in April ...
Dec 01, 2023 Michigan Attorney General logo (courtesy of Michigan Attorney General)
Battle Creek woman charged with murder in double fatal accident in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek woman has been arraigned on murder charges after a crash that caused the death of two people in August in Kalamazoo County's Ross Township. 29-year-old Rach...
Dec 01, 2023 Best Law
Kalamazoo's Erin Knott named to state's new LGBTQ+ Commission
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 13 people, including one from Kalamazoo, have been appointed by Governor Whitmer to the state's new LGBTQ+ Commission. The governor created the commission with an executive ...
Dec 01, 2023 (courtesy State of Michigan)
Marshall Township Fire Department getting new fire station on 15 Mile Road
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Marshall Township Board has taken a step toward building a new fire station that has more training space for firefighters and additional bays for fire trucks as...
Dec 01, 2023 Marshall Township Fire Department (Photo by John McNeil)
