Category Archives: Battle Creek News
MDOT crews begin widening Michigan Avenue near BlueOval Battery Plant
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Work is beginning this week on the widening of a segment of M-96, otherwise known as Michigan Avenue, west of 15 Mile Road as MDOT is adding a left turn lane. MDOT is invest...
Aug 22, 2023
KDPS accepting applications for the position of Public Safety Officer starting August 28
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety is Hiring Public Safety Officers. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety will open the application process for the position of "Public Safety Of...
Aug 21, 2023 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
Driver of riding lawnmower pronounced dead after crash in Albion Township
ALBION TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - An Albion Township man was killed Sunday afternoon when his riding lawnmower was struck by a vehicle. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department says they responded at a...
Aug 21, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Ambulance service changes in Cass County effective Friday, August 18: Calling for service remains unchanged
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There's been a change in ambulance service for Cass County residents. On Friday, August 18, Pride Care Ambulance Service ceased operations in Cass County. The Cass Count...
Aug 20, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil)
Battle Creek celebrates public works department with August 22 open house
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Battle Creek's Department of Public Works is set to hold it's second annual open house and touch-a-truck event from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 22, in the d...
Aug 20, 2023
18-year-old man stable after Friday shooting in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police say an 18-year-old man is in stable condition after being shot on Friday, August 18. Authorities say the shooting happened around 2:15 p.m. in the a...
Aug 20, 2023 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Crash at Ross Township intersection kills two persons, seriously injures another
ROSS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two persons were killed and another was injured early Saturday morning in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of M-89 and North 40th Street in Kalamazoo County's R...
Aug 19, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil)
Battle Creek Police now say shooting of teen Wednesday evening was accidental, another 17-year-old may face charges
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police say a teen remains in stable condition after what they now describe as an accidental shooting Wednesday evening. At 7:40 p.m., a police officer assi...
Aug 18, 2023 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Scott says Calhoun County will get $12 million in opioid litigation settlement through 2038
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County Administrator/Controller Kelli Scott says the county has started to receive the first in a series of new payments from the $26 billion nationwide settle...
Aug 18, 2023 Calhoun County Administrator and Controller Kelli Scott
KCC seeking donations for $160,000 pickleball court project
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Kellogg Community College is asking for contributions to a project that will improve and expand the outdoor pickleball courts on the North Avenue campus in Battle Creek....
Aug 18, 2023 Courtesy Kellogg Community College
