Category Archives: Battle Creek News
VIDEO: Shots fired in Battle Creek park, involved officer is on paid administrative leave
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police are investigating a shooting at Claude Evans Park Wednesday evening, and they say an involved officer is on paid administrative leave. Body camera v...
Jun 22, 2023 (courtesy Battle Creek Police Department)
Eaton Corporation announces expansion of Marshall plant, part of $20 million electronic vehicle component retrofitting
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Eaton Corporation plans to expand at its facility in Marshall, to include a new lab for conducting development, environmental, validation, and durability testing for a wide...
Jun 22, 2023 (courtesy State of Michigan)
McCann, Rogers reintroduce legislation to require polluters "to clean up their mess"
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two state legislators from Kalamazoo have reintroduced legislation that they say will strengthen the authority of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and En...
Jun 22, 2023 Morrow dam Hydroelectric power plant on the Kalamazoo River in Comstock Township.
BC Police seeking public's help during death investigation of 61-year-old man
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police are asking for the community's help as they investigate the death of 61-year-old Christopher Kendrick. His body was discovered at about 1:30 p.m. Sun...
Jun 22, 2023
Police seek help in finding missing Bedford Township teen who may be in Kalamazoo
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police in Battle Creek are asking for the community's help in finding a missing teenager. They say 13-year-old Kyra Lynee Jones-Kelley has been missing since she left h...
Jun 21, 2023 (Photo of missing teenager 13-year-old Kyra Lynee Jones-Kelley provided by the City of Battle Creek)
Suspect held without bond in murder of Battle Creek Burger King employee
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A suspect in the shooting death of a teenager over the weekend in the parking lot of the Burger King on West Columbia Avenue is being held without bond following his arr...
Jun 21, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Megasite petitions calling for citizen vote rejected, committee plan legal action
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A petition drive calling for a city-wide vote on a rezoning request connected to the new Ford Motor Company electric vehicle battery plant at the Marshall Megasite has faile...
Jun 21, 2023 Ford Motor Co CEO Bill Ford at a press conference in Romulus MI Feb 13, 2023
Battle Creek Fire Department Hazmat Team responds to fuel truck spill accident in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Multiple agencies responded to Monday's two-vehicle crash in in Kalamazoo County that caused a propane fuel delivery truck to tip over on it's side and spill fuel out onto...
Jun 20, 2023 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Traffic stop leads to discovery of crystal meth, charges being sought against 2 suspects
STURGIS, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A traffic stop by the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department on Sunday in Sturgis led to the discovery of crystal methamphetamine. Undersheriff Jason Bingaman reports deputie...
Jun 20, 2023 St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
No injuries in Post cereal hopper fire believed to be caused by system clog
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Firefighters extinguished an early morning fire at Post Foods on Monday, June 19. Fire crews responded around 5:43 a.m. to Building 4 at 265 Cliff Street w...
Jun 19, 2023 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
