Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Battle Creek Air Show And Balloon Festival kicks off day
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Battle Creek Air Show and Balloon Festival begins today. The event runs through July 4th and will feature air shows, hot air balloons, a carnival, live music, firew...
Jun 29, 2023 (courtesy Battle Creek Air Show and Balloon Festival)
Michigan fiscal year 2024 passes House and Senate without support from House Minority Leader Hall
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House and Senate have passed a record $81.7 billion dollar budget for fiscal year 2024. State officials says a record surplus will be spent on fixing roads, bui...
Jun 29, 2023 Michigan State Representative Matt Hall (courtesy of Michigan House of Representatives)
City of BC offers fireworks guidance, say burn ban is still in effect
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The City of Battle Creek is offering some guidance for the use of fireworks at home. Fireworks regulations in the city are the same this year. Around Independence Day, y...
Jun 29, 2023 Sumeet Basak / CC
Street and road closures in effect for BC Field of Flight Air Show & Balloon Festival
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - With the Field of Flight Air Show & Balloon Festival beginning Thursday at the Battle Creek Executive Airport, the City of Battle Creek has announced a series of str...
Jun 29, 2023 Courtesy Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show & Balloon Festival Facebook page
Megasite battery plant opponents file lawsuit against City of Marshall
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - As they promised last week, opponents of the proposed Ford Motor Company electric vehicle battery plant at the Marshall Megasite have filed a lawsuit against the City of Mar...
Jun 28, 2023 Courtesy Stop the Marshall Megasite Facebook page
Elderly pedestrian struck in killed by pick-up truck in Galesburg
GALESBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says a 77-year-old man was killed yesterday in Galesburg when he was hit by a pickup truck. It happened on 35th Street just north of ...
Jun 28, 2023 BMN Network / CC
Huge balloon and air show overtakes Battle Creek this weekend
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The largest combined air show and balloon festival in the country is back in Battle Creek for the July 4 holiday weekend. The Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and ...
Jun 28, 2023 (courtesy fieldofflight.com)
Fuel spilled after another vehicle hits delivery tanker at Battle Creek gas station
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Around 250 gallons of gasoline fuel spilled at a Battle Creek gas station, after a delivery tanker was hit by another vehicle Monday morning. The Battle Creek Fire Depa...
Jun 27, 2023 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Child porn suspect arrested, arraigned in Allegan County
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A 28-year-old suburban Grand Rapids man is in the Allegan County Jail after a arrest last week on child porn charges. Gary Christopher Carlson was arraigned Monday in Allega...
Jun 27, 2023 Gary Christopher Carlson (photo courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Man charged with shooting two dogs and killing one in Lawrence last week
LAWRENCE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say a man shot two dogs last week, killing one of them near Lawrence in Van Buren County. Steven St-Cyr is charged with animal cruelty causing death, ...
Jun 27, 2023 Steven St-Cyr (courtesy Van Buren County Sheriff's Office)
