Category Archives: Battle Creek News
"Person of Interest" in BC Riverside Park murder arrested in Georgia
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police say a person of interest in the homicide of Arely Hernandez was arrested on Saturday in Georgia. Battle Creek Police and the Calhoun County Prosecuto...
Jun 26, 2023
Police from Albion and CCSD save two year old from drowning in bathtub
ALBION, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Quick action by officers from the Albion Department of Public Safety and the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department saved the life of a two year old child on Saturday morning as ...
Jun 26, 2023 Albion Department of Public Safety logo
Four vehicle crash on I-94 near Albion kills Mississippi man, shuts down interstate
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 54-year-old man from Mississippi was killed Friday afternoon in a four vehicle crash on eastbound I-94 near Albion. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says the c...
Jun 24, 2023 Photo courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
Lafler sentenced in St. Joseph County strangulation death of girl friend
CENTREVILLE, MI (WTVB) - A man who was charged in connection with the death of his girl friend in October of 2021 was ordered to serve between 86 months and 15 years in prison on Friday in St. Joseph ...
Jun 24, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Kalamazoo hospital and local law enforcement team up for children's gun safety effort
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In an effort to lower the number of children and teens who are unintentionally injured or killed due to unlocked or unsupervised guns in the home, Bronson Children's Hospi...
Jun 23, 2023 (courtesy Bronson Children's Hospital, Kalamazoo MI)
Elderly man dies in Texas Township crash Thursday morning
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says for an unknown reason a vehicle driven by an 83-year-old male drifted across the centerline of West Q Avenue in Texas Towns...
Jun 22, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Vehicle collides with school in Comstock Township, no students injured
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No students were injured as a vehicle ran a stop sign and collided with a school bus in Comstock Township late Thursday morning. At 11;53 a.m. the Kalamazoo County Sheriff...
Jun 22, 2023 Bill McChesney / CC
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.
