Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Prominent annual festival getting underway in Cereal City on Friday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Cereal Festival - Battle Creek's signature summer event celebrating its heritage as the birthplace of the cereal industry is set to return to downtown on F...
Jun 07, 2023 (Photo from Greyson Steele at gsteele@battlecreekenquirer.com)
Residents protest potential Portage housing projects, city officials confirm plans have been filed
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City of Portage officials may know a lot more than they were willing to discuss when they were faced with a room full of angry residents who want to shut down plans for two ...
Jun 07, 2023 (courtesy City of Portage)
Sturgis woman killed in Tuesday morning St. Joseph County crash on U.S. 131
FABIUS TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Sturgis woman was killed Tuesday morning when her SUV went off of northbound U.S. 131 in St. Joseph County and crashed into a tree. The St. Joseph County Sheriff's ...
Jun 07, 2023
Open Burn Ban issued for City of Battle Creek due to dry weather conditions
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Fire Marshal Quincy Jones announced on Tuesday night that an Open Burn Ban was now in effect for the City of Battle Creek due to the dry conditions of the p...
Jun 07, 2023 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Search for missing man in Cass County ends with the discovery of his body near Dowagiac
POKAGON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cass County Sheriff's deputies say the search in southwest Michigan for 76-year-old Johnny Bolden of Grand Rapids has ended with the discovery of his body. Bolden w...
Jun 06, 2023 (Photo of 76-year-old Johnny Hollis Bolden provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office)
Interim title dropped, Fleury names Bagley new Battle Creek Police Chief
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Shannon Bagley is now the Chief of the Battle Creek Police Department. City Manager Rebecca Fleury appointed him interim Chief for six months, to see if he and the city ...
Jun 05, 2023 (Photo of Battle Creek Police Chief Shannon Bagley courtesy of the City of Battle Creek)
35 months to 15 year sentence for man charged with killing WMU student in 2021
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man charged with the death of a Western Michigan University student back in November of 2021 has been found guilty. 20-year-old Hunter Hudgins was sentenced to 35 months...
Jun 05, 2023 Best Law
All invited to Battle Creek Fire Station 4 open house on Wednesday, June 7
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Battle Creek Fire Department is inviting the community at large to tour the renovated Fire Station 4 on Wednesday, June 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. The 80-year-old station, ...
Jun 04, 2023 (Photo provided by the Battle Creek Fire Department)
Battle Creek police arrest three men in narcotics case
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police arresting three men on Thursday, June 1 following a narcotics raid in the central part of the city. Police executed a search warrant at a house on F...
Jun 04, 2023 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Sturgis man sentenced to decades in prison for murder, attempted dismemberment & CSC
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Sturgis man was sentenced to decades in prison last week on Thursday, June 1, after pleading no contest to charges in connection to the murder and mutilation of ...
Jun 04, 2023 (Photo of Wade Allen provided by the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office)
