Category Archives: Battle Creek News
EGLE issues Air Quality Alert for Kalamazoo and other SW Michigan counties
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Kalamazoo County is included in an Air Quality Alert which has been issued through midnight on Wednesday night for several counties in southwest Michigan by the Mich...
May 31, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Partnership announced to help end illegal dumping of trash in Calhoun County
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office and the Solid Waste and Recycling Department announced a partnership on Wednesday that they say will be an initiative to end illegal ...
May 31, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department
BC Fire Marshal looking into "suspicious fire" at Bryant Street home
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Battle Creek Fire Marshal is investigating what is being called a suspicious fire which broke out at 189 Bryant Street on Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday's fire was repor...
May 31, 2023 Photo courtesy City of Battle Creek
GoFundMe set up to help family of murdered Galesburg woman with funeral expenses
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A GoFundMe page has been set up for the family of Taylor Ann Dragicevich, who died following a stabbing incident on May 20. In a statement, the family said, "They are shat...
May 30, 2023 (Photo from GoFundMe page)
Three Rivers woman reported missing
CENTREVILLE MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department is asking the public for assistance in locating a Three Rivers woman who has been reported missing 73-year-old Marilee Furlong ...
May 29, 2023 Marilee Furlong of Three Rivers, MI (courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office)
Comerica Bank and Kalamazoo Growlers to host 2nd annual food drive
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - For the second straight year, Comerica Bank and the Kalamazoo Growlers are partnering to host a summer-long food drive benefitting South Michigan Food Bank from Friday, Ju...
May 28, 2023 Top (L-R): Kevin Timmer (General Manager; Kalamazoo Growlers); Debra Van Hevele (SVP, Regional Retail Director; Comerica Bank)
Bottom (L-R): Laura Borden Priest (District Retail Manager; Comerica Bank), Alisha Walling (Office Manager; South Michigan Food Bank), Brittney Fletcher (COO; South Michigan Food Bank), Lori Suni (Director Development; South Michigan Food Bank), Porter; Team Mascot; Kalamazoo Growlers). Mike Demartelaere (External Affairs Market Manager; Comerica Bank), Justin Lesman (Director of Operations; South Michigan Food Bank), Jim Heffner (CFO; South Michigan Food Bank)
I-94 lane closure in Marshall to start Tuesday
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation is reminding motorists that one lane will be closed on eastbound I-94 at I-69 in Marshall starting on Tuesday, May 30 as cre...
May 28, 2023
Plea agreement filed in death of Colon woman, sentencing set for June 23
CENTREVILLE, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - After numerous delays and legal wrangling, a St. Joseph County Circuit Court case involving the October 2021 death of a Colon woman will not go to trial after a plea agre...
May 26, 2023 Joe Gratz
Southwest MI to get more than $1 million for environmental cleanup through president's Investing in America Agenda
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Biden-Harris administration along with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announcing on Thursday, May 25 that $9.3 million is on it's way to Michigan to expedite...
May 25, 2023 DonkeyHotey / CC
Group of Marshall residents wants vote on battery plant
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Opponents of the Ford Motor Company's plans to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Marshall were gathering petition signatures to put it to a vote. They held a prote...
May 25, 2023 City of Marshall MI logo
