Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Saturday shooting incident in St. Joseph County under investigation
STURGIS TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A suspect has been identified following a shooting incident north of Sturgis on Saturday afternoon. St. Joseph County Undersheriff Jason P. Bingaman reports that Deputies...
Jun 12, 2023 St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Senator Peters participates in groundbreaking ceremony at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Senator Gary Peters paying a visit to the Cereal City on Friday, June 9 to help break ground for a new main gate and entrance facility at the Battle Creek Air Nati...
Jun 11, 2023 U.S. Senator Gary Peters of Michigan, third from the right, joined military and city officials in breaking ground for a new main gate and entrance facility at the Battle Creek Air National Guard Base on Friday, June 9. The new main gate will be relocated form Dickman Road to Skyline Drive on the west side of the base. (Photo provided by the Office of U.S. Senator Gary Peters)
No injuries in Battle Creek structure fire caused by ashes in trash can
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with the Battle Creek Fire Department is out with a warning to not put old barbeque ashes into trash cans. They are issuing this warning after the Fire Depart...
Jun 11, 2023 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
One killed and one hospitalized following shooting at Kalamazoo evening concert
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Saturday evening concert turned deadly over the weekend in Kalamazoo. Hundreds gathered at a concert in Spring Valley Park at 2606 Mt. Olivet Road where police say a man...
Jun 11, 2023 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Dog abandoned in St. Joseph County Courthouse parking lot, SJSD investigating
CENTREVILLE, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office is looking for the person who abandoned a Black Retriever/Lab style dog at the St. Joseph County Courthouse late Wednesday afternoo...
Jun 10, 2023 Courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department
MSP investigating theft of UTV from Calhoun County business
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police troopers are investigating the theft of a UTV (Side x Side) from a Marshall Township business. They say sometime between Monday and Wednesday, a gr...
Jun 09, 2023 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
Battle Creek Police identify two bodies found in home on N. Wabash Ave
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police on Thursday released the identities of two deceased individuals found in a home in the 100 block of North Wabash Avenue a week ago on Thursday, June...
Jun 08, 2023
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
