Category Archives: Battle Creek News
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)
Search continues for Three Rivers woman missing since Monday, May 29
CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The search continues for a missing woman from Three Rivers with Alzheimer's and dementia. The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office says 73-year-old Marilee Furlong left he...
Jun 04, 2023 Marilee Furlong of Three Rivers, MI (courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office)
One year old dies after crash on M-40 near Paw Paw Friday afternoon
WAVERLY TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A one year-old has died after the vehicle they were riding in was rear-ended near Paw Paw Friday afternoon. The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office says the accident ...
Jun 02, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
$1 million lawsuit filed against State of Michigan by wrongly convicted man just released from prison
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One day after the Kalamazoo County Prosecuting Attorney announced no new charges will be be filed against a Battle Creek man who spent decades in prison before being decla...
Jun 02, 2023 Jeff Titus speaks with reporters outside Lakeland Correctional Facility, Coldwater MI Feb 24, 2023 (screenshot courtesy of WOOD-TV 8)
