Category Archives: Battle Creek News
More state funding announced for Ford's battery plant near Marshall
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - More money is on the way for a proposed automotive battery plant in Calhoun County. The Michigan Strategic Fund has given approval to $120.3 million for the Marshall Area E...
Mar 29, 2023 Ford Motor Co CEO Bill Ford at a press conference in Romulus MI Feb 13, 2023
Horrocks moves from downtown Battle Creek to Lakeview Square Mall
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Horrocks Farm Market has opened its new location in Battle Creek at the Lakeview Square Mall. The store moved there from downtown Battle Creek, with the former location...
Mar 29, 2023 Interior of new Horrocks Farm Market location in Battle Creek's Lakeview Square Mall (courtesy Horrocks)
MDOT $160 million three year I-94 project in Calhoun County starts this week
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - There will be a lot of orange on I-94 in Calhoun County as the Michigan Department of Transportation is investing $160 million to repave 10 miles of I-94 and replace or ...
Mar 28, 2023 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Station 4 for BCFD reopens after being closed in January 2022 due to roof problems
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - After being closed for nearly 14 months due to a roof that leaked and partially collapsed, Station 4 for the Battle Creek Fire Department on 20th Street went back into a...
Mar 28, 2023 Courtesy Battle Creek Fire Department
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office and Veterans Affairs Partner on Veteran Deputy Visibility pins
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Calhoun County Sheriff Steve Hinkley has developed a program that allows law enforcement deputies who have served in the military to wear pins on their patrol uniform that ...
Mar 28, 2023 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Department
MSP investigating Calhoun County larcenies in Clarendon and Newton Townships
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan State Police from the Marshall Post are investigating a pair of larceny complaints in Calhoun County. Troopers are investigating the larceny of a golf car...
Mar 27, 2023 Michigan State Police (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
State Police planning 'Purses with a Purpose' campaign
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan State Police (MSP) Paw Paw post is getting set to bring attention Sexual Assault Awareness month in April with it's "Purses with Purpose" campaign. For the mon...
Mar 26, 2023
Curbside yard waste pickup starts week of April 3 for Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The City of Battle Creek is getting ready to start curbside yard waste pickup on the week of Monday, April 3. Residents can expect the yard waste pickup season to last...
Mar 26, 2023 City of Battle Creek logo
Portage man arrested in death of 18-month-old last December
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Portage man has been arrested in the death of an infant boy last December. Saturday the Portage Department of Public Safety arrested 29-year-old Brandon Bryce Sullivan in ...
Mar 25, 2023 Accident in Portage Tuesday seriously injures Kalamazoo man (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Suspect in attempted Wednesday night BC shooting placed in police custody
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police say they have arrested a 22-year-old man following an attempted shooting on Wednesday night. Police say they responded to a report of an attempted sh...
Mar 24, 2023 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
