Category Archives: Battle Creek News

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...
Jim Measel 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 ...
Jim Measel 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...
Jim Measel 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...
Jerry Malec 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...
Jerry Malec 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 ...
Ken Delaney 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...
Jim Measel Mar 24, 2023 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).

Calhoun County Sheriff's Department and Child Protective Services investigating injuries to 18-month-old
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department and Child Protective Services are investigating injuries that were suffered by a 18-month-old child. Deputies were sent to t...
Jim Measel Mar 24, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.

Albion woman shot to death, suspect arrested after calling Calhoun 911
ALBION, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A man is in custody in connection with the Thursday night shooting death of a woman after the Albion Department of Public Safety said he called Calhoun County Dispatch Authori...
Jim Measel Mar 24, 2023 Albion Department of Public Safety logo

Bronson Healthcare named to Newsweek's list of America's greatest workplaces for women
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Bronson Healthcare has been named as one of three healthcare employers in the state to be recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women for 202...
Jerry Malec Mar 23, 2023 Bronson sign in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil)
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