Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Calhoun County landlord enters guilty plea for fraudulently getting COVID emergency rental assistance
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Calhoun County landlord was recently convicted of fraudulently obtaining $8,850 in program funds from the COVID Emergency Rental Assistance (CERA) program. According t...
Mar 23, 2023 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
MSP report says St. Joseph County Sheriff was allegedly speeding before February 26 crash
(SCHOOLCRAFT, MI) -- A Michigan State Police report obtained by the Kalamazoo Gazette and MLive through a Freedom of Information Act request stated St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite was allege...
Mar 22, 2023 Mugshot for St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite Feb 26, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Co Sheriff's Office)
Accidental kitchen fire causes over $122,000 worth of damage to BC home
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - What is being called an accidental cooking fire caused over $122,000 worth of damage on Monday morning at 27 East Bidwell Street in Battle Creek. The Battle Creek Fire D...
Mar 21, 2023 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo joins Bell's Brewery in celebration of Oberon Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Today is officially Oberon Day in the City of Kalamazoo, to honor the seasonal beer that helped make Bell's Brewery one of the biggest brewers in the Midwest. Bell's plans...
Mar 20, 2023 Nicholas Upton / CC
Theft of camper from business under investigation by St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office
WHITE PIGEON TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department in investigating the larceny of a camper which was stolen from a business last Thursday night. This incident took pla...
Mar 20, 2023
Gilmore Car Museum to hold princess and superhero event, Saturday
HICKORY CORNERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Gilmore Car Museum's Cars & Characters: Princesses, Villains, & Superheroes event is set to take place on Saturday, March 25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., combini...
Mar 19, 2023 Gilmore Car Museum logo
Students from 9 counties participate in regional Science Olympiad at WMU
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Western Michigan University hosting upwards of 750 local middle and high schoolers for the 2023 regional Science Olympiad tournament on Saturday. Hosted by WMU's College ...
Mar 19, 2023
Over 30 emergency organizations take part in tabletop exercise for Calhoun County EF-5 tornado
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - A total of 34 area organizations took part in a tabletop exercise on Thursday at the Marshall Regional Law Enforcement Center to explore how local organizations would come togeth...
Mar 17, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
Three Rivers man rescued from chilly river by St. Joseph County Dive Team
LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A 30-year-old Three Rivers man had to be rescued from the frigid waters of a river in the area of South River and Noah Lake Roads on Thursday night. The St. Joseph Count...
Mar 17, 2023 Courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department
Marshall Township Trustee recall petition filed in Calhoun County over Marshall Megasite votes
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Marshall Township resident has filed a recall petition in the Calhoun County Elections Office against a Township Trustee over the Marshall Megasite. Marshall Townshi...
Mar 17, 2023
