Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Preliminary hearing for two Battle Creek teens charged with murdering two-year-old while he slept
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Calhoun County District Judge Judge Paul Beardslee is deciding if two teenagers will go on trial for shooting and killing two-year-old Kai Turner of Battle Creek as he ...
Dec 09, 2022 Best Law
Consumers Energy to provides $7.25 million to help Michiganders with winter heating bills
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Consumers Energy announced on Thursday, December 8 that it is providing $7.25 million to help customers pay heating bills this winter. The new contributions are slated to g...
Dec 08, 2022
Upton votes for marriage protections and religious liberties
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Representative Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, on Thursday, December 8 issued the following statement after voting for the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill which would ...
Dec 08, 2022 (Photo courtesy of fredupton.com)
Three Rivers Commercial-News ceasing publications this Saturday after 127 years
THREE RIVERS, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A long time area newspaper that has been published for over a century is going out of business. The Three Rivers Commercial-News will cease publication after 127 years w...
Dec 08, 2022 Photo courtesy Three Rivers Commercial News Facebook page
State Police recover multiple stolen vehicles & trailers valued around $300,000
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Detectives with the Michigan State Police Marshall Post have recovered an estimated $300,000 dollars in stolen vehicles and trailers following an investigation that spanne...
Dec 07, 2022 Photo provided by the Michigan State Police Marshall Post.
One killed as pick-up smashes into semi on U.S. 12 in St. Joseph County
MOTTVILLE, TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police troopers are investigating a fatal traffic crash involving a pick-up truck and a semi-truck with trailer combination Tuesday. The crash occ...
Dec 07, 2022 A semi-truck damaged in a fatal accident in St. Joseph County Dec. 6, 2022 (courtesy Michigan State Police)
BC Clerk's Office taking part in partial recount of Props 2 and 3
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The City of Battle Creek's Clerk Office will be closed on Wednesday so that they can participate in a ballot recount from last month's general election. A recount reques...
Dec 07, 2022 City of Battle Creek logo
Ascension Borgess nurses authorize union leadership to call for strike if needed
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Talks are scheduled to resume Thursday, but unionized nurses at Ascension Borgess Hospital have voted to allow their contract bargaining team the ability to call for a str...
Dec 07, 2022 Photo courtesy Ascension Borgess Hospital.
Calhoun County deputy praised for saving elderly man's life in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Calhoun County Sheriff's deputy is being praised for saving the life of a 69-year-old man on Tuesday morning in Springfield after the man walked away from a local assis...
Dec 07, 2022 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).
Two occupants injured during Athens Township home invasion, suspect arrested
ATHENS TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 22-year-old man from Battle Creek was taken into custody on Tuesday after he broke into an Athens Township residence and assaulted two occupants during a home invas...
Dec 06, 2022 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
