Category Archives: Battle Creek News
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.
Bronson Healthcare announces chief operating officer for Bronson Battle Creek Hospital
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Joseph du Lac joins the Bronson Healthcare system as a senior vice president and chief operating officer (COO) for Bronson Battle Creek Hospital. In this role, he will...
Dec 06, 2022
Pfizer to invest $750 million to expand Portage MI facility and create 300 jobs
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Monday, December 5 that Pfizer Incorporated will be investing $750 million in it's Portage, MI facility. Officials say the investme...
Dec 05, 2022 Governor Gretchen Whitmer announcing on Monday, December 5, 2022, the $750 million investment by Pfizer Incorporated to expand the Portage, MI facility. (Photo provided by the Michigan Executive Office of the Governor)
Two injured in apartment complex shooting near Battle Creek
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Calhoun County Sheriff's office investigating a shooting that took place at an apartment complex in Springfield that injured two people on Friday, December 4. Sheri...
Dec 04, 2022
