Category Archives: Battle Creek News

Calhoun County Public Health Department to Offer BC Clinic for COVID-19 Bivalent Booster
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Joint Operations Center has announced that the Public Health Department (CCPHD) will be holding a COVID-19 booster vaccine clinic for the much-anticip...
Jim Measel Sep 14, 2022

Police locate, arrest man related to Saturday kidnapping/shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek Police have arresting a man who allegedly kidnapped and shot at a girlfriend on Saturday morning, September 10. Authorities say that 26-year-old Jatai Nic...
Jerry Malec Sep 13, 2022

IRS approves Kalamazoo Black History Museum tax exempt status
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Officials with the Kalamazoo Black History Museum received good news in August. The Internal Revenue Service notified the museum that it was awarded non-profit status on ...
Jerry Malec Sep 13, 2022 Kalamazoo Black History Museum logo

Body of missing Kalamazoo man found by dive team
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The body of a missing Kalamazoo man has been found. According to WOOD TV-8, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office said that 20-year-old Nathaniel Duvall Brown was recover...
Jerry Malec Sep 13, 2022 Photo of 20-year-old Nathaniel Duvall Brown provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.

Lawton man dies in Monday night St. Joseph County crash
FABIUS TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A two vehicle crash Monday night in St. Joseph County took the life of a 77-year-old man from Lawton. St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite says the crash happene...
Jim Measel Sep 13, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)

No injuries in Battle Creek bank robbery: Police looking for suspect
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek Police are seeking help from the public to help them solve a bank robbery that happened on Monday afternoon, September 12. Police responded to the call of...
Jerry Malec Sep 12, 2022 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).

Battle Creek police seek suspect in kidnapping/shooting incident
BATTLE CREEK MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police officials are searching for a man suspected of shooting at and then kidnapping a woman described as a former girlfriend. 26-year-old Jatai Cummings i...
Jim McKinney Sep 11, 2022

Head-on crash kills one in Cass County Friday afternoon
MARCELLUS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person was killed and another injured after a two vehicle head-on crash in Cass County Friday afternoon. Just after after 2:30 p.m., Cass County Sheriff's Office deput...
Ken Delaney Sep 09, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)

Overheated bathroom exhaust fan likely cause of Battle Creek house fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A bathroom exhaust fan that overheated is be blamed as the likely cause of a house fire that caused nearly $97,000 worth of damage on Thursday morning at a home in the 3...
Jim Measel Sep 09, 2022 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).

Fatal car-pedestrian accident under investigation by Marshall Police
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Marshall Police continue to investigate a fatal car-pedestrian accident that took place on Wednesday morning. Police say police, fire and first responders were dispatched ar...
Jim Measel Sep 09, 2022 Courtesy Marshall Police Department Facebook page




