Category Archives: Battle Creek News
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...
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...
Sep 09, 2022 Courtesy Marshall Police Department Facebook page
Gas line rupture, fire, causes evacuations in Kalamazoo Thursday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The evacuations are over in Kalamazoo after a gas line ruptured and then caught fire yesterday. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officials say a crew hit the four-inc...
Sep 09, 2022 Arseni Mourzenko
Bronson Healthcare named to Forbes 2022 list of America's best employers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Forbes recently released its 2022 "America's Best-In-State Employers" list. In Michigan, Bronson Healthcare is the 4th highest ranking employer among hospitals and health...
Sep 08, 2022 Bronson sign in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil)
Battle Creek man leads police on chase in stolen vehicle and jailed on multiple charges
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Battle Creek man is in jail on several charges after leading police on a chase in a stolen vehicle. Authorities say it happened Wednesday afternoon, September 7, whe...
Sep 08, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Sgt. Ryan J. Proxmire Memorial Highway dedication to take place on Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A portion of US-131 in Kalamazoo County will officially be named the "Sergeant Ryan J. Proxmire Memorial Highway" in a ceremony on Friday, September 9, at 4 p.m., in the ...
Sep 08, 2022 Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Proxmire
MSP investigating another catalytic converter theft in Calhoun County
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan State Police along with other law enforcement agencies say the theft of catalytic converters is a serious issue facing Michigan citizens as they are stolen ...
Sep 08, 2022 Seth Sawyers / CC
First probable case of Monkeypox identified in Allegan County resident
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) notified the Allegan County Health Department (ACHD) that a probable case of Monkeypox virus (MPV) has been ide...
Sep 07, 2022 2003 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Convis Township mailboxes set on fire, Calhoun County Sheriff's Office and Postal Officials investigating
CONVIS TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department is investigating the torching of several mailboxes in Convis Township which took place over the holiday weekend. The Sheriff's...
Sep 07, 2022 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Wanted fugitive involved in Three Rivers standoff arrested Tuesday
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- St. Joseph County deputies have arrested the man involved in the hours-long standoff Saturday, September 3, in Three Rivers. 33-year-old Kenneth Scott, a wanted f...
Sep 06, 2022 St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
