Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Early morning blaze on Ridge Street under investigation by BC Fire Marshal
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The cause of a fire that broke out early Tuesday morning at a home on Ridge Street in Battle Creek is under investigation by the Battle Creek Fire Marshal. The fire at 1...
Jul 12, 2022 Fire Investigation Image, copyright © Midwest Communications
17-year-old boy dies after being shot near Arbor Pointe Townhomes, BCPD investigating
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 17-year-old who just graduated from high school last month is dead following a shooting in Battle Creek late Monday night. Battle Creek Police are investigating the fa...
Jul 12, 2022 Christopher Mark Williams (courtesy of Battle Creek Police Department)
Probable Monkeypox case identified in Kent County
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Monday, July 11, notified The Kent County Health Department (KCHD) that the first probable case of Monkeypox wa...
Jul 11, 2022 2003 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Veterans Millage renewal on August 2 Calhoun County ballot
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Voters of Calhoun County will be asked on August 2 to renew a dedicated Veterans Millage. This 10-year, tenth-of-a-mill tax, which was initially approved in 2012, rais...
Jul 11, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Kalamazoo County woman wins $300,000 in Michigan Lottery scratch off game
LANSING, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 75-year-old Kalamazoo County woman recently won $300,000 playing the Michigan Lottery's Cashword Times 5 instant game. She purchased her winning ticket at the BP gas statio...
Jul 11, 2022 meesh / CC
Early Monday morning robbery at Kalamazoo gas station, suspects still at large
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There was an armed robbery of a gas station in Kalamazoo early Monday. At approximately 3:10 a.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Officers were dispatched to the 390...
Jul 11, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Kayakers rescued from Kalamazoo River Saturday
GUN PLAIN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several kayakers who got stranded on the Kalamazoo River in Allegan County's Gun Plain Township had to be rescued Saturday. According to the Plainwell Department ...
Jul 11, 2022 Plainwell authorities arrest man suspected of pointing a gun at another person
Boat capsizes near South Haven, four rescued unhurt from the water
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - Four people had to be rescued after their 30-foot boat capsized while in the Lake Michigan entrance to the Black River Channel in South Haven Saturday evening. Emergency...
Jul 11, 2022 A boat capsized while in the Lake Michigan entrance to the Black River Channel in South Haven July 9, 2022 (courtesy of South Haven Area Emergency Services)
Fire causes over 50K of damage to home under renovation
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A house under renovation in Battle Creek suffered over $50,000 worth of damage from a fire, Saturday evening, July 9. The Battle Creek Fire Department responded around...
Jul 10, 2022 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Albion College's Whitehouse Nature Center closed: Potential alligator sightings
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Albion College had to close it's Whitehouse Nature Center on Sunday, July 10, after potential alligator sightings. According to FOX-17, the college said there were two separ...
Jul 10, 2022 Photo from Albion College's Whitehouse Nature Center's Facebook page.
