Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Sturgis hospital seeking funding support to stay open
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Sturgis City Commission is scheduled to hold a special meeting on Thursday, June 30, to try to come up with a plan to keep Sturgis Hospital open. According to WWMT-TV, ...
Jun 29, 2022 Sturgis Hospital, Sturgis MI (courtesy of Sturgis Hospital Facebook page)
Former Bronson student charged in connection with false bomb threat at high school
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Prosecutors have charged a teenage girl with allegedly making a false bomb threat at Bronson High School on March 9. 18-year-old Morgan Payge Fill was arraigned on...
Jun 29, 2022 Rumble Press / CC
Calhoun Public Health Department offering COVID-19 vaccines for young children
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Public Health Department is now providing COVID-19 vaccinations for children between the ages of six months and four years old. Both the Pfizer-BioNTe...
Jun 29, 2022
$7.5M performance-based loan to support re-development project of Battle Creek's former McCamly Plaza Hotel
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday, June 28, joined forces with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation in announcing Michigan Strategic Fund approval of proje...
Jun 28, 2022
Albion and Parchment to receive cut of USDA's $73.9 million to support rural Michigan infrastructure improvements
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director for Michigan Brandon Fewins announced on Tuesday, June 28, a $73.9 million investment in rural Michigan in...
Jun 28, 2022 USDA logo
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office seeking information on two wanted people
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of two wanted people. Police are identifying the first wanted person as 27-year-old Tay...
Jun 28, 2022 Left, wanted person Taylor R. Morgan, and right, wanted person Thomas C. Carpentier. (Photos from the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
Water shutoff on Battle Creek street as crews repair water main break
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- City crews are currently repairing a water main break on Sigel Street in Battle Creek. According to the City Manager's Office, this will require a temporary water shut...
Jun 28, 2022
Police identify kayaker who drowned Saturday in Three Rivers
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials have now identified that kayaker who drowned Saturday in the St. Joseph River in Three Rivers as 26-year-old Donovan Forsythe of Princeton, North Carolina The...
Jun 28, 2022 Three Rivers Police Department (Photo by John McNeil)
126th Army Band to perform Wednesday at Binder Park Zoo
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The public is invited to enjoy a rare musical opportunity when the 126th Army Band out of Lansing performs on Wednesday, June 29, at Binder Park Zoo. The 126th Army Ba...
Jun 27, 2022
Battle Creek City Commission to interview six candidates for at-large position
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Battle Creek City Commission is getting ready to interview six candidates for the at-large opening on the commission. The interviews will take place near the begin...
Jun 27, 2022
