Category Archives: Battle Creek News
BC drivers asked to be patient and alert during Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - It's one of the biggest summer weeks in the City of Battle Creek as the Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival gets underway on Thursday. Organizers of the event ...
Jun 30, 2022
86-year-old man injured after two boats collide on Cass County lake
PENN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After two boats collided on Diamond Lake in Cass County's Penn Township Tuesday, an 86-year-old man was injured when he was thrown into the water. The Cass County Sher...
Jun 29, 2022 Cass County Sheriff's Office boat (photo by John McNeil)
COVID Emergency Relief Act rent assistance to expire June 30
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Those needing rent assistance through a federal program created during the pandemic don't have much time to take advantage. The federal COVID Emergency Relief Act provide...
Jun 29, 2022 Pictures of Money / CC
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
