Category Archives: Battle Creek News
19-year-old credited with saving two men from Calhoun County drowning
HOMER, MI (WTVB) - A 19-year-old Homer man is being credited by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office with saving two other men from drowning last Friday afternoon. The Calhoun County Marine Patrol and ...
Jun 07, 2022
Larceny investigation in Calhoun County turns up large amounts of stolen items to include vehicles, watercraft, and trailers
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A big haul for Calhoun County Sheriff's deputies on Saturday, June 4 as they turned up multiple stolen items to include several vehicles, watercraft, and trailers du...
Jun 07, 2022
United Way and Kellogg's team up for Summer Stock Up supporting food banks
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- United Way of South Central Michigan is joining with the Michigan Association of United Ways, the Kellogg Company and local United Ways statewide in a two-week virtual ef...
Jun 07, 2022 United Ways of South Central Michigan logo. (Image courtesy United Ways of South Central Michigan).
Kalamazoo Central High School students protest possible overturning of Roe v Wade
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Around 300 Kalamazoo Central High School students walked out of class on Tuesday, June 7, to exercise their right protest. The students left the building and went outside...
Jun 07, 2022 Kalamazoo Central High School - Google Street View
Battle Creek woman turns herself in and is charged in boyfriend's murder
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Battle Creek woman is charged with murder after police say she brutally attacked her partner back in April of this year. Authorities say Markisha Srackangast, who tu...
Jun 07, 2022 Photo from the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
BC fire officials looking for cause of blaze which caused over $91,000 in damage
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Battle Creek Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of a house fire in the 400 block of East Emmett Street which resulted in over $91,000 worth of damage on Monday ...
Jun 07, 2022 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Production of Paxlovid for high-risk COVID-19 patients has begun at Pfizer Portage Plant
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Pfizer plans a relatively quick turnaround on their plans to begin making Paxlovid,one of their newer Covid-19 treatments, in Kalamazoo County. The FDA has issued an Emerge...
Jun 07, 2022 Pfizer Chief Global Supply Officer Mike McDermott making the announcement of the production of the COVID-19 treatment drug, Paxlovid at the Portage facility on Monday, June 6, 2022. (Photo by John McNeill)
Judicial Candidate Forum to give voters a chance to hear from Non-Incumbents
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The League of Women Voters of the Kalamazoo Area is getting ready to host a Judicial Candidate Forum on Thursday, June 9. The event is designed to give voters a chance to...
Jun 06, 2022
Pfizer's Portage facility to produce COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid and create more jobs for local economy
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A big announcement came from Pfizer on Monday, June 6, as they plan to bring production of Paxlovid to Kalamazoo, which is one of their newest treatments in the battle ag...
Jun 06, 2022 Pfizer Chief Global Supply Officer Mike McDermott making the announcement of the production of the COVID-19 treatment drug, Paxlovid at the Portage facility on Monday, June 6, 2022. (Photo by John McNeill)
MDOT now says the Portage Road bridge project over I-94 has been delayed until further notice
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A logistics problem has put a major road project in the Kalamazoo area on hold. The Michigan Department of Transportation Monday morning announced that due to complication...
Jun 06, 2022 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
