Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Local economic development official decries lack of industrial building sites, skilled workers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo area will be facing challenges if it hopes to grow and thrive as an industrial center. That's according to the new director of Southwest Michigan First, who ...
May 16, 2022
Saturday morning house fire on Spring Street in Battle Creek causes nearly $154,000 in damages
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek fire officials say a home in the 100 block of Spring Street sustained major smoke and water damage when a fire broke out early Saturday morning but the pers...
May 16, 2022 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Battle Creek city crews to investigate sinkhole at Knapp and Capital
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Beginning Tuesday, May 17, Battle Creek city crews will be shutting down sections of Knapp Drive and Minges Road to investigate an ongoing sinkhole. The city will clos...
May 13, 2022 I 94 road project completion date revised (Photo by John McNeil)
Larry J Bell Library Foundation to take over former Food Dance building in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The former home of the Food Dance restaurant in Kalamazoo has a new owner with a familiar name. The Larry J Bell Library Foundation has announced plans to purchase the bui...
May 13, 2022 Bell's Brewery founder and President Larry Bell (courtesy of Bell's Brewery)
Three Rivers nurses working without a contract to hold rally and informational picket
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nurses at Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health System will hold a rally and informational picket next Tuesday, May 17. According to a release from the Michigan Nurses Asso...
May 12, 2022 Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health System in Three Rivers, Michigan (courtesy of Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health System)
Judge says sends sexual assault case against WMU hockey player to circuit court
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Western Michigan University hockey captain Paul Washe could now face a trial for allegations of sexually assaulting a woman late last year. Kalamazoo County Distric...
May 12, 2022 Best Law
Accomplice in Amber Griffin's murder confesses to evidence tampering
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO, AM/FM) -- A man has owned up to his role in the killing of 27-year-old Amber Griffin of Bedford Township. Julice Haggerty pleaded guilty on Wednesday, May 11, to tampering with...
May 11, 2022 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
GoFundMe set up to help family of Mica LeBeau
BARRY COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A GoFundMe page has been set up by the family of 21-year-old Mica LeBeau who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver near Delton early Sunday morning, May 8. The...
May 10, 2022 Image courtesy of Angelique McNaughton.
Consumers Credit Union Fresh Start Home Sweepstakes gives three members a leg up amidst growing inflation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Consumers Credit Union in Kalamazoo recently gave away $50,000 dollars in cash prizes to help some home project dreams come true. Through their Fresh Start Home Sweepstak...
May 10, 2022 Image courtesy of Consumers Credit Union.
Sidewalk to close for work on Michigan Avenue in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- City crews will be updating the brick facade at 18 Michigan Avenue beginning Wednesday, May 11. The sidewalk will be closed on the north side of W Michigan Avenue duri...
May 10, 2022
