Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Kalamazoo Public School mask mandate stays in place, at least until after Spring Break
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools will reassess its masking mandate in the coming weeks, but for now it will remain in place, with school officials saying another spike could be ju...
Mar 18, 2022 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting March 17, 2022
Police determine threat made against Marshall Middle School was not credible
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Following an investigation by the Marshall Police Department, it was determined that a report of a threat made by a 13-year-old boy against Marshall Middle School was not cr...
Mar 18, 2022 Marshall Public Schools logo
Public hearing scheduled on proposed Battle Creek Transit fare increases
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A single ride on Battle Creek Transit buses has cost $1.25 for the last 19 years and a 50-cent fare increase is being proposed along with several other changes. The Batt...
Mar 18, 2022 Courtesy City of Battle Creek
Calhoun County inmate in custody after being inadvertently released
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - An inmate from the Calhoun County Correctional Facility is in custody after being inadvertently released Thursday afternoon. 38-year-old Ryan George Ballinger of Homer w...
Mar 17, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Marshall Public School closed for Thursday after student makes social media threats
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Marshall Public Schools are closed for Thursday after Superintendent Becky Jones said the district got information of a student making social media threats. She said in a le...
Mar 17, 2022 Marshall Public Schools logo
National Cereal Festival returning to downtown BC after two years of COVID-19 cancellations
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - After two years of cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers for the National Cereal Festival say they will have an event in downtown Battle Creek this year...
Mar 16, 2022
Albion police authorities release photos of bank robbery suspect
ALBION, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Albion Department of Public Safety has released a couple of photos of a suspect they say was involved in last Friday's robbery of the Huntington Bank at Eaton and Broadwel...
Mar 16, 2022 Courtesy Albion Department of Public Safety
Congressman Fred Upton tests positive for COVID-19
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan State Congressman Fred Upton of St. Joseph announced Tuesday, March 15, on Twitter that he had tested positive for COVID-19. The tweet, sent from Upton's account...
Mar 15, 2022
VA recommends moving services from Battle Creek to Grand Rapids area
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs made it's recommendations to the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission on Monday, March 14. One of them being to move all inpat...
Mar 15, 2022 Battle Creek VAMC (courtesy of the Veterans Affairs Administration)
Kalamazoo area dealerships to host Recycling Day event
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- With Global Recycling Day coming up on Friday, March 18th, DeNooyer Chevrolet and DeNooyer Ford will be hosting an Electronics Recycling event at both locations, in partn...
Mar 15, 2022 Nicolas Raymond / CC
