Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Final four possible names selected for Battle Creek baseball team, fans asked to vote
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After feedback from the community, the Battle Creek baseball team has announced changes to the finalists in the Name the Team contest. After initially presenting seven ...
Dec 07, 2021 Final four possible names for the Battle Creek Baseball team. (Photo courtesy Tyler Shore).
Strike against Kellogg's continues after union members reject tentative agreement
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A strike which has lasted for over two months against Kellogg's by the union representing nearly 1,400 workers at four cereal plants continues after union members voted ...
Dec 07, 2021 Kellogg's company logo
Identity of injured Battle Creek pedestrian still unknown to police
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The identify of a pedestrian who was critically injured Saturday night when he was struck by a vehicle on Columbia Avenue near South 31st Street is still unknown and Bat...
Dec 07, 2021
80 years after dying at Pearl Harbor, a Kalamazoo sailor to be laid to rest today at Ft. Custer National Cemetery
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The body of a Kalamazoo man killed 80 years ago in the attack on Pearl Harbor will be laid to rest at Ft. Custer National Cemetery later today. Through a mission by the U....
Dec 07, 2021 Fort Custer National Cemetery sign (courtesy of Fort Custer National Cemetery Facebook page)
Three Rivers Community Schools reverses decision on LGBTQ flags hung in classrooms
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three weeks after Three Rivers Community Schools teachers were told by administrators to take down pride flags hanging in their classrooms the district's school board h...
Dec 07, 2021 lisamikulski / CC
Update - Cass County man sentenced in Kalamazoo murder case earlier this year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Cass County man facing murder charges in a case earlier this year has received a sentence as of Monday. According to an update from MLive, 30-year-old Jordan Pierre John...
Dec 06, 2021 Joe Gratz
Toys for Tots effort needs more donations to fulfill requests for holiday
BATTLE CREEK MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The annual Toys for Tots drive is underway, and a spokesperson for the Marine Corps Reserve says that more donations are needed to insure a Merry Christmas for area chil...
Dec 06, 2021 CPXi / CC
BCFD called to former Southwest Junior High for a fourth time
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A weekend fire at the former Southwest Junior High School building at 390 South Washington is under investigation by the Fire Marshal. It was the fourth fire this year a...
Dec 06, 2021 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Upton wary of possible reimursement cuts for Medicare providers
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - The United States House will return for legislative business Tuesday, and Sixth District Congressman Fred Upton says they have a healthy end-of-year laundry list to comp...
Dec 05, 2021 Former US House Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) in a file photo. (photo courtesy office of Congressman Fred Upton)
Marshall area man in stable condition after being stabbed in the neck
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Calhoun County police say a man is in the hospital in stable condition after being stabbed by his half-brother Friday evening, December 3. Deputies were dispatched to the ...
Dec 04, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
