Category Archives: Battle Creek News
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.
Battle Creek Police case against security guard in fatal shooting goes to the Prosecutor
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police Friday said they have submitted a case to the Calhoun County Prosecutor against the security guard who they say shot and killed another man early Th...
Dec 03, 2021 Interior of the Cricket Club in downtown Battle Creek, Mi (photo courtesy of Battle Convention and Visitors Bureau)
UPDATE: Police identify shooter and victim in West side incident Thursday evening
UPDATE: Kalamazoo Township Police have identified the shooter and the victim in Thursday night's incident. According to authorities, 54 year old Eric Minies first shot 52 year old Marta Melero-Gomez, ...
Dec 03, 2021
Kellogg's announces tentative contract agreement with striking union, ratification vote set for Sunday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Kellogg Company announced on Thursday morning that a tentative agreement has been reached on a new five-year labor contract covering 1,400 employees at their U.S. ce...
Dec 02, 2021 Kellogg's company logo
Battle Creek police identify security guard in fatal shooting at the Cricket Club, no announcement on any charges
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police have identified the security guard who reportedly shot and killed another man outside a downtown bar early Thanksgiving morning, but say no charges ...
Dec 02, 2021 Crime scene tape
Vigil held outside Cricket Club for shooting victim Xavier West, BCPD continue investigation
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Friends and family members of 29-year-old Xavier West held a vigil Monday night outside of the Cricket Club bar on West Michigan Avenue in downtown Battle Creek. They ar...
Nov 30, 2021 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Family member says man who shot three inside Kalamazoo metro bus had been seeking help for mental health issues
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The investigation continues into why a man opened fire and injured three passengers inside a Kalamazoo metro bus Saturday morning, before he was shot and killed by police ...
Nov 29, 2021 Kalamazoo Metro Transit bus station downtown. (Photo by John McNeil)
Post Thanksgiving holiday travel delays down at Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While there were some delays at the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport during one of the busiest traveling weeks of the year, airport officials say they are enco...
Nov 29, 2021 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport (courtesy of Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport)
