Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Battle Creek-based Kellogg hopes to get striking workers back to bargaining table
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek-based Kellogg Company is hoping to get striking workers back to the bargaining table. Over 1,400 employees across the company have been on strike for thre...
Oct 26, 2021 Kellogg's company logo
AG Nessel hosts second stop of Power Outage Listening Tour in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel hosted a discussion in Battle Creek Monday evening to hear directly from those impacted by repeated power outages this summer. The...
Oct 25, 2021 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Qualification deadline for ARP responsive grants coming this Friday, October 29
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Responsive Grant, which provides funds to support nonprofits impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, is accepting qualification forms unt...
Oct 25, 2021 (Image courtesy United Way).
UPDATE - One of two suspects charged in August Battle Creek bank robbery
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - UDPATE - One of two suspects involved in a Battle Creek bank robbery last August has been charged, according to an update from WOOD TV. Previously, police were investig...
Oct 25, 2021 Battle Creek Bank Robbery - August 2021. (Photo courtesy City of Battle Creek).
Occupants escape Sunday morning BC house fire, cause under investigation
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The occupants of a home at 51 Battle Creek Avenue just south of downtown Battle Creek managed to get out safely when a fire broke out in the wee hours of Sunday morning....
Oct 25, 2021 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Bronson Commons wins prestigious award
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Bronson Commons in Mattawan has been awarded the 2021 Silver - Achievement in Quality Award by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Livin...
Oct 24, 2021 Bronson sign in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo juveniles arrested for vehicle theft
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Three Kalamazoo area juveniles were arrested by police after stealing two vehicles on Saturday. Authorities say police spotted the first stolen vehicle around 1 a.m. at S...
Oct 24, 2021 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
KDPS seek shooting suspect of 23-year-old man
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A 23-year-old Kalamazoo man is in the hospital after being struck by gunfire early Sunday morning, October 24. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says the incident hap...
Oct 24, 2021 (Photo courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety).
Pearl Harbor sailor from Southwest MI to return home for burial
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Navy Seaman 1st Class Wesley Graham is expected to return home after 80 years to be buried. The Watervliet native was among 429 crewmen who died on the USS Oklahoma durin...
Oct 23, 2021 Photo of Wesley Graham (WWMT/Courtesy of Sean P. Everett, SFC, USA).
Bullying and assault incident in a bathroom at Pennfield High School caught on video
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says information on a bullying and assault incident in a bathroom at Pennfield High School has been forwarded to the Calhoun County ...
Oct 22, 2021
