Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Whirlpool Appliance sale coming to Battle Creek, proceeds to benefit area United Ways
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hundreds of deeply discounted appliances supplied by Whirlpool Corporation will be on sale to the public in a special two-day event benefiting two area United Ways. The...
Nov 15, 2021 Whirlpool-United Way appliance sale in Benton Harbor MI. (Photo courtesy United Way).
First PFAS testing report at Battle Creek Executive Airport shows above-standard levels
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The first phase of PFAS testing at the Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field shows higher levels than the state cleanup standard in a variety of samples. The ...
Nov 15, 2021 Jean and Fred / CC
Calhoun County cold case reopens thanks to Olivet College students
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Thanks to students in Olivet College's Criminal Justice program, Calhoun County Sheriff's Office detectives are reopening a homicide cold case from 1988. A dead body was...
Nov 15, 2021 Photo courtesy Calhoun County Government
Over $11,000 raised for family whose rental home was demolished by police in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Over $11,000 has been raised by a GoFundMe campaign for a Kalamazoo family after their apartment was damaged during a police stand-off with a shooting suspect a week ago t...
Nov 15, 2021 Demolished home on Washington Avenue in Kalamazoo. (Photo via GoFundMe Campaign).
18-year-old male shot in the head, BC Police arrest four after high speed chase
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police say they are investigating the shooting of an 18-year-old male who was shot in the head late Sunday afternoon in the 500 block of West Jackson Street...
Nov 15, 2021
FedEx in Portage actively hiring to meet holiday demand
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As companies across the country aim to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, a regional FedEx facility in Portage is gearing up for the holidays. And they're doing this by be...
Nov 14, 2021 Photo from WWMT/Matt Miller
Two injured in Cass County accident Wednesday
CASSOPOLIS MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cass County authorities are continuing their investigation into a two-vehicle accident Wednesday that sent two people to an area hospital. Deputies were called to the inte...
Nov 11, 2021 Cass County Sheriff's Office sign. (Photo by John McNeil)
Transportation shortage forces virtual learning at Pennfield Schools; drivers also needed in Paw Paw
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As of Wednesday, November 10, all K-12 classes at Pennfield Schools in Calhoun County have moved to virtual learning. Classes will remain virtual until Monday, Novemb...
Nov 10, 2021 JohnPickenPhoto / CC
Kalamazoo's Bell's Brewery to merge with Colorado-based New Belgium Brewing
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo area based Bell's Brewery has announced a sales agreement that will see them join forces with New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, Colorado. According to bell's ...
Nov 10, 2021 Bell's Brewery founder and President Larry Bell (courtesy of Bell's Brewery)
More surveillance photos released in burglary at Calhoun County marijuana dispensary
TEKONSHA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- More surveillance photos have been released related to the burglary of a marijuana dispensary in Calhoun County earlier this week. It happened at Aim High Meds in Tekonsha...
Nov 10, 2021 Courtesy Aim High Meds in Tekonsha
