Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Battle Creek area fire destroys garage work shop and leaves two goats dead
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Battle Creek-area fire Saturday afternoon caused heavy damage to a garage and some vehicles, and also left two goats dead. Pennfield Township firefighters were...
Mar 29, 2021 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Ascension Borgess visitor guidelines adjust to rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- With the continuing rise of COVID-19 cases across the state and hospitalizations due to the virus, Ascension Borgess has adjusted their visitation policies. Up until now,...
Mar 27, 2021 Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital, formerly Ascension Borgess
Unattached garage destroyed in early Friday morning fire on Waupakisco Beach
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A power line is thought to have caused a fire early Friday morning which destroyed an unattached garage at 146 Waupakisco Beach in Battle Creek. The blaze was reported a...
Mar 26, 2021 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Two children removed from Battle Creek-area home where drugs and weapons were found
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Authorities in Calhoun County say two small children were removed from a home this week in Pennfield Township. It happened after it was discovered they were livi...
Mar 26, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Two suffer life threatening injuries in Calhoun County T-bone crash
LEROY TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Calhoun County two vehicle crash involving a full-size van and a sedan early Wednesday afternoon injured five persons with two persons suffering life threatening inj...
Mar 25, 2021
Jones heading to trial in November death of 18-month-old
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A man who is facing murder and child abuse charges in connection with last November's death of 18-month-old Drequan Scott will stand trial. The Battle Creek Enquirer rep...
Mar 24, 2021 Henry Lewis Jones Jr. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Police Department).
Battle Creek, Calhoun County will not be participating in statewide tornado drill Wednesday
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Officials in Battle Creek and Calhoun County announced Tuesday night that they will not be participating in a statewide tornado warning taking place today. They issu...
Mar 24, 2021 I-94 Capital Ave. exit in Battle Creek - Google Street View
High school in Battle Creek is among 60 schools in Michigan with new COVID-19 outbreaks
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services are reporting new COVID-19 outbreaks in more than 60 Michigan schools, including two in the Battle Creek area. On ...
Mar 23, 2021 Yuri Samoilov / CC
Two cases of B.1.1.7 variant identified in St. Joseph County
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency says two cases of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 has been identified in St. Joseph County. The agency says individuals have...
Mar 23, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC
UPDATE: Battle Creek police locate missing man suffering from dementia
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police in Battle Creek have successfully located the missing Vernon Bennett. They released the following statement to the public Monday night: "Mr. Bennett has been lo...
Mar 22, 2021
