Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Victim testifies in Calhoun County case involving pizza driver who drove at a crowd of people
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A 27-year-old man testified in Calhoun County court on Monday, saying he feared for his life just before he was hit by a car driven by a pizza delivery driver in a Spr...
Mar 17, 2021 Best Law
Two people assaulted outside a Battle Creek church after a friend's funeral
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two people from the Detroit area, who were in Battle Creek to attend a funeral over the weekend, say they were assaulted by a man with a gun outside the church after t...
Mar 16, 2021
Battle Creek - City asks residents to choose top service priorities
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The City of Battle Creek wants to hear from its residents regarding which services they feel are the most important, as well as how those services are defined. Accordi...
Mar 15, 2021 I-94 Capital Ave. exit in Battle Creek - Google Street View
Kellogg Community College announces expansion of iACT
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Kellogg Community College announced on Monday that over the next four years, they plan to provide Battle Creek residents with no-cost job training, scholarships for coll...
Mar 15, 2021 Kellogg Community College logo (courtesy of KCC)
No injuries reported in Helmer garage fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Authorities are looking into the cause of a garage fire near Battle Creek Friday evening. Firefighters responded to 15423 South Helmer Road around 6:30 and found fire ...
Mar 13, 2021 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Employee, security guard assaulted by woman trying to steal clothes at Battle Creek store
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police in Battle Creek are trying to locate a female suspect who is accused of trying to steal nearly $1,000 worth of clothing from a Meijer store earlier this week. S...
Mar 12, 2021 Meijer on W. Columbia Ave. in Battle Creek - Google Satellite Image
Semi-truck window shattered by rock thrown from I-94 overpass in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police in Calhoun County say a semi-truck traveling on I-94 Thursday afternoon was struck by a rock thrown from two people standing on an overpass. The driver was head...
Mar 12, 2021 I-94 Capital Ave. exit in Battle Creek - Google Street View
Tekonsha schools to have virtual classes through March 19 due to COVID-19 issues
TEKONSHA, MI (WTVB) - Due to COVID-19 related issues, Tekonsha Community Schools will be closed through next Friday, March 19. Instruction will be virtual during that time. Superintendent Jeff Kawaski...
Mar 12, 2021
Consumers Energy agrees to buy power from Calhoun Solar Center
JACKSON, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Consumers Energy announced on Thursday they have reached an agreement to buy 140 megawatts of clean, renewable energy, enough to power about 70,000 residential customers, fro...
Mar 11, 2021
Flags in Michigan at half-staff Thursday to honor passing of former legislator from Kalamazoo
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex to be lowered to half-staff on Thursday, March 11 to honor the life and servi...
Mar 11, 2021 Matt DiGirolamo / CC
