Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Portage detectives plan more search efforts for missing man last seen with Nicholas Johnson
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Portage police detectives say more search efforts will be conducted for a man from Gobles, who's been missing for nearly three years and was last seen with a Portage man ac...
Apr 02, 2021 Nicholas Johnson. (Photo via Kalamazoo County Jail).
Calhoun health officials say vaccines are the strongest defense against COVID-19
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Health Department says that as of Wednesday morning, the county has a cumulative total of 9,602 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported to them with a to...
Apr 01, 2021
UPDATE: Remains of Ashley Parlier, missing since 2005, not found in new search
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - UPDATE: The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office issued an update on the search for the remains of the missing Ashley Parlier, a Battle Creek resident who has been missing ...
Mar 31, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Early morning fire on Post Avenue called suspicious by BCFD
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A fire in a vacant home early Tuesday morning in the 200 block of Post Avenue is being called suspicious by Battle Creek fire investigators. Firefighters were called at ...
Mar 30, 2021 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Battle Creek area could be next location for a new Chick-fil-A restaurant
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Battle Creek-area might be the next place a Chick-fil-A restaurant pops up in southwest Michigan. Officials in Emmett Township say a variance has been requested fo...
Mar 30, 2021 Chick-Fil-A via Google Street View
Calhoun County reports four new COVID-19 outbreaks in schools
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Monday, the State of Michigan's COVID-19 school outbreak data page reported four new outbreaks of the virus in Calhoun County public schools. According to the state,...
Mar 29, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
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.
