Category Archives: Battle Creek News
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
Pastrami Joe's Deli closing downtown BC location due to COVID-19 pandemic
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed another Battle Creek business. Pastrami Joe's Deli announced on its Facebook page this week that they will be closing their downtown Ba...
Mar 10, 2021
Battle Creek father charged in infant son's shaking death headed to trial
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man charged with the death of his infant son is headed to trial in Calhoun County. 30-year-old Kyle Kregling of Battle Creek was convicted on all charges in the Nove...
Mar 09, 2021 Best Law
Galesburg and Marshall finalists for "Put Your Town On the Map" Competition
GALESBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Last month, the Consumers Energy Foundation announced that its "Put Your Town on the Map!" competition was back after a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This...
Mar 08, 2021
$1.2 million Lotto 47 ticket sold at Citgo station near Firekeepers Casino
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Wayne County woman recently won $1.2 million after buying a Michigan Lottery Lotto 47 ticket at a Citgo station near Firekeepers Casino. The Michigan Lottery says she ...
Mar 08, 2021 Pictures of Money / CC
