Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Battle Creek city offices closed for holidays, buildings closed to public in January
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- City of Battle Creek buildings will remain closed to the public in January, and public meetings will take place virtually through March 31, 2021. "From our city team, ...
Dec 24, 2020 Alan Levine / CC
Robot helps Santa and Mrs. Claus visit patients virtually at Bronson Children's Hospital
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Santa and Mrs. Claus recently paid virtual visits to patients at Bronson Hospital's pediatric unit with the help of a new robot. According to Bronson officials, Santa's e...
Dec 23, 2020 Santa and Mrs. Claus visit Bronson Children's Hospital with the help of a new robot. (Photo courtesy of Bronson Hospital).
Whitmer commutes sentences for four Michigan prisoners
LANSING (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has commuted the prison sentences of four inmates, based on recommendations by the Michigan Parole Board. "As a former prosecutor, I recognize how critica...
Dec 23, 2020 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Battle Creek VA Medical Center begins administering vaccines today
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - COVID-19 vaccinations begin today at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Battle Creek, one of 113 VA medicals centers across the United States selected...
Dec 23, 2020 Battle Creek VAMC (courtesy of the Veterans Affairs Administration)
Suspect sought in death of 18-month-old captured in Kalamazoo
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A man who had been sought in connection with the November 7 death of 18-month-old Drequan Scott was arrested Monday night in Kalamazoo. Police arrested Henry Lewis Jones...
Dec 22, 2020 Henry Lewis Jones Jr. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Police Department).
Officers and deputy cleared in fatal Battle Creek shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Three officers of the Battle Creek Police Department (BCPD) and a deputy with the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department have been cleared in a fatal shooting that occurr...
Dec 21, 2020
Three apartments damaged, no injuries in Battle Creek blaze
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three apartments were heavily damaged in a morning fire Saturday in Battle Creek. The fire at 21 Glenwood Ave. at the corner of College Street was reported to Battle Cr...
Dec 21, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Apparent domestic confrontation leads to the shooting death of one man in Albion
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 22-year-old man was shot and killed early Saturday in Albion during what police described as a domestic confrontation. Albion Director of Public Safety Scott Kipp says it a...
Dec 21, 2020 Jason Rojas / CC
Battle Creek apartment fire damages three-unit structure; no injuries reported
BATTLE REEK (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Fire Dept. officials are continuing their investigation into a fire Saturday morning. Firefighters were called to a three-unit building at Sherwood and College ...
Dec 20, 2020 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Armed robbery suspect sought in Calhoun County
MARSHALL (WKZO AM/FM) - An armed robbery Friday evening in Springfield remains under investigation by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Dept. At around 7:55 pm, deputies were called to a gas station on a r...
Dec 19, 2020 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
