Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Calhoun County COVID-19 cases go over 6,000, residents urged to follow protocols
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN) - The Calhoun County Public Health Department reported on Tuesday that there has been a cumulative total of 6,003 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with a total of 133 deaths attribu...
Dec 09, 2020
Free Christmas dinners will still happen in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek next week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Despite having to cancel their free Thanksgiving dinner due to a lack of finds, God's Kitchen of Michigan is going ahead with its free Christmas dinners in Kalamazoo and B...
Dec 09, 2020 A God's Kitchen of Michigan volunteer assembles free meals (courtesy of God's Kitchen of Michigan)
Final defendants convicted in Battle Creek-area drug scheme
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The last two of eleven defendants accused in a drug trafficking operation have been convicted in federal court, according to a report from WWMT Tuesday. That incident ste...
Dec 08, 2020 Best Law
Leroy Township vehicle larceny suspect in custody
LEROY TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan State Police at Marshall say a suspect is in custody following numerous vehicle larcenies last week in Leroy Township. The Battle Creek Enquirer reports a...
Dec 08, 2020
Even though shutdown three months, Gun Lake Casino still pays out $5.7 million in fall revenue sharing
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Despite being shutdown for nearly three months at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Gun Lake Casino in Allegan County is still paying out over $5.7 million in fall rev...
Dec 07, 2020 Gun Lake Casino logo (courtesy of Gun Lake Casino)
MSP report multiple Leroy Township vehicle break ins
LEROY TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Troopers from the Michigan State Police Marshall Post along with Deputies from the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office are investigating multiple vehicle larcenies that ha...
Dec 07, 2020
The Salvation Army and Harding's team up for high tech fundraising
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The annual Red Kettle Campaign for The Salvation Army is going high tech this Christmas at two Kalamazoo area grocery stores. At the Harding's Markets stores at 5161 West ...
Dec 04, 2020
Traditional Christmas dinner in Battle Creek pivots to a drive-thru format
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - For the past 30 years, the Volunteer Community Kitchen has provided a free sit-down holiday meal at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation on Christmas Day for Battle Creek and Ca...
Dec 04, 2020 The Haven of Rest Ministries building in Battle Creek, Michigan (courtesy of The Haven of Rest Ministries)
Calhoun Commissioners adopt 2021 budget, process called challenging
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN) - The Calhoun County Board of Commissioners have adopted the county's 2021 budgets. Administrator and Controller Kelli Scott said there were no changes from what was presented ...
Dec 04, 2020 GotCredit / CC
Calhoun County COVID-19 death toll jumps by eight to 124
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - Christmas maybe three weeks away but there is no joy this holiday season when it comes to the daily COVID-19 reports from local and state health officials. What had been...
Dec 04, 2020 Jernej Furman / CC
