Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Downtown BC International Festival of Lights underway
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - It's one event that will not be stopped because of COVID-19. The annual Battle Creek International Festival of Lights is now underway in the downtown area. The lights an...
Nov 24, 2020
Portage high school and middle school students could return to face-to-face instruction
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some Portage Schools students could be returning for face-to-face classroom instruction after the first of the year. The Portage Public Schools Board of Education Monday nig...
Nov 24, 2020 Administration staff for the Public Public Schools, Portage MI (courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
Free Thanksgiving dinner offered for college students in Kalamazoo Wednesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - College kids not heading home for Thanksgiving will still get the chance to enjoy a holiday meal, thanks to Broncos Kitchen, a hunger-relief charity servicing Kalamazoo ar...
Nov 23, 2020 Volunteers provide free meals at Broncos Kitchen in Kalamazoo (courtesy of Broncos Kitchen)
FireKeepers donates 2,500 holiday turkeys to area food banks
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - For the 11th straight year, FireKeepers Casino Hotel has donated 2,500 turkeys for the holiday season to five area food banks as well as The Kendall Street Pantry in Battle C...
Nov 20, 2020 Courtesy of FireKeepers Casino Facebook page
Teens in stolen vehicle apprehended after leading police on short chase
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A number of teens in a stolen vehicle led police on a short chase that ended in Pennfield Township Thursday. Officers with the Battle Creek Police Department atte...
Nov 20, 2020
No injuries in armed robbery at Verizon Wireless store on Gull Road
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police are looking for two suspects after an armed robbery Thursday evening at the Verizon Wireless store at 5457 Gull Road in Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Of...
Nov 20, 2020 A suspect in the armed robbery of the Verizon Wireless store on Gull Road in Kalamazoo, MI Nov. 19, 2020 (courtesy of the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office)
Acension Michigan implements visitor restrictions at its hospitals
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Acension Michigan is joining most other healthcare organizations in Michigan to limit visitors at its hospitals, including Acension Borgess in Kalamazoo, Acension Borgess-...
Nov 19, 2020 Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital, formerly Ascension Borgess
Calhoun County reaches 100th COVID-19 related death
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Public Health Department reported the county's 100th COVID-19 related death on Wednesday. To show how much the virus has spread in recent weeks, it t...
Nov 18, 2020 Olgierd (3rd account) / CC
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office requesting public help in locating larceny suspects
HOMER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is asking for the community's assistance with a string of larcenies that occurred between 11/17/20 and 11/18/20 in the village of Homer. P...
Nov 18, 2020 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Hall to help shape House committees for upcoming legislative term
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 63rd District State Representative Matt Hall (R-Marshall), who's district covers portion of both Calhoun and Kalamazoo counties, has been named to the panel that will decide...
Nov 18, 2020
