Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Road commission employee dies behind the wheel of heavy equipment he was operating
NEWTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Authorities say a Calhoun County Road Department employee apparently suffered a medical emergency and died behind the wheel of his grader Thursday morning. The Calho...
Dec 17, 2020
Pop-Up Neighborhood Testing Thursday at Battle Creek site
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will offer pop up testing for COVID-19 on Thursday at the Second Missionary Baptist Church at 485 Washington Avenue....
Dec 17, 2020 EpicTop10.com / CC
First shipment of COVID-19 vaccine in Calhoun County this weekend
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Public health Department says they will receive its first shipment of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines as soon as this weekend. The vaccines are being shipped t...
Dec 17, 2020 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Battle Creek woman in custody over boyfriend stabbing death
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- One woman is in custody after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend to death, the Battle Creek Enquirer reported Wednesday. The Battle Creek Police Department (BCPD) confir...
Dec 16, 2020 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
BC School Board votes to put bond proposal on May ballot
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN) - The Battle Creek Public Schools school board voted on Monday night to move forward with the next steps for a bond measure to transform Northwestern Middle School into a K-8 v...
Dec 15, 2020 Mike Cohen / CC
MSP investigate suspicious vehicle fire in St. Joseph County
CONSTANTINE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police Troopers from the Marshall Post are investigating a suspicious fire that was reported over the weekend in St. Joseph County. State Police ...
Dec 14, 2020
Portage's Pfizer plant the center of attention as vaccine begins shipping
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has been in the focus all weekend for a good weekend, as the first shipments of Pfizer's vaccine for COVID-19 were trucked from their Portage facility to La...
Dec 14, 2020
Gmail or YouTube wouldn't load? You weren't alone
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) - The sudden outage of YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive has caused widespread panic on social media, prompting the hashtag #YouTubeDown to become a globally trending topic within a...
Dec 14, 2020 A screenshot of a Gmail error message
Local officials say vaccinating health care personnel first is a crucial
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As state and federal health officials finalize their plans for distribution of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that is being manufactured in Portage, local hospital o...
Dec 12, 2020 Bronson sign in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil)
One person injured after shots fired into Kalamazoo Township home
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person was injured early Friday morning as shots were fired into a Kalamazoo Township home. Officers from the Township of Kalamazoo Police Department were cal...
Dec 11, 2020
