Category Archives: Battle Creek News
236 employees to be laid off as cannabis company plans to close 20 Michigan dispensaries
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After some in the industry predicted 2025 could be a watershed year for legalized marijuana retailers in Michigan, a cannabis company has announced it is closing its 20 Mi...
Jul 09, 2025
Coldwater man pleads guilty to soliciting underage girls in Calhoun and Jackson counties
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - A 57-year-old Coldwater man accused of soliciting underage girls in two counties for sex has pleaded guilty. Walter Rodger Ward Jr. entered the guilty pleas June 24 in Calhou...
Jul 08, 2025 Calhoun County Justice Complex
Early Saturday morning murder victim identified, KDPS seeking eyewitnesses
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has identified the man killed in the July 5 shooting on West Paterson Street as 34-year-old Kalamazoo resident Leetrail Lamont Bi...
Jul 07, 2025 Leetrail Lamont Bible (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Man dies during shots fired investigation in Calhoun County
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP. MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County Sheriff's deputies responded to a shots fired call Sunday afternoon in the 21000 block of North Avenue in Pennfield Township. The caller reported th...
Jul 06, 2025
No injuries in fire at the Big Boy Restaurant on West Columbia Avenue in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries, but a Battle Creek restaurant had to be evacuated Thursday morning due to a fire. At 10:20 a.m. the Battle Creek Fire Department was dispatched ...
Jul 03, 2025
Calhoun County announces 2025 opioid settlement funds grant opportunity
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN) - The Calhoun County Opioid Settlement Funds Steering Committee invites organizations addressing opioid prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery to apply for funding...
Jul 03, 2025
Battle Creek Police arrest three on weapons-related charges
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police say they arrested three men Tuesday evening after finding two handguns while responding to a report of a man with a gun. Officers responded around 7...
Jul 02, 2025 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
One dead after his golf cart is rear ended by a pick-up truck in St. Joseph County
WHITE PIGEON TOWNSHIP (WTVB) - For the second time this week there has been a fatal accident in St. Joseph County. This time a golf cart driver is dead following a crash that happened Tuesday evening ...
Jul 02, 2025 chrisdorney / Depositphotos.com
Beacon officially takes over Ascension health care facilities, adopts name changes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AN/FM) - The sale of a chain of hospitals in southwest Michigan, including Ascension Borgess in Kalamazoo southwest Michigan, is now complete. Beacon Health System Tuesday announce...
Jul 01, 2025
Fight breaks out at Kalamazoo County courthouse between murder suspect and victim's families
KALAMAZOO, MI (WTVB /WNWN) - Some tense moments inside the Kalamazoo County courthouse this morning, as a fight between two families led to several arrests. Several Kalamazoo Department of Public Safe...
Jul 01, 2025 Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center (courtesy Kalamazoo County Government)
