Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Ferrero Roche buys Battle Creek-based WK Kellogg Company for $3.1 billion
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ferrero Rocher is purchasing Battle Creek-based WK Kellogg Company for $3.1 billion. The sale was announced Thursday morning and WK Kellogg Company shareholders will re...
Jul 10, 2025 Kellogg's company logo
Part of Michigan Avenue in downtown Battle Creek closed
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Part of Michigan Avenue in downtown Battle Creek is closed through tomorrow for contractor work. The city says the temporary road closure is to allow a crane to put new...
Jul 10, 2025 City of Battle Creek logo
Worker rescued from underground vault in Comstock Township
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A worker is hospitalized after being rescued from a flooded underground vault in Kalamazoo County's Comstock Township. The incident happened Tuesday at Midlink Bus...
Jul 09, 2025 BMN Network / CC
Suspect being held on open murder charge after fatal shooting in Battle Creek early Wednesday morning
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred early Wednesday morning in the 100 block of South 22nd Street. Officers responded to the scene just...
Jul 09, 2025
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
