Category Archives: Battle Creek News

Calhoun County season weight restrictions start Thursday morning
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Road Department will be enacting Seasonal Weight Restrictions beginning at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday morning. Officials say when roads have been frozen ...
Jim Measel Feb 25, 2025 Courtesy Calhoun County Road Department Facebook page

City of Kalamazoo to receive $1.1 million in marijuana tax revenue, county to get $1.9 million
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo is receiving the fourth highest payout from the State of Michigan in marijuana tax revenue to municipalities for the 2024 fiscal year. In figures rel...
Ken Delaney Feb 23, 2025 jeremyn / Depositphotos.com

Six displaced at Portage adult foster care facility after Saturday afternoon fire
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Six people were displaced but there were no injuries after a fire broke out at an adult foster care home in Portage late Saturday afternoon. The Portage Department of Public...
Ken Delaney Feb 22, 2025

Battle Creek man arrested for absconding parole
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 30-year-old Battle Creek man is in the Calhoun County Jail for absconding parole. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office pulled him over around 8 a.m. Thursday on ...
Michael Arney Feb 21, 2025 danielt.1994 / Depositphotos.com

Coldwater teacher arrested following Calhoun County voyeurism investigation
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A teacher at Legg Middle School in Coldwater has been arrested following an investigation by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office and the Coldwater Police Department in...
Jim Measel Feb 20, 2025 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Department and Hillsdale County Scanner Facebook page

Death of man in Calhoun County called suspicious by Sheriff's Department
LEROY TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department is investigating what they are calling the suspicious death of a 40-year-old man. According to a Sheriff's Department news rele...
Jim Measel Feb 19, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.

Calhoun County Sheriff's Office arrests man for voyeurism
ECKFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 56-year-old Eckford Township man has been arrested by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office on voyeurism allegations. Deputies received reports of the suspect's act...
Michael Arney Feb 19, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Calhoun County Public Health Department has free gun locks available
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Free gun locks are being made available by the Calhoun County Public Health Department. CCHPD says the gun locks are free to any county resident who has guns in their h...
Michael Arney Feb 18, 2025 Courtesy Calhoun County Health Department Facebook page

WMU officials believe on-campus shooting death was self-inflicted
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police say a person whose body was found outside the Western Michigan University Public Safety building Monday appears to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Ar...
Ken Delaney Feb 17, 2025 aijohn784 / Depositphotos.com

DNR officials suspect bird flu of Canadian geese at Allegan State Game Area
FENNVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials say 77 Canada geese and one mallard at the Fennville Farm Unit at the Allegan State Game Area in Allegan County are amon...
Ken Delaney Feb 16, 2025 dizanna / Depositphotos.com




