Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Kalamazoo bank robbery suspect now in custody
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has arrested a suspect in connection with a Saturday morning bank robbery. The individual, a 36-year-old male and resident of Kala...
Sep 21, 2024 Tex Texin / CC
One dead in Allegan County rollover crash
CASCO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is dead and another injured after a rollover crash in Allegan County's Casco Township Friday afternoon. Around 5:30 p.m. Allegan County Central Dispatch re...
Sep 20, 2024
Pit bull mix dog stolen from mini van parked at I-94 rest area
MARENGO TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Michigan State Police from the Marshall Post are investigating last week's theft of a six-month-old pit bull mix dog from a white mini van at the rest area on I-94 i...
Sep 18, 2024 Courtesy Michigan State Police Marshall Post
Beaty no longer BC Fire Chief; Bagley named interim director
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - There has been a change at the top of the Battle Creek Fire Department. Former Fire Chief Bill Beaty and the city parted ways on Monday. Battle Creek Police Chief Shanno...
Sep 16, 2024 Photo courtesy City of Battle Creek
K-9 helps Calhoun County deputies arrest Illinois man on drug charge
MARENGO TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Calhoun County Sheriff's Office K-9 assisted in the arrest of an Illinois man on Saturday night. The Sheriff's Office says they were dispatched to the area of west...
Sep 16, 2024 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Department
Three persons shot following argument in parking lot of Battle Creek bar
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police say an argument in the parking lot of the #1 Legends Club on Porter Street in the Post Addition eventually led to the shooting of three persons short...
Sep 16, 2024
Gun owner injured after gun goes off in her purse at Kalamazoo County store
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A woman whose firearm went off accidentally in her purse at a Kalamazoo County store Sunday afternoon was injured, as well as another nearby customer. The Kalamazoo...
Sep 15, 2024 (Photo by John McNeil).
Two killed, multiple injuries in two Cass County crashes
PORTER TOWNSHIP, MI ( WKZO AM/FM) - A late night rollover crash Friday was one of two fatal weekend accidents in Cass County. Deputies with the Cass County Sheriff's Office responded to the first fata...
Sep 15, 2024 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Human case of West Nile Virus confirmed in Calhoun County
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Public Health Department announced on Friday they are tracking a human case of West Nile Virus in a Calhoun County resident. According to a news rel...
Sep 13, 2024 Courtesy Calhoun County Health Department Facebook page
Whitmer files appeal of FEMA's tornado assistance denial
LANSING, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has written a letter to President Joe Biden which appeals FEMA's decision to deny the governor's Major Disaster Declaration request for Bra...
Sep 12, 2024 Lori Higgins took this picture of a tornado touching down on Prairie Corners Road, just south of Mendon. Courtesy Clayton Lyczynski II - Community Connector Facebook page
