Category Archives: Battle Creek News
MDOT awards grant for BlueOval Battery Park road improvements
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Transportation says they have awarded a state Transportation Economic Development Fund grant to the Calhoun County Road Department for road improv...
Jul 24, 2024
Three injured, gas line cut in Tuesday afternoon Albion Township crash
ALBION TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Three persons were injured and a gas line was cut on Tuesday afternoon in a two vehicle crash at the intersection of M-99 and D Drive South. Calhoun County Sheriff's ...
Jul 24, 2024 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Branch County man to stand trial for sexual assault, drug charges
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 46-year-old man from Branch County has been bound over for trial for allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old and a 12-year-old girl and giving them meth. It hap...
Jul 19, 2024 Joe Gratz
Battle Creek man killed in crash at M-66 and B Drive South
LEROY TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 71-year-old Battle Creek man lost his life on Wednesday afternoon in a crash at the intersection of M-66 and B Drive South in Calhoun County. Michigan State Police a...
Jul 18, 2024 Michigan State Police - File photo
Bicyclist struck and killed in Portage Tuesday afternoon
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 20-year-old Portage man was killed after his bicycle was struck by an SUV Tuesday afternoon. The Portage Department of Public Safety says the bicyclist was crossing the st...
Jul 16, 2024 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Jehovah's Witnesses returns to Battle Creek for a pair of three day conventions at Kellogg Arena next month
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One of the largest convention organizations in the world returns to Kellogg Arena next month. Jehovah's Witnesses will present their 2024 "Declare the Good News!" conve...
Jul 15, 2024 Young delegates embrace at a convention of
Jehovah’s Witnesses. (Photo provided by the Public Information Department for the Convention of Jehova's Witnesses)
Flood Watch issued for Calhoun and Kalamazoo Counties, heavy rain expected
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WTVB) - In anticipation of heavy overnight rain, the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a Flood Watch from 9:00 p.m. Monday night through 4:00 a.m. on Tuesday mornin...
Jul 15, 2024 Flooding in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil).
16 kayakers rescued on Kalamazoo River
BEDFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police and firefighters have rescued 16 kayakers who were stranded in the Kalamazoo River last evening near Battle Creek. Several of them had tipped over in their k...
Jul 15, 2024 Ken Hawkins / CC
VP Harris to make stops in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While the Republican National Convention will be going on in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to make stops in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek th...
Jul 14, 2024 Sheilaf2002 / Depositphotos.com
Boy on mini-dirt bike seriously injured after riding into path of pick-up truck
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 11-year-old Battle Creek boy is in stable, but critical, after his mini-dirt bike was struck by a pick-up truck Thursday evening. The Battle Creek Police Department ...
Jul 14, 2024
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