Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Sunday night fire at abandoned BC gas station considered suspicious
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A fire on Sunday night at a abandoned gas station on Spring Street is considered suspicious and is under investigation. The Battle Creek Fire Department says their crews...
Apr 23, 2024 Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department
Fundraiser in Kalamazoo raises almost $40,000 so former foster youth can enroll in college
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Close to 10,000 youth are in the Michigan foster care system run by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Nationally, fewer than 10% of former foster youth...
Apr 23, 2024 (courtesy Michigan Education Trust)
Student arrested after allegedly bringing loaded handgun to Kalamazoo Central
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 16-year-old Kalamazoo Central High School student is in custody after reportedly bringing a loaded handgun to school Monday. At approximately 2:00 p.m., officer...
Apr 22, 2024 Kalamazoo Central High School - Google Street View
Portage man killed in motorcycle-SUV crash Sunday afternoon
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 21-yeae-old Portage man was killed Sunday afternoon after his motorcycle crashed into an SUV that apparently turned in front of him. The accident happened around 1:20 p.m....
Apr 21, 2024 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Site announced for PODS community to house the homeless in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Housing Resources Incorporated of has now announced its intention to place a POD community near the I-94 Business Loop in Kalamazoo at 2015 Lake Street, on land owned by C...
Apr 20, 2024 Pods are very small shelters that have been used to provide emergency and transitional shelter in other communities. (Photos courtesy HRI)
BC murder suspect arraigned on five charges, bond denied
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 43-year-old Battle Creek man has been charged in connection with a murder on Spencer Street early Tuesday morning. Thomas James Knickerbocker was arraigned in Calhoun ...
Apr 19, 2024 Best Law
Diocese of Kalamazoo announces list of people banned from working, volunteering with youth
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Diocese of Kalamazoo is announcing they are undertaking a "thorough review and updating of all its policies protecting children and youth." Bishop Edward Lohse says th...
Apr 18, 2024
KCC gets $350,000 MDHHS grant for Paramedic student scholarships
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Kellogg Community College has announced that they were awarded a new $350,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service to continue helping revitali...
Apr 18, 2024 Courtesy Kellogg Community College
Former Fabius Township Supervisor sent to prison after convictions for 2010 rape
KALAMAZOO, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Former Fabius Township Supervisor Kenneth Dwyane Linn was ordered to serve between 18 and 50 years in prison on Tuesday after he was convicted last month on four counts of ...
Apr 17, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Suspect in custody after a Battle Creek man is killed and a woman critically injured in early morning shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man is dead and a woman is injured, following a shooting on Spencer Street in Battle Creek early Tuesday morning. Battle Creek Police say they responded to a report o...
Apr 16, 2024 Crime scene tape
