Category Archives: Battle Creek News
RK Party Store armed robbery suspect arrested in Battle Creek
LEROY TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 37-year-old Battle Creek man has been arrested following the Thursday night armed robbery at the RK Party Store on SW Capital Ave in Leroy Township. The Calhoun Coun...
Mar 22, 2024 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
Kalamazoo County jury convicts former Fabius Township Supervisor of 2010 sexual assault
KALAMAZOO, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Former Fabius Township Supervisor Kenneth Dwyane Linn was convicted of four counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court on Thursday fol...
Mar 22, 2024 Best Law
Early spring snow prompts Winter Weather Advisories
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While Kalamazoo, Calhoun, and Van Buren counties are under a Winter Weather Advisory only until 2:00 p.m. Friday, some areas of west Michigan will see snow continuing thro...
Mar 22, 2024
Battle Creek home struck by gunfire Wednesday afternoon
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police responded to a report of gunshots fired at a Parkway Avenue home Wednesday afternoon, but they say there were no injuries. Officers arrived on scene...
Mar 20, 2024 Alan Cleaver / CC
MDOT's $160 million I-94 repaving project in Calhoun County resumes Monday
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Transportation says crews will resume work this Monday, March 25 on its three-year, $160 million project to repave I-94 between Helmer Road ...
Mar 20, 2024
Battle Creek City Attorney Jill Humphreys Steele retiring this summer
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek City Attorney Jill Humphreys Steele has announced her retirement, effective August 1. Steele has spent the last 11 years as the City Attorney. She worked in...
Mar 20, 2024 Courtesy City of Battle Creek
Two suffer critical injuries in Monday afternoon crash
WAKESHMA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people were injured after being ejected from their vehicle after running off the road in Kalamazoo County's Wakeshma Township Monday afternoon. Around 3:15 p.m...
Mar 18, 2024
Calhoun County deputies looking for four suspects after early morning break-in
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department is looking for four suspects after an early Monday morning robbery at the Kelly's Express Mart on C Drive North. The Sheriff...
Mar 18, 2024 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Department Facebook page
Investigation underway into death of six-week-old boy in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Authorities are investigating the death of a six-week-old in Portage Sunday. At 10:20 a.m. personnel from the Portage Department of Public Safety, Kalamazoo Department of Pu...
Mar 17, 2024 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Calhoun County Road Department says R Drive South work getting ready to start
ATHENS TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Road Department says construction will begin in about two weeks on R Drive South in Athens Township from the West County Line to 1 1/2 Mile Road. T...
Mar 15, 2024 Courtesy Calhoun County Road Department
