Category Archives: Battle Creek News
City of Battle Creek to use drone to check out possible construction sites
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The City of Battle Creek says it's Public Works team will start using a small drone over roads on Friday where they are proposing construction this year. The drones will...
Mar 15, 2024 Courtesy City of Battle Creek
Firekeepers announces $6.2 million contribution to local revenue sharing board
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP), owners of FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek, announced on Thursday that over $6-point-2 million will be goin...
Mar 15, 2024 Courtesy Firekeepers Casino and Hotel Facebook page
Body pulled from Kalamazoo River Monday identified as Paw Paw man
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The body of a man recovered from the Kalamazoo River Monday afternoon has now been identified. Investigators say they are still looking into the circumstances sur...
Mar 14, 2024 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
USDA announces millions for water and sewer improvements in southwest Michigan
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Six rural communities across Michigan, including one in Calhoun County and three in St. Joseph County are getting millions of dollars from the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
Mar 14, 2024 Steve Johnson / CC
No injuries reported after $125,000 BC house fire; smoke detectors credited with alerting occupants
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Electrical wiring is being listed as the probable cause of a house fire in the 200 block of North Woodlawn Avenue on Wednesday morning which caused over $125,000 in dama...
Mar 14, 2024 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
WMU to host regional Science Olympiad tournament Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University will be hosting more than 700 middle and high school students from southwest Michigan this Saturday for a regional Science Olympiad tournament....
Mar 13, 2024 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Body found inside Battle Creek home after fire Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After initially believing there were no injuries in a Monday morning house fire, Battle Creek authorities say a body was found in the home Tuesday. Crews with the Battl...
Mar 12, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
North Wattles Road construction project gets underway in Calhoun County
EMMETT TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A major road construction project in Calhoun County began on Tuesday on North Wattles Road from Michigan Avenue to Verona Road. The Calhoun County Road Department say...
Mar 12, 2024 Courtesy Calhoun County Road Department Facebook page
MSP looking for suspects after vehicle is used to break into Broadhead and Bullets
COLDWATER TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan State Police at Marshall are looking for two break in suspects after the front doors and property inside of the "Broadhead and Bullets" store on Marsh...
Mar 11, 2024 Photo courtesy of the Michigan State Police
Illegal marijuana growing operation found after Pennfield Township animal complaint
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - An animal welfare complaint in Calhoun County over the weekend led to the discovery of a large illegal marijuana grow operation. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Offic...
Mar 11, 2024 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
