Battle Creek News

Dave Norris and his daughter Olivia, 11, planted flags together, reading names on the monuments aloud.

A well-armed survivalist living in a wooded area in Calhoun County is reported in critical condition after a confrontation with authorities on Friday.

"Police say they received information about an armed man living as a survivalist in a wooded area of Emmett Township." Authorities say a Battle Creek man was critically hurt after shooting himself in the chest during a police chase.

If so, learn about symptoms, common causes, risk factors, and treatment plans for chronic hip and knee pain by attending a free program on Thursday, June 13, from 6-7 p.m. Dr.

However, community members and college students will host a Memorial Day ceremony on KCCs North Avenue campus in Battle Creek beginning at 11 a.m. that day.

As a child, hide and seek is one of the go-to games for fun and adventure. Through geocaching , adults can relive the thrills of hide and seek, and introduce it to their children for an interactive game of outdoor family fun.

An empty chair sits in front of a round table covered with a white cloth. A slice of lemon and a pile of salt sit on a bread plate, which sits atop a black napkin.

As West Michigan continues into severe weather season, making sure all the warning signals in place are working can be a life saving process.

Ordway also faces charges of felony firearm and being an habitual offender, second offense, in connection with the shooting death of Paul Frederic Achley in September 2011.

There's a brotherhood in Battle Creek in which a group of men beat each other up for 80 minutes... The NHL playoffs are off to a heart-pounding start with a record 17 games going to overtime in the... HASTINGS - A western Michigan man found with a bloody mattress in his pickup truck nearly two years ago has been charged with murder.

Pastor William Stein of God's Kitchen - Battle Creek presents Darcy Rose of Lansing with a $50 Meijer Gift Card for being the soup kitchen's 50,000th dinner guest.

Inside Arcadia Ales' brewery, the air is pungent with fermenting beer, and Tim Suprise is talking water .

Captain Mike Wolfe pictured with student volunteers from the United Way's Youth Day of Caring event held on Friday, April 26th.

In amounts ranging from $3,000 to $75,000, nine school programs and government projects in Calhoun County were awarded shares of $187,875 in grants by the FireKeepers Local Revenue Sharing Board.

Dr. Mark Russell, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Bronson Battle Creek will offer an interactive discussion on Thursday, June 6 from 6-7 p.m. about what options you have to get rid of joint pain.

Dozens of people in Michigan and plane passengers from several states have been contacted after health officials learned they may have been exposed to measles through an 8-month-old from the Battle Creek area.

Kalamazoo City Commissioners added two new names to their list of finalists for City Manager, after candidate Joyce Parker dropped out during the week.

The Barry County Sheriff's Department says the discovery of a mystery powder in a baggie inside the tube at a bank drive-in window in Middleville triggered an emergency hazardous waste response and the quarantine of four bank employees inside the bank for hours last evening.

A Battle Creek-area baby with measles is recuperating without incident. But the 8-month old triggered a search for more than 100 people in 15 states who could have been exposed to the disease when the contagious baby traveled on an international flight, health officials say.

Gov. Rick Snyder was famously successful in college, taking college business while still attending Lakeview High School in Battle Creek, and creating his own degree at the University of Michigan.