City holds online rain barrel sale

July 15, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 For more information contact: Lizzy Paul, environmental program coordinator, 269-966-3355 ext. 1889

City holds online rain barrel sale

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The City of Battle Creek is, once again, holdi...

La recolección de residuos de jardín comienza el lunes

La limpieza de las ramas de árboles caídas por los fuertes vientos recientes está a punto de ser más fácil: la recolección de residuos de jardín comienza la semana pró...

Curbside yard waste begins on Monday

Cleaning up fallen tree limbs from recent high winds is about to become easier – curbside yard waste pickup begins this coming week – the week of March 25.

Yard waste pickup will continue through Nov. 29 this year. City neighbors may place yard waste items...

Clean Water Partner calendars now available; event dates set

Ready for the new year, the free 2019 wall calendar featuring Calhoun County Kalamazoo River Watershed images from local photographers is available at locations throughout the region.

The calendar is created by the Battle Creek Area Clean Water Partners. S...

W.K. Kellogg Airport celebrates 95th birthday

The city’s W.K. Kellogg Airport celebrated its 95^th birthday this week, on Tuesday, Sept. 24.

On that date in 1924, the Battle Creek Area Chamber of Commerce signed a five-year lease of a farm, with an option to purchase, for an aviation field. F...

City seeks public input on community needs

The city’s Community Development Division has released a community needs survey to collect neighbor input, and further their goal of healthy neighborhoods across the city.

Each year the city receives federal funding to improve housing options, an...

City will undergo first zoning ordinance rewrite in 35 years

Aug. 6, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor more information contact: Planning Division, 269-966-3320

City will undergo first zoning ordinance rewrite in 35 years

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The city’s Planning team will lead an update of our law tha...

BCPD, local agencies receive $1 million in federal grants

The Battle Creek Police Department, in coordination with Summit Pointe and the Battle Creek Community Foundation, has received just over $1 million in U.S. Department of Justice grants to fund crisis intervention and victim advocate programs.

One grant, in...

Work on Third Street, Sonoma Road to cause closures

Field services crews will do work next week requiring road closures on Third Street, in the Northeast part of the city, and on Sonoma Road, south of Beckley.

• Complete road closure: 7 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14 until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 – Third Stre...

Road closure on Michigan Ave. E. Downtown

October 10, 2019       

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information contact: Street Department at 269-966-3507

 Road closure on Michigan Ave. E. Downtown

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – On Friday, Oct. 11, beginning...

Sewer work on Helmer Rd. S.

October 7, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information contact: Waste Water Division, 269-966-3513

Sewer work on Helmer Rd. S.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Starting tomorrow morning, Tuesday, Oct. 8, a lane shift will be in place on northbound Helmer R...

Final Columbia water main work to close part of Riverside

Oct. 4, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information contact: Engineering Division, 269-966-3343

Final Columbia water main work to close part of Riverside

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Starting on Monday, Oct. 7, work on the Columbia Avenue water main pr...

Burmese: Capital Ave SW bridge over I-94 closing for October

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Crosswalk to be painted Monday for October

A contractor will paint the crosswalks at the intersection of Capital Avenue NE and VanBuren Street East beginning Monday morning.

A contractor will paint all four crosswalks at the intersection. Work is scheduled between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday, weather ...

MDOT está ubicado en la SW Capital Avenue sobre la I-94, del 1 al 31 de octubre

25 Septiembre 2019

El Departamento de Transporte de Michigan (MDOT) está invirtiendo $ 200,000 dólares para repavimentar el puente que está ubicado en la  SW Capital Avenue sobre la I-94 en Battle Creek, &eacut...

Capital SW bridge over I-94 closed for October

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing $200,000 to repave the Capital Avenue bridge over I-94 in Battle Creek, requiring the bridge to be closed and traffic detoured. Construction will start as early as Thursday, Oct. 3, and will be...

City to offer premium public transit option - BCGo

Same-day service will be available Saturday evenings and Sundays.

The city team learned this week that taxi service will no longer be an option for neighbors, after this Saturday, Sept. 28, and has developed a new service to help neighbors travel around the city.

BCGo is a new premium public transportation option from Ba...

SW Capital Detour

Starting Tuesday, October 1st bus route 4S - SW Capital - will operate as two separate routes during the bridge closure: SW Capital South/”The Circulator” and SW Capital North. 

Each of these temporary routes will operate on a 30-minute f...