City offers longer parking downtown with app pilot

After the two hours of free parking already available downtown, visitors will be able to pay $1.50 per additional hour, by app, to spend more time enjoying downtown Battle Creek. 

The city is trying out the program – with the Passport Pa...

City airport receives grant for precautionary PFAS testing

The city has received a $196,093 state grant to test for potential PFAS contamination at the Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field.

PFAS are a group of manmade chemicals that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named emerging contaminant...

BCPD reopens Aug. 3; PD, City Hall to close on Fridays

The Battle Creek Police Department will reopen to the public on Monday, Aug. 3, after a two-week closure because of positive COVID-19 cases among staff. 

To date, 10 BCPD staff have tested positive; one in March, and nine in July.  

As the...

State Street Commons opens to outdoor dining

A corner of the State Street parking lot downtown opens to outdoor dining on Thursday, July 2, to help local restaurants and their supporters enjoy dining out safely, while continuing to observe social distancing guidelines.

The State Street Commons is a t...

City registered voters to receive absentee applications by mail

All 38,000-plus registered voters in the City of Battle Creek will receive absentee ballot applications by mail, so they can easily take part in the Aug. 4 primary election and Nov. 3 general election; they were mailed last week and are arriving in voter ...

la Ciudad permanecerán cerradas en estas días festivos en 2020

Las oficinas administrativas de la Ciudad permanecerán cerradas en estas días festivos en 2020 –

• Lunes, 20 de enero -- Día de Martin Luther King
• Lunes, 17 de febrero -- Día del Presidente
• Viernes...

City releases list of 2020 holidays

The city’s administrative offices will be closed on the following days in 2020.

Please watch for reminders on the city’s online calendar, at battlecreekmi.gov, and on social media.

• Monday, Jan. 20 – Martin Luther King Day
• Monday...