Reminder of Waste Management changes for city customers

Information is changing rapidly as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, so please take note of the changes below to waste operations within city limits.

Due to COVID-19 and the state “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order, and similar orders in other...

City program offers emergency repairs during COVID-19

The City of Battle Creek is using the Minor Home Repair Program to help neighbors make emergency repairs that will allow them to follow the governor’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order for the coming weeks.

The current order is in ...

County-wide law enforcement will not ask for travel documents

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City, county recycling recommendations during COVID-19

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City, county detail service changes under "Stay Home, Stay Safe"

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First COVID-19 case confirmed in Calhoun County

From the Calhoun County Public Health Department today -- 

Calhoun County’s first positive case for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was identified via testing through the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS).

The p...

16 de marzo información del COVID-19 de la ciudad

16 de marzo de 2020

Actualización de la ciudad de Battle Creek COVID-19 

Continuamos apreciando la atención, la preocupación y el intercambio de información del COVID-19 por parte de la ciudad, el Departa...

13 de marzo información de COVID-19 de la ciudad

**También, battlecreekmi.gov/coronavirus -- haga clic en la pestaña que dice "Español"**

PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA

Agradecemos la atención, la preocupación y el ...

City releases service updates related to COVID-19

We appreciate everyone’s attention, concern, and sharing of COVID-19 information from the city, Calhoun County Public Health Department, State of Michigan, and Centers for Disease Control. Please keep getting your information from these reputabl...

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...

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...

Police encourage phone, online reporting, when possible

While Battle Creek Police Department services continue – uninterrupted – for the Battle Creek and Bedford Township communities, police also support the state and federal guidance on staying home, or remaining at least six feet from oth...

Downtown electric work starts today - April 7

Starting today – Tuesday, April 7 – Consumers Energy will begin a five-month electrical upgrade project on Jackson Street downtown, which will temporarily close McCamly Street, then Capital Avenue SW.

The work closing McCamly today also...

Downtown electric work starts today - April 7

Several BC Transit routes will detour during McCamly closure.

Starting today – Tuesday, April 7 – Consumers Energy will begin a five-month electrical upgrade project on Jackson Street downtown, which will temporarily close McCamly Street, then Capital Avenue SW.

The work closing McCamly today also...

Public hearing March 17 on proposed Transit bus fare increase

50-cent proposed increase first in 17 years; will help fund operations.

A single ride on Battle Creek Transit buses has cost $1.25 for the last 17 years, and staff have proposed a 50-cent fare increase – and several other changes – to help better fund operations and services.

The City Commission will hold a...