Someone calling you claiming to be a federal law enforcement agent demanding to be paid in gift cards or cryptocurrency is a fraudster. That's the word from Battle Creek Police Community Services Sgt. Cory Champlin, who joins Community Matters to remind listeners...
A U.S. Housing and Urban Development grant totaling $90,000 for Battle Creek's Haven of Rest Ministries Life Recovery Program is being cut. In an open letter to the community, Haven Executive Director Daniel Jones says the cut is ”..a threat to the...
Michigan State University dementia researcher Dr. Graham Atkin returns to Creating Dementia Solutions to offer perspective on various fronts. That includes threats to dementia research funding. Dr. Atkin and two of his medical students – Isabel...
Anxiety. Depression. Stress. Today's youth face a lot of pressure, some of it as a result of interactions like peer pressure and bullying on social media – as well as in-person. Our colleague Rocky, an outpatient clinician here at Summit Pointe, joins us on...
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Coordinator, Deputy Matthew Schimmel, joins Community Matters to offer input after multiple drownings and incidents on state waterways. A Detroit Free Press report quoted a Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project tally at 31...
Lakeview Ford's Vince Pavone returns to Community Matters to celebrate the dealership's 15th anniversary in downtown Battle Creek. He also shares some information about how some Calhoun County residents spoke up in Washington D.C. against changes to the...
Summit Pointe CEO Jeannie Goodrich returns to the podcast to update us on accomplishments and challenges mid-year in 2025. Episode ResourcesFirst Step Psychiatric Urgent CareSummit Pointe Podcast 81 is a Livemic Communications production. Summit Pointe, the...
The City of Battle Creek is actively addressing elevated total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) in the water system, a maximum contaminant level violation. The municipalities affected include the City of Battle Creek, Springfield, Emmett Township and a portion of Pennfield...
Earlier this year, Brittney Dowdy and her son – 9-year-old Bentley – challenged each other to raise money to send young people to the Detroit Lions Football Camp in Battle Creek in July 2025. After raising enough to send more than 30 kids to camp, the two...
Every year, the City of Battle Creek looks for photo submissions from residents who have taken snaps of wildlife and other scenes in the Calhoun County watershed. Their submissions could end up featured in the following year's calendar. And, potentially win them...