Community Matters

First Aired February 11, 2023 Battle Creek Area Chamber of Commerce President Kara Beer visits Community Matters to discuss the 2023 "Love Battle Creek" nominating and voting. The online campaign, started during the COVID-19 pandemic, seeks to spread love to local...

First Aired February 4, 2023 A free Kalsee Credit Union workplace program helps participants improve handling of their personal finances - while helping employers retain employees and improve their performance. Matt Duguid and Brian McDonald discuss KEEP:...

First Aired: February 4, 2023 Consumers Energy Executive Director of Customer Operations Brian Lewis encourages energy customers to reach out as soon as they know they won't be able to pay their bill. In this episode, he also discusses the programs in place meant...

First Aired February 4, 2023 Rising energy costs mean more Michiganders are asking for help through various channels to pay their utility bills. In this episode, Bethany Stutzman discusses the United Way Program Assistance Center, which - at the time of the interview...

First Aired January 28, 2023 Charitable Union CEO Teresa Allen encourages folks to donate unused blue jeans to help meet demand for them in its mission to contribute to human dignity. Charitable Union provides free of charge clothing, personal care items, steel-toed...

First Aired January 28, 2023 In his periodic Calhoun County Board of Commissioners update on Community Matters, Steve Frisbie discusses the process of being sworn in and the procedure to elect a chair and vice-chair. He also reflects on the time he has served as a...

First Aired January 21, 2023 Calhoun County's behavioral health organization, Summit Pointe, announced in December 2022 it would move its medical services to 175 College Street in Battle Creek - on the opposite side of the First Step urgent care building. In this...

First Aired January 21, 2023 Peter Vogel joined the South Michigan Food Bank four years ago - just in time to face record demands for food assistance over the COVID-19 pandemic. In this discussion he talks about how they managed while demand was doubled. Looking...

First Aired January 14, 2023 With the announcement that Battle Creek Police Chief Jim Blocker will retire in early 2023, Deputy Chief Shannon Bagley has been tapped as interim chief. Bagley discusses his law enforcement career and priorities for the BCPD in this...