portage public safety

Days ahead of National Police Women Day, female law enforcement officers from departments throughout the county gather to celebrate.

Late last week, the Portage Department of Public Safety announced the passing of its K-9 officer, Zorro.

So often we hear of the dangerous and sad events our first reponders are involved in. Recently one Portage's public safety officers stopped to make a welfare check for a woman sitting in a wheelchair on a sidewalk.

Two Portage firefighters answered a special call for help Thursday. Two ducklings became trapped in a storm drain located on Mallard Circle.

The main door into the pharmacy had been pried open and an undisclosed amount and type of controlled substances were stolen.

Portage Public Safety joins the lip sync challenge.

A Battle Creek man was injured while crossing a road on his bicycle Monday afternoon. MLive reports that around 3:45pm Monday, the 48-year-old man was crossing S. Westnedge in Portage near Garden Lane on his bike, when a truck, driven by a 51-year-old Portage man, turned left, causing a collision...