‘Battle Creek’s people needed to reinvent themselves’

‘Battle Creek’s people needed to reinvent themselves’

‘Battle Creek, a Rust Belt icon, battles back as American manufacturing jobs decline’Chicago Tribune editorial boardFor “generations, the Kellogg food company and Battle Creek, Michigan, went together like corn flakes and milk,” but “after decades as an independent public company, Kellogg split in two,” says the Chicago Tribune editorial board. Like “many other small industrial cities across the Midwest, Battle Creek is diversifying beyond its r…