Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office warns of dangerous fentanyl pills disguised as candy and vitamins
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is warning area residents about the growing danger of illegal pills containing the powerful opioid fentanyl that are being disguis...
Mar 06, 2026
Battle Creek firefighters rescue 62-year-old woman who crashed into Kalamazoo River
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 62-year-old Battle Creek woman is alive after the city's fire department had to pull her from her Jeep Wrangler after she crashed it into a light pole and went into t...
Mar 06, 2026
Battle Creek man dies in two car crash in Barry County
JOHNSTOWN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Barry County Sheriff's Office says a 54-year-old Battle Creek man has died in a crash south of Dowling on M-37 yesterday. They say the driver was southbound o...
Mar 06, 2026 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
I-94 near Marshall to be closed this weekend as Michigan Avenue bridge is demolished
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Eastbound and westbound I-94 at Marshall will be closed this weekend as crews demolish the M-96 (Michigan Avenue) bridge over I-94 as part of the Marshall Modernization Pro...
Mar 05, 2026 sourabh2 / Depositphotos.com
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office gets $50,000 grant for AEDs
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is receiving a $50,000 grant from Walbridge that will be used to purchase 22 Stryker Lifepak CR2 Automated External Defibrillators, ...
Mar 05, 2026
Kalamazoo men, Battle Creek teen charged with U.P. prison drug drop
LUCE COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men from Kalamazoo and a teenager from Battle Creek are facing charges in the Upper Peninsula for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the Newberry Correctional Fa...
Mar 05, 2026 Scott Davidson / CC
Opponents of Ford's BlueOval Battery Plant appeal to Michigan Supreme Court
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Opponents of Ford Motor Company's planned BlueOval Battery Plant in Marshall are planning to appeal a Michigan Court of Appeals decision to the Michigan Supreme Court. The ...
Mar 03, 2026 Courtesy Ford Blue Oval Park
One injured in Pennfield Township shooting
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is hospitalized after being shot and injured in Pennfield Township near Battle Creek. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says the shooting happened ar...
Mar 03, 2026 (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
More work at I-94/U.S. 131 interchange begins this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A $13 million project to add a lane to the westbound I-94 to northbound U.S. 131 interchange near Kalamazoo began Monday. Work is expected to be completed by September 202...
Mar 03, 2026 (courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation)
Gas prices statewide up 14¢ in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average price for gas is up 14 in the past week to $2.99. Triple-A Michigan says that price is 9 more than last month and 2 more than last year. A 15-gallon tank...
Mar 02, 2026
