Category Archives: Battle Creek News
$40 million airport expansion could receive FAA approval next month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Federal Aviation Administration hearing is set for next month on a proposed $40 million expansion project for the Kalamazoo Battle Creek International Airport. Airport D...
Feb 22, 2024 Image from Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport's Facebook page.
Manager charged with secretly recording a meeting of Kalamazoo Township officials fired
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A week after being charged with eavesdropping on a private meeting, Kalamazoo Township Manager Dexter Mitchell has been fired. He has been charged with a felony f...
Feb 22, 2024 Kalamazoo Township Manager Dexter Mitchell (courtesy Kalamazoo Township)
Tekonsha man arrested following arson at Calhoun County home
CLARENDON TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 26-year-old Tekonsha man has been arrested for arson following a Tuesday fire at a Clarendon Township home in Calhoun County. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Depart...
Feb 22, 2024 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Department
Kalamazoo man convicted of shooting to death another man during a shoe purchase set up on Facebook
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man has been convicted of fatally shooting another man he was meeting to sell shoes to in December 2022. Jalani Darshawn Nowling was convicted last week of was...
Feb 21, 2024 A mugshot of Jalani Nowling (courtesy Kalamazoo County Jail)
WMU's Dunbar Hall set to reopen next month after $42 million renovation and expansion
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - When Western Michigan University students and staff return from Spring Break March 11, they will get their first to see the newly renovated Dunbar Hall on campus. After th...
Feb 21, 2024 Dunbar Hall under renovation at Western Michigan University (courtesy WMU webcam)
UPDATE: Man's body found on Lake Michigan shoreline Identified
GANGES TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO-WHTC) - The body of a man washed up on the Lake Michigan shoreline north of South Haven, with authorities treating it as a suspicious death, has now been identified. Deputies...
Feb 20, 2024 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Kalamazoo Township manager charged with eavesdropping on closed meeting
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Township manager Dexter Mitchell has been charged with eavesdropping on a private board meeting last year. Mitchell was charged Friday with installing a...
Feb 20, 2024 Kalamazoo Township Manager Dexter Mitchell (courtesy Kalamazoo Township)
BC Fire Marshal investigating second fire at Upton Avenue home in a week
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - For the second time within a week, Battle Creek firefighters had to put out a fire in an unoccupied home on Upton Avenue on Monday morning. The Battle Creek Fire Departm...
Feb 20, 2024 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Community invited to offer input on future of Beckley Road corridor
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The City of Battle Creek is working with a consultant on a new vision for the future of the Beckley Road corridor. City officials are working with consultant Progressive...
Feb 19, 2024 City of Battle Creek logo
AUDIO: Battle Creek police identify Texas man shot, killed by officers
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police have identified the man shot and killed by officers Thursday afternoon as 29-year-old Dario Arguello of San Antonio, Texas. Police Chief Shannon Bag...
Feb 16, 2024
