Category Archives: Battle Creek News
UPDATE: Work on Ford's BlueOval Battery Plant in Marshall is a "go" after judge hears arguments against construction
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Work on Ford's $3.5 billion dollar BlueOval Battery Plant outside the city of Marshall will continue for now. A visiting judge to Calhoun County Circuit Court who heard arg...
Jul 12, 2023 Courtesy Stop the Marshall Megasite Facebook page
Class action lawsuit against Kalamazoo's Graphic Packaging International plant continues despite efforts to dismiss it
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A federal judge has refused to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed by a number of Kalamazoo Residents who live near the Graphic Packaging International plant. The residen...
Jul 11, 2023 (Photo provided by John McNeill)
Suspect in Saturday's fatal shooting of Kalamazoo teen charged with murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect accused of fatally shooting a Kalamazoo teenager has been charged with murder. Authorities say 46-year-old Tieshawn Matthews was charged on Tuesday, July 11 with...
Jul 11, 2023 Best Law
Pedestrian hit and killed by Amtrak train in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers are investigating after a pedestrian was hit and killed by an Amtrak train Monday morning, July 10. Authorities say it happe...
Jul 10, 2023 Richard Eriksson / CC
Spillage of half a million gallons of untreated wastewater in St. Joseph River near Three Rivers prompts no contact advisory
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Health officials are urging residents in Southwest Michigan communities near the St. Joseph River to steer clear of it until further notice. This they say comes af...
Jul 10, 2023 St. Joseph River image from google.com/maps/
36-year-old Kalamazoo woman victim of what KDPS says is a "suspicious death"
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety police have released the name of a victim of who's death they say is suspicious. Authorities identified the victim on Monday, July 10...
Jul 10, 2023 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Community to release butterflies in memory of loved ones
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Centrica Care Navigators welcomes the community to honor lost loved ones during it's Butterfly Release event at Leila Arboretum in Battle Creek on Saturday, July 15. Organ...
Jul 09, 2023
BC Police investigating early Friday morning shooting on McKinley Avenue
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police are investigating a shooting early Friday morning on McKinley Avenue which left a man injured. Police arrived in the first block of McKinley Avenue S...
Jul 08, 2023
Portage man accused in McDonald's parking lot stabbing incident charged with assault
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Portage man accused of stabbing a Kalamazoo man multiple times in the back has been charged with Assault with Intent to Murder. The Portage Department of Public Safety say...
Jul 06, 2023 Best Law
Names of fatal victims from St. Joseph County crash released by Sheriff's Department
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The two women who died in a St Joseph County traffic crash last Friday night were from Shipshewana, Indiana. Undersheriff Jason Bingaman says the fatal victims were...
Jul 06, 2023 St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
