Category Archives: Battle Creek News
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)
Boyfriend of Heather Kelley enters "guilty" plea in December KPEP escape as the search for Kelley continues
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The boyfriend of missing Portage mother Heather Kelley changed his plea to "guilty" in a case involving his alleged escape from a halfway house in Kalamazoo late last year. ...
Jul 05, 2023
Construction equipment stolen from I-69/I-94 interchange, MSP investigating
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police troopers are investigating the theft of construction equipment from the ongoing ramp work at the I-69 and I-94 interchange. They say a CAT Mini-Excava...
Jul 05, 2023 Photo of the suspect vehicle and stolen excavator from the I-69/I-94 construction site. Courtesy Michigan State Police
Discarded cigarette leads to BC house fire, two occupants suffer minor injuries
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Two persons suffered what were described as minor injuries early Tuesday morning when a fire broke out at a home in the 100 block of Caine Street near Post Avenue. The B...
Jul 05, 2023 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
