Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Post Avenue house fire causes $38,000 worth of damage, no injuries
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A fire caused about $38,000 worth of damage to a home in the 200 block of Post Avenue in Battle Creek on Wednesday morning. Firefighters were dispatched at 11:11 a.m. to...
May 25, 2023 Courtesy Battle Creek Fire Department
Lawton man facing open murder charge for stabbing death of Galesburg woman
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney on Wednesday, May 24 authorized a criminal charge against a Lawton man for his role in the stabbing death of a Gale...
May 24, 2023 Best Law
God's Kitchen of Michigan and Broncos Kitchen collaborate to serve free dinners in Bronson Park
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - To serve 2,500 free dinners throughout the summer, God's Kitchen of Michigan and Broncos Kitchen are joining forces to kick off the "Big Give" free Monday meals program at...
May 23, 2023 Aniyah is one of God's Kitchen of Michigan's original dinner guests from Battle Creek. (Photo Credit: God's Kitchen of Michigan)
No injuries but more than $100,000 in damage in Battle Creek house fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No injuries were reported after a Battle Creek house fire causes more than $100,000 dollars in property damage early Tuesday morning, May 23. The Battle Creek Fire Depa...
May 23, 2023 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
KDPS investigating stabbing death of Galesburg woman, person of interest taken into custody
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety investigating a brutal stabbing death of a Galesburg woman. Authorities say public safety officers responded to a report of shots...
May 23, 2023 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Pope Francis names Lohse to replace Bishop Bradley for Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Paul J. Bradley and appointed Msgr. Edward M. Lohse as the fifth Bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo. The resi...
May 23, 2023 Msgr. Edward M. Lohse has been named as the fifth Bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo (courtesy Diocese of Kalamazoo)
Camper dumps raw sewage in Kalamazoo's Milham Park
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Services employees have cleaned up an estimated 50 gallons of raw sewage that was dumped in Milham Park by an RV camper Monday. Crews were sent to the par...
May 23, 2023 MIlham Park, Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy Kzoo Parks)
UPDATED: Missing Otsego woman found and now safe
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Otsego Police Department has confirmed that Emma Jan Mendoza has been found and is now safe. She was identified and contacted in South Haven, and is currently being tende...
May 22, 2023 (Photo of missing person Emma Jan Mendoza provided by the Otsego Police Department)
Five injured as two school buses collide outside Galesburg Augusta Middle School
AUGUSTA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Five people suffered minor injuries when two school buses crashed outside Galesburg-Augusta Middle School Friday afternoon. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says the ac...
May 19, 2023
BC double murder suspect Juqaveon Oliver held without bond following arraignment
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A suspect charged in connection with last February's murder of a mother and son was arraigned on Thursday in Calhoun County District Court. 19-year-old Juqaveon Oliver i...
May 19, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
