Category Archives: Battle Creek News
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
Some residents call for the closing of Graphic Packaging plant because of odors and health concerns
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A concerned and at times angry group of Kalamazoo residents appeared at last night's Town Hall to talk about odors coming from Graphic Packaging, some of them demanding th...
May 19, 2023 A Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Town Hall on Graphic Packaging in Kalamazoo May 18, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Battle Creek police charge two people with illegally moving body after suspected overdose
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police have released more information about a body that was discovered in a grassy area north of the Battle Creek River on on Wednesday, May 17. Authoritie...
May 18, 2023
Grant helps Bronson Healthcare implement program to expedite opioid use disorder treatment
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bronson Healthcare has implemented a new program with a goal of treating opioid use disorder quicker in the emergency room. This is due in part to a nearly $350,000 grant ...
May 18, 2023 Bronson Battle Creek (Photo by John McNeil)
