Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Battle Creek Transit to return two routes on Monday due to increase in staffing
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Even though Battle Creek Transit continues to operate under a staffing shortage, the City of Battle Creek has announced that new staffing levels will allow for two route...
Apr 28, 2023 A Battle Creek Transit bus (courtesy of City of Battle Creek)
Authorities warning residents of 'Missed Jury Duty' scam phone calls
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller is warning residents of yet another scam. In this latest scam which is making the rounds, Sheriff Fuller says those behind it are c...
Apr 28, 2023 Alachua County / CC
AUDIO: More than 2,300 students to walk the stage in largest graduation ceremony for WMU
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Here is another sure sign of the season. Saturday, April 29 will be Spring Graduation for students at WMU. Commencement is held three times a year at Western, but this wil...
Apr 28, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil).
KDPS officers save man who was trapped underneath his vehicle for 10 minutes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - And now a story from a few days ago that could have had a bad ending, but didn't. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers jumped into action quickly at an address o...
Apr 27, 2023 Image from Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Facebook page.
Calhoun County log splitter theft being investigated by State Police
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The theft of a log splitter in Calhoun County's Burlington Township is being investigated by Michigan State Police Troopers from the Marshall Post. The log splitt...
Apr 27, 2023 Michigan State Police - File photo
M-96 repaving starts Monday in Galesburg and Augusta
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Alongside the $51 million investment of rebuilding and repaving of 13.4 miles of US-131 from Three Rivers to Shaver Road south of Portage and Kalamazoo City, The Mi...
Apr 26, 2023
Saugatuck Brewing Company to hold release parties for new IPA starting Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Saugatuck Brewing Company is getting ready to release its Rainbow Rodeo IPA, which it says casts a line of citrus, tropical and piney notes with enough body to make a spla...
Apr 25, 2023 Photo courtesy of Saugatuck Brewing Company.
Carelessly discarded smoking materials blamed for $10,000 BC home fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Carelessly discarded smoking materials are being listed as the cause of a Monday afternoon fire at a residence on Fairview Avenue in Battle Creek which caused about $10,...
Apr 25, 2023 Photo courtesy Battle Creek Fire Department
Candidates for St. Joseph County Sheriff's post make announcement to run on same day as Lillywhite probation sentence
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There are now two people running for the position of St. Joseph County Sheriff. The two candidates made the announcement on Monday, April 24, the same day as Sheri...
Apr 24, 2023
Five injured as car hits Amish buggy, driver says at first he didn't know what he had hit
CALIFORNIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police say the driver of a car that struck an Amish buggy in Branch County's California Township early Saturday morning didn't see the buggy before the ...
Apr 24, 2023 An Amish buggy destroyed in a crash in Branch County's California Township April 22, 2023 (courtesy Michigan State Police)
