Category Archives: Battle Creek News
1 killed in shooting at Battle Creek apartment complex; investigators believe self-defense was involved
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Battle Creek Police Department is investigating a shooting that led to the death of a Fulton man, with investigators saying that self-defense was involved. Accordi...
Mar 09, 2023
Binder Park Zoo looks to hire enthusiastic employees through job fair
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As Spring inches closer, Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek is getting set for it's next season. And they're looking for people who could see themselves working at the zo...
Mar 09, 2023 Entrance to Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek, MI. (Photo courtesy of the Binder Park Zoo).
Battle Creek man charged with 2021 assault in Allegan County
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Battle Creek man has been charged for an assault in Allegan County that took place in 2021. 24-year-old Richard Lee-Raymond Ward-Perry was arraigned Wednesday, March 8 in...
Mar 08, 2023 Photo provided by the Allegan County Sheriff's Office.
Walk-in appointments offered at Calhoun County Public Health Department during National Vaccination Day
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Calhoun County Public Health Department is set to offer walk-in appointments on Thursday, March 16, and Friday, March 17, in observance of National Vaccination D...
Mar 08, 2023 NIAID / CC
FBI seeking public's help in finding Heather Kelley
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The FBI Detroit office along with the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office and the Portage Department of Public Safety is requesting the public's help in locating Heather Ke...
Mar 07, 2023 Photo from FBI Detroit Twitter page.
Hoods Up! Engines on display from March 6 Through March 20 at Gilmore Car Museum
HICKORY CORNERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- If you've ever wondered just what's under the hood of all the vehicles at the Gilmore Car Museum, you're in luck. The museum raised all the hoods on it's vehicles o...
Mar 07, 2023 Gilmore Car Museum logo
2023 Kalamazoo Home & Garden Expo begins on Friday, March 10
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The 2023 Kalamazoo Home & Garden Expo is right around the corner and it begins on Friday, March 10. The annual three-day event, which is produced by the Home Builders...
Mar 07, 2023
Fugitive arrested after hours-long standoff in Sturgis
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An hours-long standoff in St. Joseph County has ended with the arrest of a fugitive wanted on felony warrants. According to Michigan State Police, officers tracked the suspe...
Mar 07, 2023 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
Man sentenced to seven to 15 years in prison for crash that killed Mendon infant
CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man who was charged with fleeing the scene after he caused a fatal crash last November that killed an infant boy from Mendon was sentenced last Friday in St. Joseph Co...
Mar 07, 2023 Efrain Jimenez-Lopez (courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office)
Vigil held for Van Buren County Road Commission worker killed while on the job last week
LAWRENCE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Van Buren County Road Commission held a vigil Monday for 58-year-old Rene Rangel, who was killed Friday morning when hit by a vehicle in a construction zone on County R...
Mar 07, 2023 (courtesy Van Buren County Road Commission)
