Category Archives: Battle Creek News
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)
Raymond Road bridge to close for four months on April 3 for rehab work
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Road Department says the bridge on Raymond Road over the railroad, just north of Michigan Avenue, will be closed for approximately four months startin...
Mar 07, 2023 Courtesy Calhoun County Road Department
ALDI, one of America's fastest-growing retailers, opens first Sturgis store
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- ALDI, known for offering groceries and household staples at discounted prices in a "no frills" shopping experience, is getting set to open another store in Sturgis. The gra...
Mar 05, 2023 ALDI Logo from ALDI Facebook page.
Gull Lake Middle School receives fake bomb threat
RICHLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gull Lake Middle School had to be evacuated Friday afternoon after what Police describe as a swatting incident Friday Shortly after 10:00 a.m., the Kalamazoo County Consoli...
Mar 03, 2023
