Category Archives: Battle Creek News
GoFundMe set up for family of Kalamazoo woman killed in weekend crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A GoFundMe fundraiser has been set up for the family of a Kalamazoo woman who died following a car crash in Calhoun County on Saturday, February 24. 30-year-old Evangelin...
Feb 27, 2023 Photo from GoFundMe fundraiser.
Search warrant in St. Joseph Co. leads to multiple arrests on drug and firearm charges
LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A search warrant in St. Joseph County has resulted in the arrest of multiple people on drug and firearm charges. St. Joseph County Sheriff's deputies executed the...
Feb 27, 2023
St. Joseph County Sheriff booked for alleged drunk driving following Sunday morning crash
SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A news release issued late Monday morning by the Michigan State Police at Paw Paw has confirmed earlier media reports that St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywh...
Feb 27, 2023 Mugshot for St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite Feb 26, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Co Sheriff's Office)
Consumers Energy hopes for full power restoration by the end of Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy has restored power to over 250,000 customers across southern Michigan communities that were blanketed with up to a half-inch of ice. As of 8:45 a.m. Monda...
Feb 27, 2023 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
SW Michigan media outlets report arrest of St. Joseph County Sheriff in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Media outlets in southwest Michigan are reporting that St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite was arrested in Kalamazoo County over the weekend. WOOD-TV reports t...
Feb 27, 2023 Courtesy St. Joseph County Government web site
Albion man killed in Sunday morning crash in Marshall Township
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 20-year-old man from Albion was killed Sunday morning in a crash on Michigan Avenue in Marshall Township. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Accident Reconstruct...
Feb 27, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
The number is dropping, but thousands still without power
KALAMAZOO, MI ( WKZO AM/FM) - Over 600 Consumers Energy crews, contractors and lineworkers from outside Michigan started their final push Sunday to restore power to homes and businesses affected by th...
Feb 26, 2023
14-year-old facing charges in fatal shooting of Battle Creek Central High School student
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A teenage boy accused of shooting and killing a Battle Creek Central High School student was arraigned in Calhoun County District Court on Friday, February 24. 14-year...
Feb 26, 2023 Best Law
State police investigating OWI crash causing death
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo woman is dead following a crash on Saturday, February 25 in Calhoun County. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Marshall post say it happened around 7 a.m....
Feb 26, 2023 Photo from the Michigan State Police Marshall Post.
Burning log from fireplace the cause of Battle Creek house fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek firefighters are reporting no injuries following an accidental house fire on Friday, February 24. Crews responded to 590 North Washington Avenue around 12...
Feb 26, 2023 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
