Category Archives: Battle Creek News
60th Annual Maple Hill Holiday Parade returns to Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The 60th annual Maple Hill Holiday Parade returns to downtown Kalamazoo this Saturday, November 19th. The parade is set to begin at Lovell and Jasper Streets at 11 a.m. a...
Nov 14, 2022 (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
God's Kitchen of Michigan to host free Thanksgiving dinners in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- God's Kitchen of Michigan, a hunger-relief charity serving free dinners in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, is getting ready to host their annual Free Community Thanksgiving m...
Nov 14, 2022 Battle Creek Bruin Hockey Team members volunteered to serve free Thanksgiving dinners at God's Kitchen of Michigan's First Congregational Church meal site in 2014. Photo by: Rev. William Stein
Dog saved in Battle Creek house fire on Van Buren Street
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The cause of a Sunday night fire at a home in the 100 block of East Van Buren remains under investigation by the Battle Creek Fire Marshal. Fire officials say smoke was ...
Nov 14, 2022 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Technology outage cancels classes in Jackson, Hillsdale Counties
JACKSON, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A computer system outage has forced the cancellation of classes Monday throughout Jackson and Hillsdale Counties. Sunday night, Jackson County Intermediate School District S...
Nov 13, 2022 Autumn_ schroe / Unsplash
State Police asking for help with search for runaway juvenile
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan State Police (MSP) Wayland Post is seeking help in locating a runaway juvenile. 16-year-old Raven McBride of Laketown Township was last seen on Friday, ...
Nov 13, 2022 16-year-old Raven McBride went missing on Friday, October 21. (Photo provided by the MSP Wayland Post)
Three Sturgis teens injured in St. Joseph County rollover crash
FAWN RIVER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Three teenagers from Sturgis were injured Friday morning in a single vehicle roll-over crash that took place on Franks Avenue south of Ivanhoe Street in St. Joseph Cou...
Nov 12, 2022
Rep. Lightner selected for House leadership position in 2023-24
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- State Representative Sarah Lightner of Springport in Calhoun County will assume caucus whip responsibilities next year after Republican legislators selected her on Thursday...
Nov 10, 2022 sugarfrizz / CC
24-year-old resentenced to 40-60 years in prison for murder committed in 2014
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man convicted of killing a 13-year-old boy 6 years ago was resentenced on Thursday, November 9 to 40 to 60 years, with time served. Victor Garay, who was 15-years-old a...
Nov 10, 2022 Photo of Victor Garay provided by the Kalamazoo Department of Corrections.
Kalamazoo police investigating shooting: 1 hospitalized
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety police are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital on Wednesday, November 9. Authorities say officers heard se...
Nov 09, 2022 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Haadsma and Lightner win Michigan House seats, Mark Behnke reelected Battle Creek mayor
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In State House races in Calhoun County, a pair of incumbents won in redrawn districts in Tuesday's general election. Democrat Jim Haadsma won in the new 44th District a...
Nov 09, 2022 Battle Creek Mayor Mark Behnke (courtesy of the City of Battle Creek)
