Category Archives: Battle Creek News
DTE Energy Foundation granting $420,000 for state-funded violence shelters; Several in Southwest Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The DTE Energy Foundation has announced that $420,000 in grants will go to 45 state-funded domestic violence shelters in Michigan. The money will be used to support vi...
Oct 31, 2022 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
17 'clean' school buses on their way to West Michigan school districts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Several upgraded school buses are on their way to several school districts in West Michigan. The Biden Administration is set to give out roughly $1 billion dollars in gra...
Oct 31, 2022 Michael Casey / AP Images
Kalamazoo County woman wins $100,000 Powerball Prize from October 10 drawing
LANSING, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Kalamazoo County woman recently won a $100,000 Powerball prize. 64-year-old Anne Vantongeren of Portage matched the four white balls and the Powerball - 03-06-11-17-22 PB:1...
Oct 31, 2022 Henita May / CC
Battle Creek Police identify woman murdered on W. Fountain Street on October 23
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek police have released the name of a woman found murdered a week ago on Saturday, October 22. Authorities say 81-year-old Betty Smith was found to have suff...
Oct 30, 2022
Motorcyclist killed in crash with car hauler in Calhoun County
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan State Police Marshall post troopers are investigating a fatal traffic crash involving a motorcyclist versus a car hauler on Michigan Avenue near 13 Mile Road on S...
Oct 30, 2022 Photo provided by the Michigan State Police, Marshall Post.
KDPS set to join Southwest MI law enforcement agencies in hosting Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan State Police are getting ready to host Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Week which is set to run from Saturday, October 29 up through Friday, November 4, and some S...
Oct 28, 2022 Kalamazoo Avenue at Rose Street, Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy of imaginekalamazoo.com)
West Michigan doctor urging families to be cautions of RSV
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) --Pediatric doctor Andrea Hadley at the Helon DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids is urging families in West Michigan to be cautious when their child is sick, because ...
Oct 28, 2022 John Eisenschenk / CC
Vehicle crashes into BC home, two occupants pronounced dead at the scene
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Two persons were pronounced dead at the scene Thursday evening when the vehicle they were in crashed into a house in the area of North Washington Avenue and Parkway Driv...
Oct 28, 2022 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Jobless rates down, employment numbers up in Calhoun, Kalamazoo and Van Buren Counties in September
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Data released on Thursday, October 27 by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget indicated that 79 counties showed unemployment rate reductions betwe...
Oct 27, 2022 The Kalamazoo County Hazardous Materials Response Team (Photo courtesy of the Kalamazoo County Hazardous Materials Response Team)
Alleged threat leads to Marshall student being taken into custody
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A student from the Marshall School District was taken into custody Tuesday after a police investigation into an alleged school threat. The Marshall Police Department did not...
Oct 27, 2022 Courtesy Marshall Police Department Facebook page
