Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Winter Storm Warning in effect through Saturday morning across West Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There are eleven west Michigan counties, including Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties, under a Winter Storm Warning through 7:00 a.m. Saturday. The National Weather Service sa...
Nov 17, 2022 (courtesy National Weather Service-Grand Rapids)
Jackson and Hillsdale County students set to return to class Thursday
JACKSON, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - The Jackson County Intermediate School District announced that students in Jackson and Hillsdale Counties will return to classes on Thursday, weather permitting, as progress...
Nov 16, 2022 Deleece Cook / Unsplash
Calhoun County Public Health Department celebrates Great American Smokeout November 17
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The American Cancer Society marks the Great American Smokeout on the third Thursday of November each year by encouraging smokers to use the date to plan to quit, or ...
Nov 16, 2022
Icy road conditions believed to be cause of at least 17 vehicles crashing on Verona Road overpass
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Icy road conditions are believed to have been a contributing factor in a crash that damaged at least 17 vehicles west of Marshall on Wednesday morning. Michigan State Police...
Nov 16, 2022 State Farm / CC
Jackson, Hillsdale County school closures extend to third day
JACKSON, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - Jackson County Intermediate School District officials are making progress on restoring computer systems that were attacked by ransomware over the weekend. Their work isn't q...
Nov 15, 2022 Got Credit / CC
Branch County prosecutors dismiss Royer murder case based on new information
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The case of a Coldwater man who was facing three charges in connection with the death of his infant daughter has been dismissed by Branch County Prosecutors based upon new infor...
Nov 15, 2022 Brian Turner / CC
Jackson and Hillsdale County schools remain closed after ransomware attack
JACKSON, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - Students in Jackson and Hillsdale Counties will not attend classes for a second consecutive day following a computer system outage caused by a ransomware attack this past we...
Nov 14, 2022 MChe Lee / Unsplash
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).
