Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Pennfield Schools go into lockdown 2 days in a row
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police are investigating after the Pennfield School district went into lockdown for the second day in a row on Thursday, October 13. According to Superintendent Stepha...
Oct 13, 2022
South Bend IN police department seeking help in finding missing man they believe may be in West MI
SOUTH BEND, IN (WKZO AM/FM) -- The South Bend Indiana Police Department is seeking the public's help in West Michigan to help locate a missing person. 28-year-old Stefan Thurmand was last seen on Thur...
Oct 12, 2022 Photo provided by the South Bend Indiana Police Department.
Man charged with setting fire to Planned Parenthood clinic in Kalamazoo agrees to plead guilty
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man charged with setting fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Kalamazoo in July has agreed to plead guilty. According to WOOD TV-8, Joshua Brereton of Paw Paw agre...
Oct 12, 2022 Surveillance photo of Joshua Brereton provided by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.
Suspect in Battle Creek high speed chase arraigned on multiple felony charges
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - 32-year-old Jacob Kody Westover was arraigned on Monday in Calhoun County District Court on four counts of assault with intent to murder, criminal sexual conduct, and fl...
Oct 12, 2022 Rumble Press / CC
Health officials identify first case of Monkeypox in Barry County
BARRY COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Health officials in Barry County announced their first recorded case of monkeypox on Tuesday, October 11. According to Barry-Eaton District Health Department spokesper...
Oct 11, 2022 2003 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Battle Creek Fire Department celebrates Fire Prevention Week with open house Saturday, October 15
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The National Fire Protection Association celebrates 100 years of Fire Prevention Week this year, with the theme, "Fire won't wait. Plan your escape." The Battle Creek ...
Oct 10, 2022 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Cass County man wins $500,000 playing the Michigan Lottery's Cashword Times 10 Instant Game
DECATUR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A stop during lunch break led a Cass County man to winning $500,000 playing the Michigan Lottery's Cashword Times 10 instant game. The lucky 24-year-old player, who chose t...
Oct 10, 2022
One injured in fire, explosion at Cass County home
PORTER TOWNSHIP, CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man was injured in a structure fire in the 67,000 block of Valley Road in Cass County's Porter Township Sunday morning. The structure fire just befo...
Oct 10, 2022 Fire and explosion damaged home in the 67000 block of Valley Rd, Porter Township, Cass County, Michigan (courtesy of Cass Co Sheriff's Office)
Man arrested after threatening Kalamazoo County deputies with an axe
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says a man is in custody after threating deputies with an axe. Authorities responded to a home on West D Avenue in Cooper Township ar...
Oct 10, 2022 (Photo by John McNeil).
Man in custody after shoots fired in Battle Creek and high speed chase early Sunday morning
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police in Battle Creek say a suspect is in custody following an early Sunday morning assault. Officers were called to a home in the 400 block of Cliff Street around 3:3...
Oct 10, 2022 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
