Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Sprinkle Road ramps closing for I-94 lane shift in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Transportation will be moving to the next phase of I-94 expansion in Kalamazoo starting Friday, August 19, as crews will move westbound I-94 tr...
Aug 17, 2022 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Bell's Brewery to support clean water and water habitat protection projects through beer sales
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bell's Brewery will invest $480,000 in nonprofits, programs and organizations that are dedicated to supporting clean water and water habitat protection. The Comsto...
Aug 17, 2022 Bell's Brewery logo. (Image courtesy of Bell's Brewery).
KDPS accepting applications for Public Safety Officers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is looking to add a few more public safety officers to it's ranks. The department started accepting applications on Monday, Augu...
Aug 16, 2022
Michigan State Police sponsoring "Stuff A Blue Goose" drives to benefit local schools
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan State Police Paw Paw, Marshall, and Wayland posts are partnering with various schools in Van Buren, St. Joseph, and Allegan counties to supply back-to-school su...
Aug 15, 2022 (courtesy of Michigan State Police)
Bicyclist killed after being struck head-on by a car in Allegan County Friday morning
PULLMAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A bicyclist was killed Friday morning in Allegan County's Lee Township, after being struck head-on by a car that crossed the centerline. Around 10:15 a.m. first responders w...
Aug 12, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
South Haven celebrates blueberries all weekend
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Blueberry Festival is underway through Sunday in South Haven. Blueberry Central Market is located at the Huron Street Pavilion, with fresh blueberries, blue...
Aug 12, 2022 National Blueberry Festival graphic (courtesy of National Blueberry Festival)
MSP looking for LeRoy Township retail fraud suspect
LEROY TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Michigan State Police troopers are investigating a Retail Fraud complaint that took place on July 30 at the Dollar General on B Drive North near M-66 at about 8:30 p.m...
Aug 12, 2022 Photo courtesy Michigan State Police
Police investigating possible other targets of the man who ran down and killed a woman in a Oshtemo Township parking lot
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man has been charged with open murder for running over and killing an elderly woman in the Walmart parking lot in Oshtemo Township early Tuesday afternoon. Kalamazoo Cou...
Aug 12, 2022 Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller at a press conference August 11, 2022 (courtesy of John McNeill)
Motorcyclist critically injured after being struck by semi in St. Joseph County
STURGIS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 50-year-old man from Albion, Indiana was injured Wednesday afternoon when his motorcycle was struck by a turning semi at the intersection of M-66 and Bogen Road i...
Aug 11, 2022
Suspect arrested after allegedly threatening family at Comstock Township store, then fleeing from police
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 17-year-old is in custody after allegedly threatening a family with a handgun at the Walmart store on Gull Road in Comstock Township Wednesday evening, then flee...
Aug 11, 2022 (Photo by John McNeil).
