Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office and Biggby Coffees Partner for "Round Up for Shop with a Cop" Fundraiser November 17-23
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The spirit of giving is brewing in Battle Creek as the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office launches a week-long "Round Up for Shop with a Cop" fundraising campaign in partn...
Nov 12, 2025
State Representative Steve Carra to face primary challenge next year
CONSTANTINE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A police officer from Constantine has launched a Republican bid to unseat current GOP 36th District State Representative Steve Carra. Max Coon is also a Constantine Town...
Nov 11, 2025 36th District Michigan State House candidate Max Coon
Battle Creek Police investigating fatal bicycle crash on West Columbia Avenue
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 23-year-old Battle Creek man has died after his bicycle was struck while he was riding on West Columbia Avenue Tuesday morning. Battle Creek Police say that around 6:...
Nov 11, 2025 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
Gas prices up 14-cents a gallon in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Drivers are paying 14-cents more a gallon to fill the gas tank today than last Monday. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average price for gas is $3.10, 15-cents more th...
Nov 10, 2025
Batavia Township woman dies in Friday morning house fire
BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Fire officials now say a woman died in an early Friday morning fire in Branch County's Batavia Township. Bronson Fire Chief Scott Wilber says 59-year-old Cindy Herman die...
Nov 08, 2025
Suspect in custody after Comstock Township murder
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Few details have been released in a shooting death in Kalamazoo County's Comstock late Friday night. Kalamazoo County Consolidated Dispatch Authority received 911 ...
Nov 08, 2025
New southbound off ramp for the U.S. 131 Business Loop unveiled
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - They snipped the ribbon Friday morning on the new southbound off ramp for the U.S. 131 Business Loop. The $24 million dollar project makes the intersection, which had only...
Nov 07, 2025 (photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Former WMU football standout Marshawn Kneeland dies at 24
DALLAS, TX (WKZO AM/FM) -Dallas Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland has passed away at the age of 24. The team announced he died this morning, but did not provide a cause of death. Kneeland recovered a b...
Nov 06, 2025
Groups to hold Veterans Day event at Fort Custer National Cemetery despite government shutdown
ROSS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Veterans Day ceremony will be held at Fort Custer National Cemetery regardless if the federal government shutdown ends by November 11. Fort Custer National Cemetery ...
Nov 06, 2025 Fort Custer National Cemetery sign (courtesy of Fort Custer National Cemetery Facebook page)
Anonymous donor rescues God's Kitchen of Michigan Thanksgiving Dinner in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After earlier in the week announcing that the even would be canceled due to a lack of donations, God's Kitchen of Michigan has announce that its Free Community Thanksgivin...
Nov 05, 2025
