Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Cause of Sunday night blaze at Battle Creek home under investigation
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries in a fire Sunday night at a home in Battle Creek. The Battle Creek Fire Department and LifeCare Ambulance were dispatched to the report of a resi...
Dec 22, 2025
Housing projects in downtown Kalamazoo get major boost with state Brownfield Plan program grant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Brownfield Plan program grant from the State of Michigan will be leveraged for the redevelopment of property in downtown Kalamazoo to add 115 new housing units. The Mich...
Dec 22, 2025 The Speareflex Building on Kalamazoo Avenue (courtesy PlazaCorp Properties)
Multiple injuries as horse drawn buggy struck in Hillsdale County
CAMDEN TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Several people were injured, including two seriously, after a pickup truck struck an Amish buggy in Hillsdale County's Camden Township Sunday afternoon. The Hillsdale Coun...
Dec 21, 2025
Over $1-million damage in fire at Battle Creek commercial building
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A portion of a commercial building on Surby Avenue in Battle Creek was destroyed after a vehicle inside the building caught fire. Friday at 8:57 p.m., the Battle Creek ...
Dec 20, 2025
Kalamazoo Beer Exchange, which priced beer like stock market prices, set to close this weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A restaurant and bar in downtown Kalamazoo is set to close its doors for good this weekend. After 15 years of beer prices that rose and fell every 15 minutes based on dema...
Dec 18, 2025
Bronson BirthPlace says Theodore and Violet are their top names for this year
KALAMAZOO, M (WKZO AM/FM) - Theodore and Violet top the list of Bronson BirthPlace's most popular baby names of 2025. Bronson welcomed more than 4,500 newborns in 2025, bringing with them a fresh list...
Dec 17, 2025
Suspect who police say shot up a Kalamazoo restaurant arraigned on 25 felony counts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The suspect in a September shooting that injured five at a Kalamazoo restaurant was arraigned on 25 felony counts Tuesday. 19-year-old Na'Ledge Quincy Lovon Williams Chamb...
Dec 16, 2025 Naledge Quincy Lovon Williams Chamberlain (courtesy KDPS)
Man sentenced for child pornography possession
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Calhoun County man will serve between ten and 15-years in prison for possessing child pornography. The judge in the case against Kevin Wilson called it one of the mos...
Dec 16, 2025 Joe Gratz
Statewide gas prices up slightly in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's 3 more expensive per gallon to fill the gas tank in Michigan this week. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average is now at $2.85, which is 19 less than last month ...
Dec 15, 2025
Two convicted of murder after man was gunned down in broad daylight at Kalamazoo apartment complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A pair of men have been found guilty this week in the shooting death of another man at the Fox Ridge Apartments in Kalamazoo in 2024. 30-year-old Charles Lee Weir was gunn...
Dec 12, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
