Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Vicksburg man and woman arrested in FBI undercover child porn sting
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A man and a woman are in federal custody in an FBI undercover child porn sting operation. On Thursday, the FBI raided a home in Vicksburg and made the arrests there of Vir...
Jul 16, 2022 Scott Davidson / CC
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office seeks to fill multiple vacancies fast
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- With staffing down by a third at a time when jail populations are increasing and crime and violence are rising post-pandemic, The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is iss...
Jul 15, 2022 Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office (Photo by John McNeil)
Wolfe headed to state psychiatric hospital instead of prison for double murder in Galesburg
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Galesburg man charged with two counts of open murder for killing two of his neighbors in an apartment complex has plead not guilty by reason of insanity. Kalamazoo Count...
Jul 15, 2022 Brian Turner / CC
Water shut off and road closure on Capital Avenue SW on July 14
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- City crews will be replacing broken water valves, which will require temporary water shutoffs and a road closure beginning Thursday, July 14. This will require tempora...
Jul 13, 2022
Albion College's Whitehouse Nature Center reopened after no evidence of an alligator found
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Albion College reopened it's Whitehouse Nature Center on Wednesday, July 13, following several days investigating alligator sightings in the Kalamazoo River. School official...
Jul 13, 2022 Photo from Albion College's Whitehouse Nature Center's Facebook page.
West Nile Virus identified in Kent County
KENT COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kent County Health Department officials are confirming that the West Nile Virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Kent County. According to a news release dated Tuesda...
Jul 13, 2022 Enrique Dans / CC
Partnership between National Naval Aviation Museum, National Medal of Honor Museum and Air Zoo brings historic aircraft to life for new museum
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A special project that began 10 years ago, when an FM-2 Wildcat fighter plane was recovered from its 68-year slumber on the bottom of Lake Michigan, has recently taken an e...
Jul 12, 2022
Hartford man charged with murder in the April 2021 death of 18-month-old
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 22-year-old Hartford man has been arrested and charged with homicide and child abuse in the death of his girlfriend's baby last year. Sheriff Daniel E Abbott reports that...
Jul 12, 2022 The booking photo of 22-year-old Jacob Tanner of Hartford, MI (courtesy of the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office)
UIA warning of text message phishing scam
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) says those that have filed for unemployment benefits who receive a text message claiming to be from the agency need to igno...
Jul 12, 2022 Image provided by the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency.
Family and friends rally around KDPS officer paralyzed from weekend crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer who was injured in a weekend crash is now paralyzed from the waist down. Officer Tom Maher was struck by a suspected drunk...
Jul 12, 2022 GoFundMe page for Officer Maher and family.
