Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Michigan Lottery looking for holder of winning "Lucky for Life" ticket bought in BC
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan Lottery is looking for the player who bought a winning $25,000 Lucky For Life ticket. A ticket matched the five white balls drawn Sunday night - 02-04-18-22...
Jul 18, 2022 meesh / CC
Suspected basement fire causes more than $200K in property damage
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Battle Creek Fire Department is reporting no injuries after an early morning house fire on Sunday, July 17. Firefighter crews were dispatched to 146 Central Street...
Jul 17, 2022 Photo provided by the City of Battle Creek Fire Department.
BC Transit celebrates 10,000th BCGo ride and advertisement award
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- 16 months after launching the service, Battle Creek Transit's county-wide mobility pilot, BCGo, celebrated its 10,000th passenger ride this week, and a first place awa...
Jul 17, 2022 Image provided by the City of Battle Creek Transit Authority.
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
