Category Archives: Battle Creek News
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.
Early morning blaze on Ridge Street under investigation by BC Fire Marshal
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The cause of a fire that broke out early Tuesday morning at a home on Ridge Street in Battle Creek is under investigation by the Battle Creek Fire Marshal. The fire at 1...
Jul 12, 2022 Fire Investigation Image, copyright © Midwest Communications
17-year-old boy dies after being shot near Arbor Pointe Townhomes, BCPD investigating
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 17-year-old who just graduated from high school last month is dead following a shooting in Battle Creek late Monday night. Battle Creek Police are investigating the fa...
Jul 12, 2022 Christopher Mark Williams (courtesy of Battle Creek Police Department)
Probable Monkeypox case identified in Kent County
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Monday, July 11, notified The Kent County Health Department (KCHD) that the first probable case of Monkeypox wa...
Jul 11, 2022 2003 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Veterans Millage renewal on August 2 Calhoun County ballot
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Voters of Calhoun County will be asked on August 2 to renew a dedicated Veterans Millage. This 10-year, tenth-of-a-mill tax, which was initially approved in 2012, rais...
Jul 11, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Kalamazoo County woman wins $300,000 in Michigan Lottery scratch off game
LANSING, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 75-year-old Kalamazoo County woman recently won $300,000 playing the Michigan Lottery's Cashword Times 5 instant game. She purchased her winning ticket at the BP gas statio...
Jul 11, 2022 meesh / CC
Early Monday morning robbery at Kalamazoo gas station, suspects still at large
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There was an armed robbery of a gas station in Kalamazoo early Monday. At approximately 3:10 a.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Officers were dispatched to the 390...
Jul 11, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Kayakers rescued from Kalamazoo River Saturday
GUN PLAIN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several kayakers who got stranded on the Kalamazoo River in Allegan County's Gun Plain Township had to be rescued Saturday. According to the Plainwell Department ...
Jul 11, 2022 Plainwell authorities arrest man suspected of pointing a gun at another person
