Category Archives: Battle Creek News

Nurses at Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health System ratify new contract
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Registered nurses at Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health System have ratified a new contract designed to help recruit and retain nurses. According to a news release date...
Jerry Malec Jun 27, 2022 Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health System in Three Rivers, Michigan (courtesy of Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health System)

Home destroyed after vehicle crashes into it, bursts into flames
COLON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A home near Colon in St. Joseph County was destroyed early Monday morning after a vehicle crashed into it and caught fire. The Colon Fire Department was dispatched at 12:38 a....
Ken Delaney Jun 27, 2022 A home near Colon destroyed by fire June 27, 2022 (courtesy of Colon Fire and Rescue)

One killed in Barry County after SUV turns in front of trike style motorcycle Sunday afternoon
BARRY COUNTY, MICH. Michigan State Police at the Wayland Post are investigating a fatal traffic crash Sunday afternoon in Barry County's Yankee Springs Township. They say their preliminary investigati...
Ken Delaney Jun 27, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)

Battle Creek bus fares to increase on July 1; First increase in nearly 20 years
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Battle Creek Transit fares are expected to increase on Friday, July 1. The previous Battle Creek single ride fare increase was in 2003 when $1 was raised to $1.25,...
Jerry Malec Jun 26, 2022 Image from the Battle Creek Transit Authority.

Police looking for driver who crashed stolen truck into Springfield hair salon
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Calhoun County Sheriff's deputies are searching for the driver who crashed a stolen truck into a Battle Creek area business Friday morning, June 24. Authorities say pol...
Jerry Malec Jun 26, 2022 Photo from the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.

Body of missing kayaker who fell into the St. Joseph River located by police
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan State Police Marine Services Team recovered the body of a missing kayaker from the St. Joseph river. According to the Three Rivers Police Department, the ...
Jerry Malec Jun 26, 2022 Three Rivers Police Department (Photo by John McNeil)

Freight trains hits, kills person who was lying on the tracks in Albion
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Authorities in Albion say a person who was lying on the train tracks was hit and killed early this morning. Around 12:30 a.m., an officer with the Albion Department of Public...
Ken Delaney Jun 24, 2022 Albion Department of Public Safety logo

Calhoun County deputies team up with Battle Creek police to arrest 3 suspects responsible for multiple thefts, to include a car
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Three suspects responsible for multiple larcenies in the Battle Creek area were arrested according to police. It happened Thursday morning, June 23, when deputies wi...
Jerry Malec Jun 23, 2022 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.

Tip from NCMEC leads to arrest and conviction of Sturgis man who possessed child sexually abusive material on computer
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The St. Joseph County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney announced on Thursday, June 23, the arrest and conviction of a Sturgis man who used his computer to possess child s...
Jerry Malec Jun 23, 2022

88-year-old Hastings man killed in two vehicle crash in Barry County Wednesday
BALTIMORE TOWNHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An elderly man from Hastings was killed Wednesday afternoon, after his car was struck broadside at the intersection of Charlton Park Road and Lawrence Road in Barr...
Ken Delaney Jun 23, 2022 Barry County Sheriff's Dept. logo




