Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Police identify kayaker who drowned Saturday in Three Rivers
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials have now identified that kayaker who drowned Saturday in the St. Joseph River in Three Rivers as 26-year-old Donovan Forsythe of Princeton, North Carolina The...
Jun 28, 2022 Three Rivers Police Department (Photo by John McNeil)
126th Army Band to perform Wednesday at Binder Park Zoo
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The public is invited to enjoy a rare musical opportunity when the 126th Army Band out of Lansing performs on Wednesday, June 29, at Binder Park Zoo. The 126th Army Ba...
Jun 27, 2022
Battle Creek City Commission to interview six candidates for at-large position
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Battle Creek City Commission is getting ready to interview six candidates for the at-large opening on the commission. The interviews will take place near the begin...
Jun 27, 2022
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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 ...
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...
Jun 24, 2022 Albion Department of Public Safety logo
