Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Two car garage destroyed, adjacent homes saved in early morning Battle Creek fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Quick action by the Battle Creek Fire Department is being credited for saving four nearby homes after a garage went up in flames early Thursday morning. The detached tw...
Jun 16, 2022 Arseni Mourzenko
With bankruptcy on the horizon, Sturgis City Commission to consider $645,000 loan for hospital
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After more than an hour of discussion Wednesday with representatives from Sturgis Hospital, the Sturgis City Commission voted to hold a special meeting at 6:00 p.m. next Wed...
Jun 16, 2022 Sturgis Hospital, Sturgis MI (courtesy of Sturgis Hospital Facebook page)
Attorney General alleges Hillsdale County deputy used his position to coerce a female suspect into a sexual relationship
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) - A Hillsdale County Sheriff's Department deputy is being charged with sexual misconduct with a prisoner, and now Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is encouraging other potent...
Jun 16, 2022 Michigan Attorney General logo (courtesy of Michigan Attorney General)
911 Millage on the August 2 ballot in Calhoun County
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Consolidated Dispatch Authority of Calhoun County, which manages dispatch services for Police, Fire, and EMS agencies in the county, has a millage request on the ballo...
Jun 15, 2022
Whitmer awards grants to 33 local governments and nonprofits to upgrade housing infrastructure across state
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday, June 14, awarded more than $1.7 million in Neighborhood Enhancement Program grants to 33 local governments and nonprofit groups. The g...
Jun 15, 2022 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Stolen vehicle recovered from bottom of lake in Barry County
BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Barry County Sheriff's Office reports that a stolen vehicle was recovered from Bristol Lake in Baltimore Township Tuesday evening, June 14. Authorities say d...
Jun 15, 2022 Barry County Sheriff's Dept. logo
Dead body reportedly found in boat floating in Kalamazoo River
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A report says a dead body was found inside a small fishing boat recovered in the Kalamazoo River in Comstock Township Tuesday afternoon. News Channel 3 reports Com...
Jun 15, 2022 Comstock Township Fire and Rescue boat (courtesy of Comstock Township Fire and rescue)
Police arrest woman charged in deadly hit-and-run in Barry County
BARRY TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A woman that Barry Township Police identified on Monday, June 13, as the driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash near Delton has been arrested. Alexandra Palme...
Jun 14, 2022 Photo from Barry Township Police Department.
Tips on how to beat the heat with "real feel" temps into the 100s
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Allegan County Sheriff's Office along with Allegan County Emergency Management offers these survival tips for summer's heatwaves.
Jun 14, 2022
Thousands lose power as thunderstorms hit southwest Michigan Monday night
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO M/FM) - Thousands in Michigan remain without power this morning, after several waves of thunderstorms and strong winds roared through the state last night and early this morning. A...
Jun 14, 2022 Ian Livesey
