Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Two Battle Creek residents recovering from gunshot wounds
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Battle Creek residents are hospitalized after they were shot early Sunday morning in Sheridan Township. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office was called to C Dri...
Oct 27, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
School bus slides off roadway in Branch County's Algansee Township, no serious injuries to driver or students
ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - There were no serious injuries as a Pansophia Academy school bus slid off the road and ended up partially on its side in Branch County's Algansee Township Wednesday morn...
Oct 22, 2025 A Pansophia Academy school bus slid of the roadway and into a ditch on Central Road October 22, 2025 (courtesy Branch County Sheriff's Office)
Calhoun County deputies seize 68 dogs in animal cruelty investigation
NEWTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 68 dogs have been surrendered to the Calhoun County Animal Shelter by a 68-year-old Newton Township woman. The county sheriff's office responded to her home in the 8...
Oct 22, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Former Battle Creek police officer gets probation for pointing gun
LIVONIA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Battle Creek police officer Hunter Barnett will be on probation for a year after he pointed a gun at another officer when they were both off-duty and at a Livonia hot...
Oct 22, 2025
Anonymous $1.52 million gift to WMed will expand access to child and adolescent psychiatry care in Southwest Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine say a recent $1.52 million gift from anonymous donors in the Kalamazoo community will ...
Oct 21, 2025 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Battle Creek Police investigating fatal motorcycle crash on SW Capital Avenue
BATTLE CREEK, Mi (WKZO AM/FM) - A 24-year-old man who had been riding a motorcycle collided with another vehicle and was killed Monday afternoon in Battle Creek. The Battle Creek Police Department say...
Oct 21, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
AUDIO: Malcolm Hankins selected as Kalamazoo's next city manager
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo will open contract negotiations with Des Moines Assistant City Manager Malcolm Hankins to be their next city manager. It was a close vote by the city...
Oct 21, 2025
Two separate firearms arrests over the weekend in Calhoun County
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office made two separate firearms-related arrests in the City of Springfield over the weekend as part of what they say are ongoing patrol ef...
Oct 20, 2025
No injuries as Battle Creek police find two explosive devices
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries as Battle Creek Police responded to a report of an explosion on Ridge Street that resulted in officers finding two explosive devices late Friday ...
Oct 20, 2025
KDPS announces charges in 2023 fatal shooting on Stockbridge Avenue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The suspect in a 2023 fatal drive-by shooting in Kalamazoo has been arraigned on murder charges. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says 23-year-old Raymond C. Moor...
Oct 20, 2025 zimmytws / Depositphotos.com
