Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Schoolcraft woman killed in Texas Township crash
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM - A Schoolcraft woman was killed Saturday when her vehicle hit a tree in Kalamazoo County's Texas Township. Deputies with the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office were sent...
May 07, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Prosecutor rules KDPS officers acted in self-defense during 2021 bus station shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County prosecutor Jeff Getting ruled on Friday, May 6, that police officers acted in self-defense when they fatally shot a man who had shot three people at the ...
May 06, 2022 Best Law
Local COVID-19 cases on the rise, with over 100 Kalamazoo Public Schools students testing positive since late April
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The daily COVID-19 case rate locally has risen every day for eight straight days, according to the latest data released by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Serv...
May 06, 2022 Jernej Furman / CC
Local colleges, K-12 schools, and pediatric psychiatric care to see increased funding under State House budget plan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Work continues on finalizing the State of Michigan budget for next year, with a plan voted out of the State House this week. Among some of the local highlights: Western Mich...
May 06, 2022 Kalamazoo Valley Community College sign (photo courtesy of Kalamazoo Valley Community College)
KCC Commencement Ceremony set for next Thursday night, first in-person commencement since 2019
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - Kellogg Community College will celebrate the accomplishments of nearly 900 graduating students at the College's annual commencement ceremony next Thursday, May 12 at Kellogg ...
May 06, 2022 Photo courtesy Kellogg Community College
Kalamazoo Public Schools to ease mask mandate next week, fully lifted on May 30
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools will lift their mask mandate next Monday, but only for recess and other outdoor events. But on May 30, they will also make masks optional indoors....
May 05, 2022 Jill Carlson (jillcarlson.org) / CC
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office's phone scam warning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is warning residents of another phone scam that's making the rounds. According to the Sheriff's Office, the scammers will call peopl...
May 04, 2022 Gonzalo Baeza / CC
KCC to resume operations Wednesday morning after ransomware attack
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - All Kellogg Community College operations will resume at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning after a ransomware attack. College officials announced the reopening on Tuesday an...
May 03, 2022 Kellogg Community College logo (courtesy of KCC)
Traffic signal to be upgraded on Columbia Avenue in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- City crews and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be working to upgrade a traffic signal at the intersection of Columbia Avenue and SW Capital Avenu...
May 03, 2022 Traffic signal
Sturgis man arrested for manufacturing child sexually abusive material and criminal sexual conduct
ST. JOSEPH, COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force announcing the arrest of 32-year-old Clayton Warren for Possession, M...
May 03, 2022 MSP investigating death of 2 year old in Cass County
