Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Marshall golf course reopens under new name Saturday, more housing on-site planned
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The former Alwyn Downs Golf Course in Marshall is reopening this weekend with a new name and a new look. Ann Arbor-based Norfolk Homes purchased the 6,207-yard course and r...
Apr 29, 2022 The renovated clubhouse at Emerald Hills Golf Club, Marshall, MI (courtesy of Emerald Hills Golf Club)
Names of two children killed in Constantine fire released by mother
CONSTANTINE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The names of two children who died in a fire on Monday, April 25, in St. Joseph County have been released. WWMT-Newschannel 3 reporting that the names were provided by ...
Apr 28, 2022 jonel hanopol / CC
WMU to confer more than 2,300 degrees during in-person, virtual commencement ceremonies April 30
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Western Michigan University is set to grant 1,868 degrees at the bachelor's level, 422 at the master's level and 31 at the doctoral level as well as one specialist degree...
Apr 28, 2022 Animated Heaven
Mark Totten confirmed as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters announced on Thursday, April 28th, that the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Mark Totten to be the U.S. Attorney f...
Apr 28, 2022
Man arrested after allegedly swinging axe at a man and punching state trooper
GOBLES, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 47-year-old Van Buren County man was arrested Wednesday after police say he swung an axe at a man and punched a anther man. MLive is reporting Van Buren County sheriff's de...
Apr 28, 2022 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
Road project damaged after motorist drives through freshly poured concrete
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Road Commission of Kalamazoo County says Monday substantial damage was done to the concrete work on the Sprinkle Road-East Main Street to G Avenue project, a someone d...
Apr 28, 2022 (courtesy of the Road Commission of Kalamazoo County)
AUDIO: Michigan Democratic Party holds rally in Kalamazoo to protest "sunsetting" of Medicare and Social Security
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Democratic Party hosted a press conference and rally in Kalamazoo on Tuesday, April 26 to push back on a Republican plan they say puts both Social Security a...
Apr 27, 2022
Battle Creek firefighters extinguish house fire in 10 minutes; no injuries reported
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Some faulty electrical wiring was to blame for a house fire in Battle Creek on Tuesday evening, April 26. Authorities say firefighters got the call about the fire at 3...
Apr 27, 2022 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Resurfacing of BL-94 near Marshall scheduled to start on Monday
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - The Michigan Department of Transportation has announced crews will be resurfacing a mile of the I-94 Business Loop near Marshall starting next Monday, May 2. Work will be pe...
Apr 26, 2022 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Officials say cause into Monday fatal fire in St. Joseph County is still unknown
CONSTANTINE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - The cause of a Monday morning fire that took the lives of two children in St. Joseph County remains under investigation. Constantine Fire Chief Mike Haydon says ...
Apr 26, 2022 jonel hanopol / CC
