Category Archives: Battle Creek News
MDOT Adopt-A-Highway pickup starts Saturday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Be on the lookout this weekend for folks wearing those highly visible yellow-green safety vests walking along your local highway. Volunteers will be fanning out across lowe...
Apr 22, 2022 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education mask mandate continues, possibly through the end of the school year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education has finally had a lively debate over wearing masks, but it was the trustees, and not the parents who were arguing. The boar...
Apr 22, 2022 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting April 21, 2022
Cause of house fire on Lathrop Avenue in BC remains under investigation
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The cause of a fire which resulted in over $300,000 worth of damage to a Battle Creek home is under investigation by the Fire Marshal. The blaze at 134 Lathrop Avenue wa...
Apr 22, 2022 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
The "Marathon" is back in Kalamazoo; The Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon, formerly known as the Kalamazoo Marathon - Borgess Run, is set to return as a three-day live event beginning Friday, April 22. The event w...
Apr 21, 2022
Employment numbers trend in positive direction for Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget says that regional jobless rates receded in the state during March. According to data released by the departmen...
Apr 21, 2022
Suspect charged for violent December Battle Creek murder
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek Police have arrested a man on a charge of homicide and open murder for a violent crime that happened in December of last year. In a news release issued on...
Apr 20, 2022 Best Law
Section of Washington Avenue in Battle Creek to close for sewer repair
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek city crews are set to close a section of Washington Avenue on Thursday, April 21, for a sewer repair. The closure will be between Ann Avenue and Walter Av...
Apr 20, 2022 Image from the City of Battle Creek Public Works Division.
Regional job fair to help those impacted by upcoming Graphic Packaging mill closure in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Thirty regional businesses are joining forces over the next couple of days those in need find employment, including those impacted by the upcoming Graphic Packaging mi...
Apr 19, 2022 Graphic Packaging International Logo
One killed, another injured in Tuesday morning Branch County crash
OVID TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Sheriff's Office is investigating a single vehicle accident Tuesday morning that took the life of a Coldwater area man and injured his wife. Deputies say 8...
Apr 19, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
21-year-old killed but one-year-old uninjured in St. Joseph County crash
CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office is investigating a single vehicle crash that killed a 21-year-old Constantine man but left a one-year-old child unharmed. Sheriff...
Apr 19, 2022 Jason Rojas / CC
