Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Senator Bizon receives probation, fine after pleading guilty to assaulting nurse practitioner during exam
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senator John Bizon of Battle Creek Wednesday was sentenced to 12 months probation and fined $1,130 after pleading guilty to assault and battery for groping a nurs...
Mar 24, 2022 Senator John Bizon, R-Battle Creek. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Senator John Bizon).
Barry County police searching for missing woman
HASTINGS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Barry County Sheriff's Office is asking for assistance in locating a missing woman. Police say that 39-year-old Angela Denise Mulder was last seen on Friday, March 18t...
Mar 23, 2022 Angela Denise Mulder (Photo courtesy of the Barry County Sheriff's Office)
Barry County man arrested after setting police cruiser on fire
HASTINGS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Barry County man was arrested for setting a police cruiser on fire. 31-year-old Jeremy Dunklee was caught in the act pouring gas on a parked cruiser at Hastings City Hal...
Mar 23, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Lakeview School District back to in-person learning following COVID-19 outbreak
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- It was back to in person learning for students at Battle Creek's Lakeview Middle School on Monday, March 21. This after a COVID-19 outbreak sent kids home last week. A...
Mar 22, 2022 sergio santos / CC
MDOT to switch M-66 signal at Patterson Way and State Street in Battle Creek to flash mode
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Transportation is set to conduct a study to reevaluate the safety and operational effectiveness of the intersection and traffic signal at M-...
Mar 21, 2022 Traffic signal
UPDATE with AUDIO: KDPS officer involved shooting timeline; suspect identified
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety police have released the identity of a man shot and killed in an officer involved shooting in Kalamazoo on Sunday, March 20. 33-year...
Mar 21, 2022 Former Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Police Chief Vernon Coakley. (Photo courtesy of KDPS).
Michigan's summer beer helps kick off spring in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Not many beers get their own celebration day. Bell's Oberon Ale is the exception. Bell's Eccentric Cafe & General Store in downtown Kalamazoo opened Monday to celebrat...
Mar 21, 2022 Nicholas Upton / CC
Battle Creek firefighter suffers minor injury in fire on Rolling Drive, cause under investigation
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Battle Creek firefighter suffered minor injuries on Saturday night when a floor collapsed as crews were performing overhauling work following a fire at 170 Rolling Dri...
Mar 21, 2022 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
One person shot and killed in officer involved shooting; MSP investigating
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan State Police are investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred on Sunday, March 20. According to a press release from the Kalamazoo Department of Publ...
Mar 20, 2022 Michigan State Police (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
No Guinness for Upton on St. Patrick's Day due to COVID-19
ST. JOSEPH, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Testing positive for COVID-19 earlier in the week put a damper on any St. Patrick's Day celebration for 6th District Congressman Fred Upton. According to Upton, whose dis...
Mar 18, 2022 (Photo courtesy of fredupton.com)
