Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Bill to name a portion of U.S. 131 after slain Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department sergeant passes committee
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A bill that would designate a portion of U.S. 131 in Kalamazoo County as the Sergeant Ryan J. Proxmire Memorial Highway has been unanimously approved by the House Transporta...
Feb 28, 2022 Fallen Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Sgt. Ryan Proxmire
Coaches sought for Kalamazoo's Girls on the Run
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo's Girls on the Run is looking for a few good coaches. This as the annual program ramps up in March. Organization volunteers say they are not looking for runners...
Feb 27, 2022 Kzoo Cowboy / CC
Battle Creek firefighter recovering after suffering minor injury during weekend house fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Battle Creek firefighter was injured Saturday morning, February 26, while battling a house fire. It happened at 95 Clark Street in the area of Raymond Road and Michi...
Feb 27, 2022 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Local Catholic Bishop calls for Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace on Ash Wednesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The head of the Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo is calling on parishioners and all others to dedicate Ash Wednesday as a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace. In a statement ...
Feb 27, 2022 Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo sign (Photo by John McNeil)
Police in search of suspicious stolen vehicle in Calhoun County
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is looking for help in locating a stolen vehicle. Authorities say the vehicle was discovered on Thursday evening around 9:45 p.m. wh...
Feb 25, 2022 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
Colon man robbed at gunpoint when he thought he was meeting a woman he met online
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says a Colon man who thought he was meeting a woman he met online was robbed at gunpoint outside of Battle Creek Monday. Police say the ...
Feb 25, 2022 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).
Two charged with abusing, killing their elderly grandfather in Allegan County
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Allegan County men are being charged with killing their 82-year-old grandfather. William Fitzhugh died in December 2021 after being hospitalized since October for broken...
Feb 25, 2022 27-year-old Christopher Fitzhugh and 24-year old Cory Nethery (courtesy of the Allegan County Sheriff's Department)
Rep. Hall helps push tax cut plan through State House committees Thursday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A local state lawmaker who chairs the House Tax Policy Committee is applauding a tax cut plan that he says will provide real tax relief for people across Michigan in the fac...
Feb 24, 2022 Michigan State Representative Matt Hall (courtesy of Michigan House of Representatives)
State ag officials issue warning to poultry owners after avian bird flu detected in Kalamazoo County
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - What's typically called avian bird flu has been detected in Kalamazoo County. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) says following an investig...
Feb 24, 2022 Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development logo
As Kalamazoo plant expands, date set for closing Graphic Packaging site in Battle Creek, 200 jobs to be lost
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As its footprint continues to grow in Kalamazoo, the Graphic Packaging International paper mill in Battle Creek is preparing to shut down in August, with 200 layoffs ex...
Feb 24, 2022 Graphic Packaging International Logo
