Category Archives: Battle Creek News
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
Upton unveils TV ad as precursor to expected heated congressional race
ST. JOSEPH, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's nearly official without the formal announcement as two incumbents will vie against each other for a seat in Congress from West Michigan in 2022. Unless court challen...
Feb 23, 2022
Bronson Healthcare giving current employees bonuses to act as recruiters
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In effort to attract new employees and incentivize their current employees to help, Bronson Healthcare has launched what they call their 90-Day Employee Referral Challenge...
Feb 23, 2022
Rep. Upton issues statement on Russian invasion of Ukraine
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) issued the following statement after Russian forces officially invaded Ukraine: "Today, Russia's authoritarian leader, Vladimir Put...
Feb 22, 2022 Former US House Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) in a file photo. (photo courtesy office of Congressman Fred Upton)
Calhoun County to start seasonal weight restrictions on roads next Tuesday
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Road Department is enacting seasonal weight restrictions beginning at 12:01 a.m., next Tuesday morning, March 1, 2022. The restrictions will remain ...
Feb 22, 2022
Kalamazoo County prosecutor rules fatal police shooting was lawful self defense
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Prosecuting Attorney has ruled that a County Sheriff's Department sergeant acted in lawful self defense in the shooting death of a man at a Galesburg ...
Feb 22, 2022 Courtesy of the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department
76-year-old activist crawling from Battle Creek to Kalamazoo to highlight gun violence
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Longtime community activist Bobby Holley Monday began crawling from Battle Creek to Kalamazoo to call for an end to gun violence. The 76-year-old set out on the 23-mile...
Feb 22, 2022 Bobby Holley of Battle Creek is crawling from Battle Creek to Kalamazoo to highlight gun violence (photo courtesy of WOOD-TV 8)
