Category Archives: Battle Creek News
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)
MSP look for suspect in shoplifting incidents at Homer Shell station
HOMER, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan State Police are asking for the public's help in their investigation of two shoplifting incidents involving the same suspect that took place over the weekend at th...
Feb 21, 2022 Courtesy Michigan State Police
Portage and other districts drop mask wearing mandates beginning today
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services revised its guidance on masking wearing last week, Portage Public Schools and several other districts will lift th...
Feb 21, 2022 Olgierd (3rd account) / CC
Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center providing further opportunities for campers with sensory needs
AUGUSTA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center in Augusta is working to provide a better camp experience for those with sensory needs or invisible disabilities. The center has teamed ...
Feb 20, 2022 A KultureCity Sebnsory Inclusive bag (courtesy of Sherman Lake YMCA)
Paw Paw man wins over $280,000 in Michigan lottery game
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Van Buren County man says winning $282,589 in the Michigan Lottery's Fantasy 5 game is "life-changing". David Flory of Paw Paw matched the Fantasy 5 numbers in the Februar...
Feb 19, 2022 David Flory of Paw Paw, MI (courtesy of Michigan Lottery)
One arrested, one still at large in armed robbery at the Dunham's store in Oshtemo Township Thursday evening
OSHTEMO, TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One of the two suspects wanted in the armed robbery of the Dunham's store on West Main Street Thursday night was arrested Friday on unrelated charges. The Kalamazo...
Feb 18, 2022 (Photo by John McNeil).
