Category Archives: Battle Creek News

One dead, one wounded, suspect in custody after Oshtemo Township shooting
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is in custody, but ew details have been released, after a woman was killed and a man injured in a shooting incident in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township...
Ken Delaney Oct 05, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

16-year-old wanders away from campsite and drowns in Cass County lake
PORTER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 16-year-old autistic boy apparently walked away from a campsite and drowned in a nearby lake in Cass County's Porter Township Saturday. Just after 9:00 a.m. Cass C...
Ken Delaney Oct 05, 2025 Cass County Sheriff's Office sign. (Photo by John McNeil)

State House, Senate approve $51.8-billion omnibus budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House of Representatives has approved the state budget for Fiscal Year 2026. The Senate early this morning voted to approve the $51.8-billion omnibus budget, se...
Michael Arney Oct 03, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)

No state budget approved yet, but no state government shutdown
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer says state government will remain open despite lawmakers not yet approving a budget for Fiscal Year 2026, which began at midnight. House Appropriat...
Michael Arney Oct 01, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)

Fire damages Fazoli's restaurant in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A fire has damaged the Fazoli's restaurant in Battle Creek. Firefighters got the flames under control in about ten minutes yesterday afternoon, but say the entrance suf...
Michael Arney Oct 01, 2025

Hopkins man arrested in Allegan County animal fighting case
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 37-year-old Hopkins man has been charged on five felony counts stemming from the bust of a suspected cock fighting event this past July in Allegan County. Edin Dilson Roda...
Gary Stevens Sep 30, 2025 Edin Dilson Rodas (courtesy Allegan County Sheriff's Office)

Pair who fled into Schoolcraft Township cornfield facing multiple charges
SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man and woman who fled the scene of an accident Sunday which forced the cancellation of classes for School Community Schools Monday are facing multiple counts...
Ken Delaney Sep 30, 2025 Miranda Paige Hagaman and Erick R. Kibler (courtesy Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office)

One dead in Allegan County crash
OVERISEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly crash that happened just before 7:00 a.m. Tuesday in Overisel Township. Police say 22-year-0ld Austin...
Michael Arney Sep 30, 2025 Allegan County Sheriff's Patch (image courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)

MSP stepping up distracted and reckless driving enforcement
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police (MSP) troopers will be out cracking down on distracted and reckless drivers today . In a post on X over the weekend, Michigan state police announced that th...
Brett Briscoe Sep 29, 2025

One killed and two Injured in Cass County crash
POKAGON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is dead after his vehicle apparently ran a stop sign and was struck by another vehicle near Dowagiac Saturday evening. At around 6:45 p.m. deputies from ...
Ken Delaney Sep 28, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)




