Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Charges considered for threats made against Homer High School
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Calhoun County Prosecutor David Gilbert said his office is considering filing criminal charges for recent threats made against schools. Schools across Michigan have ...
Dec 11, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Calhoun and Kalamazoo Counties under a high wind watch for Saturday
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun and Kalamazoo Counties are included in a High Wind Watch which covers most of southern Lower Michigan from Saturday morning through Saturday evening. The Natio...
Dec 10, 2021 Courtesy National Weather Service Facebook page
14-year-old confesses to CCSD about making threats against Homer Schools
HOMER, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says a 14-year-old student was responsible for a threat made against Homer Schools that was discovered on Thursday. According to a Sheriff's...
Dec 10, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
God's Kitchen of Michigan launches toy drive to save their Christmas dinners
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - God's Kitchen of Michigan, a Kalamazoo based nonprofit hunger-relief charity, has launched a toy drive to give away the gifts at their annual Christmas dinners. The organi...
Dec 09, 2021 Members of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 333 set up toys to be given away by Santa and Mrs. Claus at the 2019 God's Kitchen of Michigan Christmas dinner in Battle Creek (courtesy God's Kitchen of Michigan)
Kalamazoo County woman wins $300,000 playing Michigan Lottery game
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo County woman told Michigan Lottery officials she waited years, but her dream of winning big finally came true when she won $300,000 playing Cashword Multiplier. ...
Dec 09, 2021 Cashword Multiplier Game
Wanted sex crimes fugitive from Vegas apprehended in Calhoun County
TEKONSHA TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A man who was wanted by police in Las Vegas for alleged sex crimes involving children was arrested on Wednesday by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department. Accordin...
Dec 09, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Kalamazoo man killed as his car hits the back of semi tractor trailer
CLARKSVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man is dead after his vehicle struck the back of a semi tractor trailer Wednesday afternoon. The Ionia County Sheriff's Office is investigating a crash on In...
Dec 09, 2021
Update - Man accused in Battle Creek murder last year is heading to trial
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man accused of murder in Battle Creek last year will be heading to trial, according to an update from WWMT Wednesday. Previously, police were investigating the death ...
Dec 08, 2021 Best Law
Upton helps introduce legislation he says will help with the opioid crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - Sixth District U.S. Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) Wednesday helped introduce the Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) Fentanyl Act, which he says is bipartisan le...
Dec 08, 2021 (Photo courtesy of Congressman Fred Upton)
Battle Creek man apprehended by Calhoun County Sheriff's Department in human trafficking investigation
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Battle Creek man was taken into custody Monday as part of a investigation into human trafficking operations that target children. Calhoun County Sheriff's Deputies and Det...
Dec 08, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
