Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Portage student asking for better school security to prevent shootings
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Portage high school student has collected hundreds of signatures in an online petition that calls for better school security to prevent shootings. Dillon Nissen, a junior ...
Dec 13, 2021 Portage Public Schools logo courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
Three vehicles stolen from Henkel dealership, CCSD looking for three suspects
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Three suspects are being sought after taking three vehicles from the Henkel Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership Sunday morning. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department reports...
Dec 13, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Roof torn off Barry County high school gym just before cheerleading event set to start
MIDDLEVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No one was injured Saturday morning as high winds peeled back the roof of a Barry County high school gym just before a cheerleading competition was set to begin. Around ...
Dec 11, 2021 The roof at Thornapple Kellogg High School damaged in a wind storm Dec 11, 2021 (courtesy of Interim Superintendent Craig McCarthy)
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
