Category Archives: Battle Creek News
No injuries in attic fire at Battle Creek home early Sunday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Old electrical wiring is suspected as the cause of an attic fire at a Battle Creek home early Sunday. Firefighters responded to the home on Upton Avenue shortly before ...
Sep 28, 2025
MSP seeking assistance locating hit and run driver
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI WXZO AM/FM). Troopers from the Marshall Post are investigating a hit and run traffic crash that occurred on Saturday. MSP says white Ford passenger car disregarded the stop sign on ...
Sep 28, 2025
White Pigeon man with firearm arrested after making threat at the St. Joseph County Courthouse
CENTREVILE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 64-year-old White Pigeon man is in custody after making a threat Friday against staff at the St. Joseph County Courthouse. Sheriff Chad Spence says due to the rapid and...
Sep 28, 2025 St. Joseph County Courthouse, Centreville, MI
Search for Jacob Higley enters 20th day
FREDONIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WXZO AM/FM) The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office continues to actively investigate the disappearance of 47-year-old Dale Jacob Higley, who was last seen on foot near 15 Mile Road...
Sep 26, 2025 Dale Higley (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
AUDIO: Tentative deal reached on Fiscal Year 2026 state budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - At long last, a state budget framework is in place in Lansing with critical public funding on the line of an October 1st deadline. Governor Gretchen Whitmer, along with Hous...
Sep 26, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Calhoun County Youth Center hosts ribbon cutting to celebrate renovation
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Community leaders, staff, and project partners gathered Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the completion of a $13 million renovation to the Calhoun County Youth Center. Th...
Sep 24, 2025
God's Kitchen of Michigan launches 2025 Holiday Fundraiser
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - God's Kitchen of Michigan is starting its 2025 Holiday Fundraiser with a goal to raise $10,000 to bring Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners to needy families and people in ...
Sep 24, 2025
Governor Whitmer, Speaker Hall believe budget deal still possible
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One week from today is the deadline for state lawmakers to get a budget for the next fiscal year passed and on the desk of Governor Gretchen Whitmer or state government shut...
Sep 23, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Kalamazoo Public Safety wants person who shot video of shooting to come forward
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Video of a shooting that happened around 3:15 Saturday morning near Two Fellas Grill on West Michigan Avenue near Howard Street is circulating online. Kalamazoo Public Saf...
Sep 23, 2025 New location for Two Fellas Grill at 2730 W. Michigan Ave. in Kalamazoo. (Photo by Will Kriss).
Battle Creek man charged in connection to assault on repo agent
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek man is in custody for allegedly trapping a repo agent between two vehicles. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to the 2100 blo...
Sep 19, 2025
