Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Commission approves contract for new City Manager
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo City Commission Thursday ratified their contract with Malcolm Hankins to become their next City Manager. The vote was 5 1, with commissioner Quiana Decker co...
Oct 30, 2025 Newly selected Kalamazoo City Manager Malcolm Hankins (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
No students on Edwardsburg school bus at the time of three vehicle crash Thursday morning
EDWARDSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no students on an Edwardsburg Public School District bus that ended on its side after a three vehicle accident Thursday morning. The Ontwa Township Edwardsbur...
Oct 30, 2025 Edwardsburg Public School District buses
Target denies wrong doing after 2022 incident at Portage store
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Retail giant Target is denying any wrong doing in relation to a lawsuit which was filed by a woman following an incident at the Target in Portage. In August 2022, Dannica Al...
Oct 29, 2025 designer491 / Depositphotos.com
Two Battle Creek residents recovering from gunshot wounds
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Battle Creek residents are hospitalized after they were shot early Sunday morning in Sheridan Township. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office was called to C Dri...
Oct 27, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
School bus slides off roadway in Branch County's Algansee Township, no serious injuries to driver or students
ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - There were no serious injuries as a Pansophia Academy school bus slid off the road and ended up partially on its side in Branch County's Algansee Township Wednesday morn...
Oct 22, 2025 A Pansophia Academy school bus slid of the roadway and into a ditch on Central Road October 22, 2025 (courtesy Branch County Sheriff's Office)
Calhoun County deputies seize 68 dogs in animal cruelty investigation
NEWTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 68 dogs have been surrendered to the Calhoun County Animal Shelter by a 68-year-old Newton Township woman. The county sheriff's office responded to her home in the 8...
Oct 22, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Former Battle Creek police officer gets probation for pointing gun
LIVONIA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Battle Creek police officer Hunter Barnett will be on probation for a year after he pointed a gun at another officer when they were both off-duty and at a Livonia hot...
Oct 22, 2025
Anonymous $1.52 million gift to WMed will expand access to child and adolescent psychiatry care in Southwest Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine say a recent $1.52 million gift from anonymous donors in the Kalamazoo community will ...
Oct 21, 2025 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Battle Creek Police investigating fatal motorcycle crash on SW Capital Avenue
BATTLE CREEK, Mi (WKZO AM/FM) - A 24-year-old man who had been riding a motorcycle collided with another vehicle and was killed Monday afternoon in Battle Creek. The Battle Creek Police Department say...
Oct 21, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
AUDIO: Malcolm Hankins selected as Kalamazoo's next city manager
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo will open contract negotiations with Des Moines Assistant City Manager Malcolm Hankins to be their next city manager. It was a close vote by the city...
Oct 21, 2025
