Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Comstock High School closed Tuesday following COVID-19 case in student at dance last week
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Classes have been canceled today at Comstock High School due to a positive COVID-19 case in a student who attended a school dance last week. That dance was held i...
Oct 19, 2021
Battle Creek considering 'smart cameras' in the city as police shortage continues
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Officials in Battle Creek are looking to install smart cameras around the city, to help aid the police department which is in the midst of a labor shortage. Five of th...
Oct 18, 2021 City of Battle Creek - Google Street View
Portage man suffers life-threatening injuries in Barry County motorcycle accident
BARRY COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Barry County police are investigating an accident where a motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries on Saturday. It happened around 7:30 p.m. on 9 Mile Road near...
Oct 17, 2021 Barry County Sheriff's Dept. logo
Benton Harbor teen found dead in alley: Police investigating
BENTON HARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety police are investigating the suspicious death of a 17-year-old. Authorities say police found the body of the victim in an al...
Oct 17, 2021 Tex Texin / CC
Battle Creek man injured after falling asleep while driving
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Cass County Sheriff's Office investigating a single-vehicle crash that sent a Battle Creek man to the hospital on Friday October 15. It happened just before 6 a.m. ...
Oct 16, 2021 Police lights
Sinkhole causes road closure in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A sinkhole is causing a road to be closed in Battle Creek indefinitely. City crews discovered a large sinkhole on Ivanhoe Street on Friday, October 15. The street itse...
Oct 16, 2021 Myrtle Beach TheDigitel / CC
$100 million gift will provide new Career and Technical Education Center in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new, world-class Career and Technical Education Center will be built in Kalamazoo, thanks to an anonymous gift of land and a $100 million commitment for the construction...
Oct 15, 2021 Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency logo
Calhoun County crash sends motorcyclist to hospital: Police investigating
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating a crash in Springfield that left a motorcyclist in critical condition on Wednesday, October 13. Authorities say it...
Oct 14, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Kellie-Sims enters guilty plea to assault with a dangerous weapon
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN) - A Battle Creek man who once was charged with a 2019 murder entered a guilty plea on Wednesday in Calhoun County Circuit Court to a count of assault with a dangerous weapon. 2...
Oct 14, 2021 Best Law
Two hurt, one critically, in Wednesday night two vehicle crash
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Two persons were injured Wednesday night when a sedan and a motorcycle collided in the City of Springfield. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department says the crash took pl...
Oct 14, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
