Category Archives: Battle Creek News
West Michigan drought worst since 2012
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - From Holland to the Muskegon County line and east to Grand Rapids, the summer's drought is the most significant since 2012. The U.S. Drought Monitor says that part of t...
Sep 19, 2025
Man arrested for pinning repo agent with vehicle
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man for pinning a repossession agent between two vehicles in Pennfield Township. It happened just before 10:30 ...
Sep 19, 2025 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).
Battle Creek man arrested in drug raid
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek man is facing multiple charges following a drug bust on Thursday in Pennfield Township. According to the Michigan State Police, The Southwest Enfor...
Sep 18, 2025
Lights will flicker for some in Allegan County early Thursday
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO) -Consumers Energy is giving a heads-up to over 1,300 Allegan County residents that they will see their lights flicker early Thursday as crews replace equipment in a local sub...
Sep 17, 2025
Kalamazoo man sentenced to 10-30 years in prison for stabbing another homeless man in 2023
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man has been sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison in connection with a 2023 homicide that occurred on the city's east side. 42-year-old Jason Lawrence Blough ...
Sep 16, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Michigan Supreme Court revives lawsuit against Blue Oval Battery plant in Marshall
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Supreme Court has revived a lawsuit aimed at derailing Ford Motor Company's $2.5 billion electric vehicle battery park in Marshall. In a brief order late last week, ...
Sep 16, 2025
Air Zoo receives $819,000 grant for Making Space in Michigan project
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Air Zoo project called Making Space in Michigan now has the green light, thanks to an $819,200 grant from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity's 20...
Sep 15, 2025
Michigan's average gas price falls 13-cents
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The average gas price in Michigan is down 13-cents a gallon in the past week. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average is now $3.05, down 12-cents in the past month and...
Sep 15, 2025
Ramp closures involving Columbia Avenue and I-194 in Battle Creek starting next week
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As part of the M-96 bridge improvement project over I-194 in Battle Creek, the Michigan Department of Transportation will be closing the ramps from M-96 (Columbia Avenu...
Sep 12, 2025 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Arrest made in shooting that caused lockdown of Battle Creek schools
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) A Battle Creek teenager has been charged in connection to shooting that put several schools into lockdown Monday. 18-year-old Diondre Sanders Jr, is being charged with ag...
Sep 12, 2025
