Category Archives: Battle Creek News

Haulman pleads guilty in two Pennsylvania murders after confessing to West Michigan murder
LUZERNE COUNTY, PA (WKZO AM/FM) - The suspect charged in the 2005 murder and disappearance of Battle Creek woman Ashley Parlier has pleaded guilty to two additional murders in Pennsylvania. Previously...
Will Kriss Sep 08, 2021 Harold Haulman III - Credit: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Corrections

Kalamazoo County among hardest hit areas as severe storms blew through Michigan Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Severe thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and evening across the state left damage and over 100,000 power outages, many of them in Southwest Michigan. Kalamazoo County was on...
Will Kriss Sep 08, 2021 Tree down in the Parchment area - Credit- Sarah Mead

Kalamazoo County Prosecutor - Coldwater man sentenced in sexual assault case
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday, Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting announced that a sentencing has been secured against a Coldwater man convicted of Third Degree Criminal Sexual Con...
Will Kriss Sep 07, 2021 Best Law

Drug and alcohol likely factors in Calhoun County single-vehicle crash Monday morning
FREDONIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A driver believed to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol became trapped in their vehicle following a crash in Calhoun County Monday morning. It happened a...
Brandon James Sep 07, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.

Suspect still unidentified in drive-by shooting that injured two at park in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A drive-by shooting in Battle Creek that left two people injured Sunday night remains under investigation as police continue trying to identify a suspect. Officers wer...
Brandon James Sep 07, 2021

Roadwork set for highways in Branch and Calhoun Counties
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- M-DOT set to begin two road repair projects on Tuesday: M-60 in Branch County and M-96 in Calhoun County. The areas include 9 miles of M-96, Helmer Road from Columbia Ave...
Jerry Malec Sep 05, 2021 Chris Yarzab / CC

I-94 roadwork to begin Tuesday, September 7 in Albion area
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- M-DOT begins pavement repairs and resurfacing for a six-mile portion of the westbound lanes of the expressway between 23 mile and 29 mile road starting Tuesday, September 7....
Jerry Malec Sep 05, 2021 I 94 road project completion date revised (Photo by John McNeil)

Allegan County authorities release sketch of suspect in attempted abduction of high school student
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Allegan County Sheriff's Office has released a sketch of the man who attempted to abduct a 17-year-old female student of Saugatuck High School on Thursday, September 2n...
Jerry Malec Sep 05, 2021 Photo sketch courtesy of the Allegan County Sheriff's Office.

Three critically injured after party shooting near WMU: Police investigating
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three people are in critical condition after a shooting that took place at a party near Western Michigan University Saturday morning. KDPS officers responded to the 1500 b...
Jerry Malec Sep 04, 2021 Robert Nelson / CC

MDOT starts westbound I-94 pavement work near Albion on Tuesday
ALBION, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Transportation will begin repairing pavement and resurfacing portions of westbound I-94 near Albion on Tuesday. There will be nighttime single lane ...
Jim Measel Sep 03, 2021




