Category Archives: Battle Creek News

Bronson Healthcare, Acadia Healthcare to build new behavioral health hospital in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bronson Healthcare and Acadia Healthcare Company announced Wednesday that they have formed a joint venture to build a 96-bed inpatient behavioral health facility in Bat...
Will Kriss Jun 30, 2021 Bronson Behavioral Health Hospital-Battle Creek Front View. (Photo courtesy Bronson Healthcare).

Kalamazoo County Prosecutor says deputy was justified in December shooting
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Deputy will not face any charges after being cleared in a fatal December shooting, according to County Prosecutor Jeff Getting. The inc...
Will Kriss Jun 30, 2021 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock

First case of the Delta COVID-19 variant identified in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO. MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department is confirming the first case of the Delta COVID-19 variant has been identified in a case of an individual liv...
Ken Delaney Jun 28, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC

Man accused in two Battle Creek kidnapping attempts dies in Ohio semi-truck crash
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Highway patrol officers in Ohio say a Battle Creek man, recently accused in two attempted kidnapping cases, was killed in a crash that involved three semi-trucks. 38-y...
Brandon James Jun 28, 2021 Semi-truck crash in Ohio - Credit- Jackson County Emergency Management

BC Woman killed while attending party, police ask for public's help
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police are asking for the public's help in solving the fatal shooting of a woman on Sunday morning in Park Hill neighborhood. 24-year-old Eniyah Hollins of ...
Jim Measel Jun 28, 2021

Semitruck and vehicle crash in Calhoun County: 1-year-old victim involved
TEKONSHA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Calhoun County deputies responded to a crash in Tekonsha just after midnight Saturday, involving a semitruck and a Suburban. According to police, the Suburban was carrying...
Jerry Malec Jun 27, 2021 Police lights

Man injured in two vehicle crash near Tekonsha
TEKONSHA TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A crash involving a Suburban and a semi just after midnight on Saturday morning seriously injured a man who was a passenger in the Suburban. The Calhoun County Sher...
Jim Measel Jun 26, 2021

One man dead in Kalamazoo shooting: Police investigating
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is investigating a homicide that left a man dead Saturday, June 26th. Authorities say police responded to the 1300 block of Rose...
Jerry Malec Jun 26, 2021

Bronson Healthcare Team Honored with MHA Advancing Safe Care Award
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) announced on Friday, June 25th, that Bronson Healthcare is the winner of the 2021 MHA Advancing Safe Care Award. The ...
Jerry Malec Jun 26, 2021

Calhoun County Justice Center reopening to the public on Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - In yet another sign life is returning to normal, the Calhoun County Justice Center will reopen to the public starting on Monday. Chief Judge Michael Jaconette told the B...
Jim Measel Jun 26, 2021




