Category Archives: Battle Creek News
UPDATED - Early Wednesday shooting at Battle Creek apartment leaves one man dead, victim ID'd
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- UPDATED - There are new details in a shooting that occurred early Wednesday at a Battle Creek apartment complex. It occurred around 5:30 a.m. at the Arbors of Battle C...
Jul 28, 2021
Man charged for murder in 2005 cold case involving Ashley Parlier of Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A murder warrant has been issued for a suspect accused in the disappearance and death of a Battle Creek woman in 2005. Calhoun County prosecutors charged 43-year-old H...
Jul 28, 2021 Ashley Parlier - Unknown Credit
Haulman charged in 2005 BC murder of Ashley Parlier, suspect held in Pennsylvania for 2 other murders
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County Sheriff Steve Hinkley announced on Tuesday that detectives from his department have submitted a request to the Calhoun County Prosecutor's Office to charg...
Jul 27, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
WOOD-TV's Ellen Bacca becomes first female Chief Meteorologist ever in West Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A television personality is making history in West Michigan. WOOD-TV's Ellen Bacca was named Chief Meteorologist in an announcement from the station on Monday. This ma...
Jul 27, 2021 Chief Meteorologist Ellen Bacca - Credit WOOD-TV
CCPHD reports first Delta variant COVID-19 case in Calhoun County
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Delta COVID-19 variant is now in Calhoun County. The Calhoun County Public Health Department has confirmed the variant was identified in a case of an individual livi...
Jul 27, 2021
Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist makes visit to Battle Creek Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monday, Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II spoke with a series of small business owners, small manufacturers and advocacy organizations in Battle Creek as part of the ong...
Jul 26, 2021 Lt. Governor Gilchrist (photo courtesy of the office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer).
God's Kitchen of Michigan holding free dinner event to honor late co-founder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- God's Kitchen of Michigan will celebrate the life and legacy of its co-founder and vice-chairperson Joan Lafayette, who passed away back in February. The nonprofit hunger...
Jul 26, 2021 Joan Lafayette
Missing persons cases reviewed after body is recovered from Kalamazoo River in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A body was recovered from the Kalamazoo River in Battle Creek Sunday, and efforts are underway to identify the remains. Officials with the Michigan DNR and the Calhoun...
Jul 26, 2021 Riverside Dr. near Burnham St. - Battle Creek, Michigan
Stolen property incidents on the rise, warns St. Joseph Co. Sheriff
CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office is out with a warning for residents to be vigilant and secure items of value. St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark A. Lillywhite says h...
Jul 24, 2021 Van/bicycle accident kills woman (Photo by John McNeil)
Battle Creek's Full Blast Recreation Center reopens, KidVenture camp resumes Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The City of Battle Creek has announced that the Full Blast Recreation Center will reopen on Saturday morning after it was cleaned and sanitized. The reopening includes t...
Jul 24, 2021 Full Blast in Battle Creek - Google Street View
