Category Archives: Battle Creek News
WMU, Albion offering incentives to get COVID-19 vaccinations
KALAMAZOO MI ALBION MI (WKZO AM/FM) - WMU and Albion College have announced that they will be offering incentives for students to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. Western will provide students the cha...
Jun 22, 2021
Governor joins Speedrack Products for groundbreaking event in West Michigan
WALKER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined a group of business, state, and local officials to celebrate the groundbreaking of Speedrack Products Group's new manufacturing facil...
Jun 21, 2021 Rendering of new Speedrack Products facility in Walker, MI. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Whitmer).
First severe weather outbreak of 2021 in West Michigan spawns at least one tornado
COLDWATER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- No injuries have been reported, but widespread damage across southwest Michigan was caused by two rounds of storms during a severe weather outbreak last night and early t...
Jun 21, 2021 Credit- Storm Chaser Ryan Harriott via Twitter
Missing teen from Marshall may have ran away to meet up with male in Kalamazoo
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police are looking for a teenager from Marshall who was reported missing early Sunday. 16-year-old Holly Lauren Ankney is believed to be a runaway who was trying to get to...
Jun 21, 2021 Photo from woodtv.com
Golfer trapped after tree falls on golf cart in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A golfer is in serious condition after a tree fell on the golf cart he was driving on Friday. Authorities say the accident happened around 1:30 p.m. at the Riverside G...
Jun 19, 2021 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Calhoun County crash
SPRINGPORT, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - With the warm weather here, the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is reminding motorists to pay extra attention for motorcycles after a 41-year-old motorcyclist from the Cha...
Jun 18, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Several SW Michigan counties under a Red Flag Warning for Thursday
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WNWN) - The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a Red Flag Warning for several southwest Michigan counties through Thursday evening due to the dry conditions. The...
Jun 17, 2021 =Nahemoth= / CC
Authorities look for suspect in Branch County fatal bike crash
COLDWATER, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Branch County Prosecuting Attorney Zach Stempien announced on Thursday that a warrant has been issued for a Coldwater man in the April 12 death of a woman whose bicycle was...
Jun 17, 2021 Jacob Daniel Ward photo courtesy of the Branch County Prosecutors Office
MSP Trooper honored for response in deadly 2019 Kalamazoo-area hostage situation
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Michigan State Police Trooper from the Paw Paw post has received honors for his response to a deadly Comstock Township home invasion in 2019. Mark Fletcher has been selec...
Jun 17, 2021 Trooper Mark Fletcher - Courtesy Michigan State Police
Gordon ordered to stand trial in shooting death of Battle Creek man
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek woman has been ordered to stand trial for murder following a preliminary examination. The Battle Creek Enquirer reports 48-year-old Monica Gordon is faci...
Jun 17, 2021 Patrick Feller / CC
