Category Archives: Battle Creek News
State's average gas price up six-cents
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It is a little more expensive to fill the gas tank than last week in Michigan. Triple-A Michigan says the average price of a gallon of gas is up six-cents to $3.09, which i...
Oct 06, 2025
Motorcyclist killed in St. Joseph County crash
CONSTANTINE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 34-year-old Three Rivers man was killed overnight Sunday when his motorcycle struck a pick-up truck in St. Joseph County's Constantine Township. Just before 1...
Oct 05, 2025
Man wounded in the neck in Richland Township shooting
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 65-year-old man suffered a non-life-threatening after being shot at a home in Kalamazoo County's Richland Township late Sunday morning. Around 11:20 a.m. the Kal...
Oct 05, 2025 zimmytws / Depositphotos.com
One dead, one wounded, suspect in custody after Oshtemo Township shooting
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is in custody, but ew details have been released, after a woman was killed and a man injured in a shooting incident in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township...
Oct 05, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
16-year-old wanders away from campsite and drowns in Cass County lake
PORTER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 16-year-old autistic boy apparently walked away from a campsite and drowned in a nearby lake in Cass County's Porter Township Saturday. Just after 9:00 a.m. Cass C...
Oct 05, 2025 Cass County Sheriff's Office sign. (Photo by John McNeil)
State House, Senate approve $51.8-billion omnibus budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House of Representatives has approved the state budget for Fiscal Year 2026. The Senate early this morning voted to approve the $51.8-billion omnibus budget, se...
Oct 03, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
No state budget approved yet, but no state government shutdown
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer says state government will remain open despite lawmakers not yet approving a budget for Fiscal Year 2026, which began at midnight. House Appropriat...
Oct 01, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Fire damages Fazoli's restaurant in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A fire has damaged the Fazoli's restaurant in Battle Creek. Firefighters got the flames under control in about ten minutes yesterday afternoon, but say the entrance suf...
Oct 01, 2025
Hopkins man arrested in Allegan County animal fighting case
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 37-year-old Hopkins man has been charged on five felony counts stemming from the bust of a suspected cock fighting event this past July in Allegan County. Edin Dilson Roda...
Sep 30, 2025 Edin Dilson Rodas (courtesy Allegan County Sheriff's Office)
Pair who fled into Schoolcraft Township cornfield facing multiple charges
SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man and woman who fled the scene of an accident Sunday which forced the cancellation of classes for School Community Schools Monday are facing multiple counts...
Sep 30, 2025 Miranda Paige Hagaman and Erick R. Kibler (courtesy Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office)
