Category Archives: Battle Creek News

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

Weather forces rescheduling of water valve work in BC
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN) - Due to the heavy rain and potential for lightning, the City of Battle Creek has announced that the water valve work that was scheduled to take place at nearly a dozen locatio...
Jim Measel Jun 25, 2021 Courtesy City of Battle Creek

Battle Creek man accused of two indecent exposure incidents to women in Allegan County
GUN PLAIN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Allegan County investigators are trying to locate any additional victims of a Battle Creek man accused of exposing himself to two women earlier this month. On Ju...
Brandon James Jun 24, 2021 Timothy Popenhagen - Allegan County Sheriff's office




