Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Battle Creek police investigating man found dead in his home as a homicide
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police are investigating after a Battle Creek man was found dead in his home on Saturday. The victim is identified as 61-year-old Daniel Murray who was found by police...
May 02, 2021 Crime scene tape
Large number of gunshots heard near WMU campus; police investigating
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Western Michigan University Public Safety is investigating what they are calling a "large number of gunshots" heard near campus early Saturday morning. According to a WMU...
May 01, 2021 Police lights
Man accused in Calhoun County dispatch threats also may have been targeting Gov. Whitmer
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- It turns out that a man, who was wanted for involvement in the January 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol and also made threatening calls to the Calhoun County Sheriff's office,...
Apr 29, 2021 Leonid Mamchenkov / CC
Statistics show over 32 percent of Calhoun residents totally vaccinated
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A vaccine dashboard from the State of Michigan shows that as of Wednesday, 77,415 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to Calhoun County residents, from vari...
Apr 28, 2021
Man involved in January 6 U.S. Capitol riots threatened Calhoun County dispatch 143 times the day before
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man from New York accused of assaulting a federal officer during riots at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. on January 6, apparently made over 100 threatening call...
Apr 28, 2021 Credit: Tyler Merbler - U.S. Capitol riots on January 6, 2021
Calhoun County teacher honored with Michigan Lottery's Excellence in Education award
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Calhoun County educator has been honored with an Excellence in Education award from the Michigan Lottery. Kristin Markillie is a first-grade teacher at Minges Brook Eleme...
Apr 27, 2021 Kristin Markillie - Courtesy Michigan Lottery
Preliminary hearing for suspect connected to Battle Creek murder case postponed
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A preliminary hearing in a Calhoun County courtroom was postponed Monday for a man charged with tampering with evidence in a Battle Creek murder. 28-year-old Julice Ha...
Apr 27, 2021 Chris Potter / CC
State Police arrest two in multiple breaking/entering cases
MARSHALL MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police have taken two men into custody in connection with numerous breaking and entering incidents in Calhoun County's Lee Township on April 24th. Several res...
Apr 26, 2021 Michigan State Police - File photo
MSP - Two breaking and entering suspects arrested in Calhoun County
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two suspects, both accused of breaking and entering, are in custody following an arrest that was made Saturday. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Marshall Post investig...
Apr 26, 2021 Michigan State Police - File photo
Allegan Republican ousted from party seat
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Allegan resident Jason Watts, 44, has been bounced from his position as treasurer of the Sixth Congressional District's executive Republican committee, according to a story fro...
Apr 26, 2021 Kevin Smith / CC
