Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Home of murdered Battle Creek couple subject of arson attempt for a third time
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Battle Creek home, where two tenants who were murdered last year had lived, is the subject of arson for the third time since those crimes. And it's the second fire i...
Apr 05, 2021
Kalamazoo Library locations to be closed Friday, April 9th
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As a part of ongoing vaccination efforts in Southwest Michigan, all Kalamazoo Public Libraries will be closed on Friday, April 9th. Many KPL staff members will receive th...
Apr 03, 2021 Kalamazoo Public Library. (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications).
KDPS respond to report of suspicious object
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety police responded to the 900 block of Jasper Street near Bronson Hospital for a report of a suspicious object Friday evening. Authori...
Apr 03, 2021 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Prosecutors in Calhoun County reviewing "self defense" claim in March stabbing death
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Calhoun Country prosecutors are reviewing the stabbing death of a 43-year-old Battle Creek man in March, after police sent their report to prosecutors this week. Chris...
Apr 02, 2021 Brian Turner / CC
Portage detectives plan more search efforts for missing man last seen with Nicholas Johnson
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Portage police detectives say more search efforts will be conducted for a man from Gobles, who's been missing for nearly three years and was last seen with a Portage man ac...
Apr 02, 2021 Nicholas Johnson. (Photo via Kalamazoo County Jail).
Calhoun health officials say vaccines are the strongest defense against COVID-19
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Health Department says that as of Wednesday morning, the county has a cumulative total of 9,602 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported to them with a to...
Apr 01, 2021
UPDATE: Remains of Ashley Parlier, missing since 2005, not found in new search
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - UPDATE: The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office issued an update on the search for the remains of the missing Ashley Parlier, a Battle Creek resident who has been missing ...
Mar 31, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Early morning fire on Post Avenue called suspicious by BCFD
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A fire in a vacant home early Tuesday morning in the 200 block of Post Avenue is being called suspicious by Battle Creek fire investigators. Firefighters were called at ...
Mar 30, 2021 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Battle Creek area could be next location for a new Chick-fil-A restaurant
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Battle Creek-area might be the next place a Chick-fil-A restaurant pops up in southwest Michigan. Officials in Emmett Township say a variance has been requested fo...
Mar 30, 2021 Chick-Fil-A via Google Street View
Calhoun County reports four new COVID-19 outbreaks in schools
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Monday, the State of Michigan's COVID-19 school outbreak data page reported four new outbreaks of the virus in Calhoun County public schools. According to the state,...
Mar 29, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
