Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Indiana manufacturer to open second facility in Battle Creek, creating 50 jobs
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A $300,000 performance based grant from the State of Michigan is assisting a northern Indiana manufacturer to open a second location in Battle Creek. ProTec Panel &...
Aug 21, 2025
U.S. Senator Peters to begin annual motorcycle tour of Michigan Monday
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Senator Gary Peters will launch his ninth motorcycle tour across Michigan on Monday. The Democrat will start in Fenton Township, head to Lansing, and then Battle Cre...
Aug 21, 2025 U.S. Senator Gary Peters in Kalamazoo to start the Kalamazoo to the Soo motorcycle tour
Battle Creek police warning of email scam
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police are putting out a warning for people to be on alert for a new email scam of fraudulent invoices that appear to come from an official city of Battle ...
Aug 21, 2025 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
Kalamazoo Airport pre-check event rescheduled for October
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The TSA PreCheck Enrollment Event that had been scheduled to begin this week at the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport has been postponed until October. Idemia, ...
Aug 20, 2025 Image from Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport's Facebook page.
Amtrak to refund passengers stuck on train near Battle Creek
EMMETT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Amtrak says it will issue refunds for the passengers who were stuck for about four hours on a train in Emmett Township near Battle Creek last week. The train was hea...
Aug 20, 2025 Biker loads his bike onto the Amtrak train. (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Michigan's average gas price drops 11-cents
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The average price for a gallon of gas in Michigan is down 11-cents from last week. AAA Michigan says the average is now $3.12 a gallon, down eight-cents from last month and...
Aug 18, 2025
Amtrak train stuck near Battle Creek four hours Friday night
EMMETT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Passengers on an Amtrak train were stuck for four hours Friday night near Battle Creek. Mechanical problems are blamed for the issue, and Amtrak says the passengers ...
Aug 18, 2025 Richard Eriksson / CC
Two paddleboarders injured after being hit on Gourdneck Lake
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people on a paddleboard were injured Saturday when they were struck by a tube being pulled by a speedboat on Gourdneck Lake. The Portage Department of Public Safety says...
Aug 17, 2025 (courtesy Gourdneck Lake Association)
17-year-old from Kalamazoo and 19-year-old from Paw Paw killed in fiery crash
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two teens were killed early Sunday morning when their vehicle slammed into a traffic signal pole and burst into flames in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township. At 3:...
Aug 17, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
West Nile virus detected in dead bird in Calhoun County
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A dead bird in Calhoun County has been found to have had West Nile virus. It is the first confirmed animal case of West Nile virus in Calhoun County in 2025. Official...
Aug 15, 2025 Courtesy Calhoun County Health Department Facebook page
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