Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Commercial structure fire under investigation in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is investigating a commercial structure fire that took place Saturday morning. Police were dispatched to the 1200 block of East M...
Feb 21, 2021
Fatal snowmobile crash under investigation in Cass County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police are investigating a fatal snowmobile crash in Cass County. The accident happened around 10:15 Saturday evening on a trail near the intersection of Indian Lake Road ...
Feb 21, 2021 Photo courtesy of Cass County Sheriff
Biden tells Pfizer workers "you're stepping up, you're saving lives" after tour of Portage plant
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Saying there will be enough COVID-19 vaccine for every American by the end of July, President Joe Biden Friday afternoon toured the state-of-the art Pfizer plant in Portage ...
Feb 19, 2021 President Joe Biden speaks at the Pfizer plant in Portage, Michigan February 19, 2021 (courtesy of WOOD TV 8)
More organizations criticize Southwest Michigan First CEO choice, one board member resigns
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - More organizations in the Kalamazoo area are separating themselves from the economic development organization Southwest Michigan First, after it announced the hiring of fo...
Feb 19, 2021
Man shot while advancing on police in Van Buren County's Paw Paw Township
PAW PAW TOWNHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 49-year-old Wisconsin man is in critical condition after being shot while confronting police in Van Buren County's Paw Paw Township. Van Buren County Sheriff Danie...
Feb 19, 2021 (Photo by John McNeil)
President Biden to arrive for Pfizer plant tour this afternoon
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Details have finally been released on President Joe Biden's visit to Michigan today to tour Pfizer's plant in Portage. The president will meet with workers making Pfizer's C...
Feb 19, 2021 Peter Stevens / CC
BCFD save family pets from Oakhill Drive fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek firefighters were able to safely remove some family pets from a home on Thursday afternoon when a fire broke out at 91 Oakhill Drive. The fire is believed t...
Feb 19, 2021 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
UPDATE: Victim identified in Barry County homicide
UPDATE: The Barry County Sheriff's Department has identified the victim as 18 year-old Gracyn-Michael Brickley of Ionia County. HASTINGS MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Barry County authorities are continuing their...
Feb 18, 2021
Bad weather forces rescheduling of Calhoun COVID-19 clinics
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - Due to this week's winter weather event, the Calhoun County Public Health Department has announced that second dose vaccination clinics were rescheduled to Saturday and Monda...
Feb 18, 2021 Alachua County
VAMC announces vaccination of one millionth veteran, over 4,500 in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Wednesday, the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Veterans Health Administration announced the vaccination of its one millionth veteran with their first dose of COVID...
Feb 17, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
