Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Michigan's average gas price falls 13-cents
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The average gas price in Michigan is down 13-cents a gallon in the past week. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average is now $3.05, down 12-cents in the past month and...
Sep 15, 2025
Ramp closures involving Columbia Avenue and I-194 in Battle Creek starting next week
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As part of the M-96 bridge improvement project over I-194 in Battle Creek, the Michigan Department of Transportation will be closing the ramps from M-96 (Columbia Avenu...
Sep 12, 2025 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Arrest made in shooting that caused lockdown of Battle Creek schools
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) A Battle Creek teenager has been charged in connection to shooting that put several schools into lockdown Monday. 18-year-old Diondre Sanders Jr, is being charged with ag...
Sep 12, 2025
Kalamazoo County man who killed parents now charged with teenager's murder in 2018
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man serving between 29 and 69 years in prison for killing his parents in 2021 is now charged with killing a 17-year-old in 2018. 32-year-old Nicholas Johnson was arraign...
Sep 12, 2025 Nicholas Johnson. (Photo via Kalamazoo County Jail).
Motorcyclist in critical condition after parking lot crash in Allegan County
OTSEGO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Plainwell man is in critical condition after he was involved in a crash on his motorcycle in the Otsego Township Walmart parking lot. The Allegan County Sheriff's ...
Sep 12, 2025
Community celebration and groundbreaking ceremony announced for Kalamazoo Event Center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A community celebration will be part of the groundbreaking later this month for the new Kalamazoo Event Center and Athletic Performance Center. Organizers say the event Fr...
Sep 12, 2025
Proposals sought for day/night shelter services to aid the unhoused in the Kalamazoo area this winter
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A partnership of local governments and other nonprofit organizations is inviting proposals from qualified, experienced service providers willing to operate daytime and nig...
Sep 11, 2025 AndrewLozovyi / Depositphotos.com
Search party formed to help find man missing since Sunday
FREDONIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A search party for a man missing since Sunday is being formed today. Dale Jacob Higley was seen walking barefoot in the area of 15 1/2 Mile Road and J Drive South, possi...
Sep 11, 2025 Dale Higley (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
Police make several arrests after shooting near Battle Creek Central High School
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police say they have made "several" arrests for the shooting Monday afternoon that injured a Battle Creek Central High School student. The arrests were for...
Sep 11, 2025
Kalamazoo Township police searching for shooting, carjacking suspects
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men are being sought by Kalamazoo Township police for a shooting and a carjacking that both happened early Sunday morning. The suspects are accused of firing ...
Sep 10, 2025 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
