Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Victim has vehicle carjacked while attempting to buy a gaming device
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The second armed carjacking in a week happened in Kalamazoo Thursday evening. At approximately 8:00 p.m., Kalamazoo Public Safety Officers responded to the 500 block of Ha...
Dec 04, 2020 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
One killed in Kalamazoo County fire Thursday evening
PAVILLION TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is dead after a house fire in Kalamazoo County's Pavillion Township early Thursday evening. The Pavillion Township Fire Department and Kalamazoo County...
Dec 04, 2020 Fire Investigation Image, copyright © Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Battle Creek police arrest suspect in Steak 'n Shake shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A suspect has been arrested in a Battle Creek Steak 'n Shake shooting that occurred last Friday. Battle Creek Police Department (BCPD) Detective Sgt. Joel Case told WW...
Dec 02, 2020
Hall says unemployment agency still does not "have their house in order"
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Following testimony from the acting director of Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency, State Representative Matt Hall (R-Marshall) says the agency still does not "have th...
Dec 02, 2020
Teenager arrested in Friday night Beckley Road shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police say a 17-year-old has been arrested as a suspect in last Friday night's shooting of a 21-year-old man in the parking lot of the Steak N Shake on Beck...
Dec 02, 2020
Data shows 2020 is deadliest year for Lake Michigan drownings
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project (GLSRP) Dave Benjamin spoke with WKZO about recent Great Lakes drowning data. According ...
Dec 01, 2020 Shoreline at Hagar Park Beach in Hagar Township, MI (Photo by Will Kriss)
Suspicious Tuesday morning Emmett Township fire under investigation
EMMETT TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Emmett Township Department of Public Safety says they are investigating what is being termed as a suspicious fire which took place early Tuesday morning at an aba...
Dec 01, 2020
Blue Moon Fitness in Battle Creek shuts down after over 20 years
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Blue Moon Fitness on Beckley Road in Battle Creek has become the latest local business to close because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Owner Joel Potter said on Monday the fa...
Dec 01, 2020
Name of fatal traffic accident victim released by BCPD
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police have released the name of a woman who died in a suspected drunk driving traffic crash early on Thanksgiving morning. The victim was identified as 59-...
Dec 01, 2020 Portage Public Safety continues investigation into fatal accident Sunday morning.
City of Marshall Christmas Parade goes on, but in a stationary way
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With so many Christmas events cancelled this year, one tradition carried on, with a new twist. The City of Marshall traditionally holds a huge Christmas parade along Michig...
Dec 01, 2020
