Category Archives: Battle Creek News
VA Medical Center in Battle Creek to receive infrastructure improvements
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As part of a restructuring of funding through the Department of Veterans Affairs, the VA Medical Center in Battle Creek will be getting upgrades in facilities and techn...
Sep 09, 2025
Joint statement from Battle Creek Police and Battle Creek Schools on Monday shooting
BATTLE CREEK MI, (WKZO AM/FM) - The following is a full statement released jointly by Battle Creek Police and Battle Creek Public Schools on the shooting incident near Battle Creek High School Monday ...
Sep 09, 2025
Consumers Energy reaches agreement to sell 13 Michigan hydroelectric dams, including one in Allegan County
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy today announced it has signed a purchase agreement to sell its 13 hydroelectric dams along five Michigan rivers, including the 2.55 megawatt Calkins Bridge ...
Sep 09, 2025 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Police investigating Tuesday afternoon shooting outside Battle Creek High School
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police say at approximately 3:00 p.m. Monday, they were dispatched to the area just north of Battle Creek High School following reports of a disturbance. A...
Sep 08, 2025 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
Search continues for missing man in Calhoun County's Fredonia Township
FREDONIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help as deputies try to find a 47-year-old man who went missing Sunday. Dale Higley walked away from...
Sep 08, 2025 Dale Higley (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
Senator McCann says Amtrak track shutdown later this month "appears to be poor planning and a troubling lack of advance warning"
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Construction work along the track for the Amtrak Wolverine and Blue Water routes that pass through Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties will mean the lines will be shutdown for ...
Sep 04, 2025 Biker loads his bike onto the Amtrak train. (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
City of Kalamazoo $60-million water system upgrade to begin Monday,
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A three year $60-million infrastructure project for the City of Kalamazoo's water system is scheduled to begin Monday, September 8. will soon begin a major infrastructure ...
Sep 04, 2025 Joe Shlabotnik / CC
Battle Creek police say suspicious incident at Willard Library leads to arrest
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police have a 67-year-old Otsego-area man in the Calhoun County Jail for trying to lure children into a vehicle outside Willard Library. They were called t...
Sep 04, 2025 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
4th largest Powerball jackpot in history up for grabs tonight
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Powerball jackpot has increased for tonight's drawing, giving players a shot at a whopping $1.4 billion! The cash option for the jackpot is $634.3 million. If a player w...
Sep 03, 2025
Arson in Otsego under investigation9
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Otsego Fire Department and Otsego Police Department are investigating an arson that happened just after midnight Tuesday. Allegan County Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call ab...
Sep 02, 2025
