Category Archives: Battle Creek News
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
Albion man arrested in narcotics, firearm bust
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is announcing the arrest of an Albion resident in a narcotic and firearm bust that occurred Sunday. Around 4 p.m., the Calhoun County Spe...
Nov 30, 2020 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).
Money still needed to assure free Christmas dinners in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with Kalamazoo-based God's Kitchen of Michigan, a hunger-relief charity servicing Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, say donations are trickling in, but at this point a...
Nov 30, 2020 The God's Kitchen of Michigan Battle Creek Christmas Dinner, December 19, 2019 (courtesy of God's Kitchen of Michigan)
Shooting incident on Kalamazoo's East Side kills one, wounds two others
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The investigation is continuing into a homicide on Kalamazoo's east side early Sunday. Officers responded to the report of a shooting in the 600 block of E Michigan at aro...
Nov 29, 2020 Crime scene tape
Albion Dept. of Public Safety, Calhoun County deputies arrest assault suspect after chase
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Albion Department of Public Safety, with assistance from Calhoun County Sheriff's Department deputies, apprehended a felonious assault suspect early Sunday morning. Albio...
Nov 29, 2020 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
