Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Home where Battle Creek murders took place catches fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A home that was the scene of a recent double murder caught on fire Sunday morning and Battle Creek fire officials are trying to determine what caused the blaze. The fro...
Oct 18, 2020 Jaclyn Lepird and Joseph Soule (Photos courtesy of the Battle Creek Police Department)
Bodies of missing Battle Creek couple found, landlord faces murder charges
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police say they have found the bodies of a couple who had been missing for over a week and a murder suspect is now in custody. 34-year-old Joseph Soule and...
Oct 15, 2020 Jaclyn Lepird and Joseph Soule (Photos courtesy of the Battle Creek Police Department)
Battle Creek Police search for missing couple
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek Police are asking for the public's help locating a couple missing since early October. 34-year-old Joseph Soule and 31-year-old Jaclyn Lepird of Battle Cr...
Oct 14, 2020 Jaclyn Lepird and Joseph Soule (Photos courtesy of the Battle Creek Police Department)
Sturgis man dies in Fawn River Township crash
FAWN RIVER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- One man is dead after a Fawn River Township crash in St. Joseph County, WOOD TV reported Tuesday. According to reports, troopers with the Michigan State Police ...
Oct 13, 2020 Michigan State Police cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Battle Creek man dies from crossbow injury in U.P.
BARAGA COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, WOOD TV reported that a Battle Creek man has died after being shot with a crossbow. According to WOOD TV, the Baraga County Sheriff's Office began their inve...
Oct 13, 2020 Jason Rojas / CC
Barry Co. Sheriff on stage with Whitmer kidnapping suspects; residents call for resignation
BARRY COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some residents in Barry County are calling for the resignation of their Sheriff, Dar Leaf. This comes after footage of Leaf was released, which showed him onstage with ...
Oct 13, 2020 (Photo courtesy of barrycounty.org)
Nessel announces charges for Michigan terror-plot suspects
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Six of the seven suspects in the plot to kidnap and possibly kill Governor Gretchen Whitmer have been formally arraigned on terrorism and other felony charges filed by Mich...
Oct 09, 2020 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
One person killed in Kalamazoo shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- An investigation is underway after a fatal shooting on Kalamazoo's Northside early Friday morning. Public Safety officers were dispatched to the 1600 block of North Churc...
Oct 09, 2020 Photo by Jeana Gondek
COVID-19 surge reported by Calhoun health officials
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Calhoun County has experienced a surge in the number of new COVID-19 cases over the last three weeks. The Calhoun County Public Health Department says as of Wednesday, ...
Oct 08, 2020 Jernej Furman / CC
Passerby locates fatal crash in Van Buren County
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A driver is dead following a crash just north of the Cass County line. A passerby located the crash in the 94000 block of 54th Street near 94th Avenue in Hamilton...
Oct 08, 2020 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
