Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Police looking for woman believed to have been picked up on I-69
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - Police are asking for the public's help with finding a woman missing from near the Branch/Calhoun County line. Michigan State Police say that Saturday, 36-year-old Sha...
Jul 29, 2025
Former state Representative Haadsma running again in 2026
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former state Representative Jim Haadsma of Battle Creek will try to win his seat back in the Michigan House in 2026. Haadsma, a Democrat, lost to Republican challenger ...
Jul 29, 2025 Rep. Jim Haadsma, Battle Creek.
Calhoun County seeks resident input to shape the future of recycling
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Calhoun County residents are being asked for their thoughts about the future of the county's recycling program. The Calhoun County Recycling and Solid Waste Department ...
Jul 28, 2025 Nicolas Raymond / CC
Pedestrian struck and killed in Allegan County late Saturday
SALEM TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A pedestrian died after being struck by a pickup truck just south of the Ottawa/Allegan county line near Burnips late Saturday night. The Allegan County Sheriff's Off...
Jul 27, 2025
Brother shoots sister in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK,MI (WKZO AM/FM) Thursday night around 9:19 p.m., officers from the Battle Creek Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in the 100 block of Inn Road. Upon arrival, officers ...
Jul 25, 2025
Newell Brands to relocated Kalamazoo design center to corporate headquarters in Atlanta
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of consumer and commercial products that opened a division in Western Michigan University's Parkview Campus in 2014 will be reloc...
Jul 24, 2025 (courtesy Newell Brands)
Six arrested in connection to $100,000 burglary in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Six Battle Creek-area residents were arrested following a large-scale burglary investigation that began Wednesday after road patrol officers with the Battle Creek Polic...
Jul 24, 2025
Kalamazoo County unemployment rate rises to 5.7% in June
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County's unemployment rate edged up in June, like many counties in the state. Not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates rose in 14 of Michigan's 18 labor market...
Jul 24, 2025 Feverpitch / Depositphotos.com
Battle Creek organization receives over $390,000 to expand housing access for justice-involved individuals
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek organization is one of two in state to receive money through the newly announced Housing Access for Justice-Involved Individuals pilot program. State off...
Jul 24, 2025
Kalamazoo firefighters battle early morning warehouse blaze
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo fire crews were busy this morning battling a blaze at a large commercial building. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Fire Marshal Scott Brooks says crews wer...
Jul 24, 2025
