Category Archives: Battle Creek News
St. Joseph County man claims $2 million Michigan Lottery prize
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 66-year-old St. Joseph County man says he will retire early after winning $2 million playing the Michigan Lottery's $2,000,000 Lucky instant game. He chose to remain anony...
Sep 02, 2025
Michigan's average gas price at $3.30 a gallon
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gas price is at $3.30 a gallon, which is just a penny higher than last week, but 15 cents more than last year. Triple-A Michigan says the average in the ...
Sep 02, 2025
Battle Creek man in critical condition after hit-and-run; suspect arrested
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 33-year-old Battle Creek man is hospitalized in critical condition with life-threatening injuries from a hit-and-run that happened late Saturday night. The Calh...
Aug 31, 2025 72soul / Depositphotos.com
Battle Creek doctor paying over $700,000 to settle federal lawsuit
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek doctor who owned and operated Parkside Medical will pay over $700,000 to settle a federal lawsuit. Shekhar Thakur was accused by the U.S. Justice Departm...
Aug 29, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
One person dead and five injured after crash on US 131 in Allegan County's Wayland Township
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is dead after a two vehicle crash Wednesday morning on US 131 in Allegan County's Wayland Township. Just before 5:30 a.m. Allegan Central Dispatch received multip...
Aug 27, 2025
Charges now authorized for 2018 murder in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A longtime unsolved murder case in Portage might now finally be solved. May 23, 2018, the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office initiated an investigation into the disappearance...
Aug 26, 2025 nito103 / Depositphotos.com
After cold case was reopened, suspect arrested in 2023 Kalamazoo murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man has been arrested in Florida after detectives on a cold case team with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety identified him as the suspect in a September 2023 mu...
Aug 25, 2025
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office seizes firearm, suspected narcotics in Newton Township raid
NEWTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at a home in the 10000 block of 8 Mile Road in Newton Township on Sunday. The narcotics-related search ...
Aug 25, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Gas prices jump 18 cents a gallon in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan have shot up by 18-cents a gallon on average in the past week. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is now $3.30 a gallon, one-penny more than la...
Aug 25, 2025
State closes investigation into alleged spraying of construction workers in Union Township
UNION TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development investigation into whether construction workers installing solar panels for DTE Energy were poisoned by pesticide...
Aug 25, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
