Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport secures $14.1-million grant for runway extension
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Construction of a 450-foot runway extension at the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport is expected to begin next spring, thanks to a $14.1 million dollar federal ...
Jul 14, 2025 Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport logo
18-year-old killed in rollover crash in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 18-year-old Battle Creek man has been killed in a single-vehicle crash in Battle Creek early Monday morning. Police were dispatched to the crash just after 1:00 a.m....
Jul 14, 2025 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
Battle Creek man killed in Marshall Township crash
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek man was killed in a crash Thursday morning in Marshall Township. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says the 56-year-old man was pronounced dead at...
Jul 11, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Two Battle Creek men arrested after police seize a pound of meth
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state's Southwest Enforcement Team has arrested two Battle Creek men after officers seized about a pound of methamphetamine during a traffic stop Tuesday. Both me...
Jul 11, 2025
MPSC approves two new major transmission lines, including one through Branch and Calhoun counties
LANSING, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - Despite pushback from homeowners and environmental groups, the Michigan Public Service Commission Thursday approved a pair of new electric transmission lines in the central a...
Jul 11, 2025
Battle Creek Police investigate fatal shooting, the second homicide in two days
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) The Battle Creek Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred late Wednesday night, in the 100 block of South Burdge Street. Officers responded to th...
Jul 10, 2025
Ferrero Roche buys Battle Creek-based WK Kellogg Company for $3.1 billion
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ferrero Rocher is purchasing Battle Creek-based WK Kellogg Company for $3.1 billion. The sale was announced Thursday morning and WK Kellogg Company shareholders will re...
Jul 10, 2025 Kellogg's company logo
Part of Michigan Avenue in downtown Battle Creek closed
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Part of Michigan Avenue in downtown Battle Creek is closed through tomorrow for contractor work. The city says the temporary road closure is to allow a crane to put new...
Jul 10, 2025 City of Battle Creek logo
Worker rescued from underground vault in Comstock Township
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A worker is hospitalized after being rescued from a flooded underground vault in Kalamazoo County's Comstock Township. The incident happened Tuesday at Midlink Bus...
Jul 09, 2025 BMN Network / CC
Suspect being held on open murder charge after fatal shooting in Battle Creek early Wednesday morning
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred early Wednesday morning in the 100 block of South 22nd Street. Officers responded to the scene just...
Jul 09, 2025
