Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Two paddleboarders injured after being hit on Gourdneck Lake
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people on a paddleboard were injured Saturday when they were struck by a tube being pulled by a speedboat on Gourdneck Lake. The Portage Department of Public Safety says...
Aug 17, 2025 (courtesy Gourdneck Lake Association)
17-year-old from Kalamazoo and 19-year-old from Paw Paw killed in fiery crash
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two teens were killed early Sunday morning when their vehicle slammed into a traffic signal pole and burst into flames in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township. At 3:...
Aug 17, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
West Nile virus detected in dead bird in Calhoun County
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A dead bird in Calhoun County has been found to have had West Nile virus. It is the first confirmed animal case of West Nile virus in Calhoun County in 2025. Official...
Aug 15, 2025 Courtesy Calhoun County Health Department Facebook page
Driver in crash that killed high school senior identified and charged
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - A driver has been charged in connection to a crash last month that killed Calhoun Community High School senior Daelnn Roark. 18-year-old Gavin Christopher Scott, was official...
Aug 15, 2025
Firefighter injured battling flames in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One firefighter was treated and released from a Battle Creek hospital after being injured battling flames at an abandoned home yesterday. The fire was reported just aft...
Aug 14, 2025
Charges authorized for driver involved in crash that killed a Calhoun Community High School senior
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Charges have been authorized against a driver involved in a fatal reckless driving crash last month that claimed the life of a Calhoun Community High School student and...
Aug 13, 2025
Amanda Zimmerlin chosen as Battle Creek city manager
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek city commissioners have named Amanda Zimmerlin as their new city manager. She has been the city manager for Clayton, Ohio from February 2020 and was the as...
Aug 13, 2025
Battle Creek fire does over $1 million in damage
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Sunday morning just after 10 a.m. The Battle Creek Fire Department responded to a roof fire at ReConserve of Michigan. The first units on the scene found fire and smoke...
Aug 11, 2025 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Two arrested in connection with CSC Investigation in Calhoun County
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Arkansas man and Michigan woman are in custody on criminal sexual conduct and child abuse charges in Calhoun County. Acting on information about an ongoing cri...
Aug 11, 2025
Two arrested in connection with criminal sexual conduct investigation
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people are in the Calhoun County Jail on child abuse, kidnapping, and 1st degree criminal sexual conduct charges. The sheriff's office carried out a search wa...
Aug 11, 2025 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).
