Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Local state of emergency declared for Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has declared a local state of emergency after severe thunderstorms swept through the area Thursday evening, causing widespread damage and power outages. A...
May 18, 2025
Thousands remain without power after Thursday night storm
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While the number has dropped significantly, over 15,000 Consumers Energy customers in Kalamazoo County remain without power Sunday. That has dropped from around 50,000 in ...
May 18, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
Red Cross and Consumers Energy to provide free water and meal in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Sunday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While Consumers Energy says they expect most customers who lost electric service from Thursday's tornadoes and thunderstorms to be restored by the end of Sunday, customers...
May 18, 2025 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
One dead and four wounded in Jackson County shooting
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) A Friday night shooting in Jackson County, left one man dead and three others critically injured. The incident occurred at 103 Lincoln Court, prompting a swift response from local p...
May 17, 2025
Missing teen found safe in Chicago, reunited with family
CHICAGO, IL (WTVB) - 15-year-old Glenn Lee Brown was found safe in Chicago Friday, nine days after disappearing from Pennfield High School. Brown was last seen entering a wooded area behind the school...
May 17, 2025 Glenn Lee Brown (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
Motorcyclist killed after striking another vehicle in Allegan County's Hopkins Township Friday afternoon
HOPKINS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office says a motorcyclist was killed Friday afternoon after striking another vehicle in Hopkins Township. At 2:56 p.m. Allegan County ...
May 16, 2025
NWS confirms two tornadoes in Battle Creek area
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB)- Last night's severe storms that swept through the area produced at least two tornadoes. The National Weather Service Office in Grand Rapids has confirmed two tornadoes touched...
May 16, 2025
Calhoun County teen missing since last week spotted on a train headed to Chicago
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office has discontinued local search operations for a missing teen, following a confirmed sighting of him on a train headed to Chicago. 15-...
May 15, 2025 Glenn Lee Brown (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
Inmate reportedly kicked out window after he and six others were left locked in a van at the Kalamazoo County Jail
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Seven inmates who being transported back to the Kalamazoo County Jail from the county courthouse were left unattended in a van for almost two hours Monday. The sheriff's o...
May 15, 2025 Kalamazoo County Jail (photo by John McNeil)
Accomplice in kidnapping case pleads guilty in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man police say helped to kidnap a Kalamazoo woman and her two children has pled guilty to attempted kidnapping and fleeing an officer. 29-year-old DeShawn Gladney origin...
May 15, 2025 DeShawn Gladney (courtesy Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office)
