Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Calhoun County solar project expected to power 69,000 homes
LEE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Another major solar project is underway in Calhoun County. Consumers Energy and Hecate Energy announced Wednesday that initial site work has begun on the 360-megawatt S...
Jan 29, 2025 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Third suspect in 2023 murder of Jack Snyder arrested, charged
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police have arrested the third suspect in the February 2023 murder of 17-year-old Battle Creek Central High School student Jack Snyder. 20-year-old Marcus ...
Jan 29, 2025 Photo take from the family's GoFundMe page.
Battle Creek Cadet disarms child with loaded handgun during subpoena service
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No one was injured as a Battle Creek Police cadet disarmed a five-year-old child holding a loaded handgun while serving a subpoena on Inn Road Saturday. According to th...
Jan 26, 2025
Death of Kalamazoo man found Thursday now ruled a homicide, suspect in custody
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says a suspect is in custody in the death of a man found murdered Thursday afternoon. At around 1:30 p.m. KDPS officers responded...
Jan 24, 2025 aijohn784 / Depositphotos.com
Two vehicles and one building damaged in downtown Galesburg accident
GALESBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No injuries were reported as two vehicles collided in downtown Galesburg Thursday morning, with one vehicle running into a building. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office ...
Jan 23, 2025
Three apartment residents treated for minor smoke inhalation in BC fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Three residents of a nine-story apartment building at 231 Springview Drive had to be treated for minor smoke inhalation following a fire late Monday afternoon. Battle Cr...
Jan 22, 2025 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Hot 'n Now to build more locations in Michigan
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hot 'n Now, the drive-thru hamburger chain founded in Kalamazoo in 1984 that expanded nationwide before dwindling to a single location in Sturgis, will soon have more locati...
Jan 21, 2025
Eastbound I-94 in Van Buren County shutdown several hours due to multi-vehicle pile-up
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 10 mile stretch of eastbound I-94 between Hartford and Lawrence was shut down for hours Tuesday after a chain reaction of crashes that involved six semi-trucks. Michigan ...
Jan 21, 2025 The scene of a multivehicle crash on I-94 near Hartford Jan. 21. 2025. (courtesy Michigan State Police)
Two hospitalized in US-131 pileup near Plainwell
GUN PLAIN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Speed and weather conditions were believed to be contributing factors in what authorities are calling a "serious" traffic crash near Plainwell on Tuesday morning. No ...
Jan 21, 2025 Allegan County Sheriff's Patch (image courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
VIDEO: Car slams into fire truck on-scene for another accident on I-94 near Kalamazoo
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two crashes are being investigated by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office that happened on westbound I-94 around 5:30 a.m. Monday. The first was when a truck wen...
Jan 20, 2025
