Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Recount gives Steve Frisbie 79-vote win in state House District 44
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Republican Calhoun County commissioner Steve Frisbie has won the state House District 44 race after a hand recount. Frisbie defeated Democratic incumbent Representative Jim...
Dec 11, 2024 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Battle Creek police investigating shots fired
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police are investigating shots being fired into a home in the 60 block of Ann Avenue. The shots were fired just after 6 a.m. Tuesday and there were people ...
Dec 11, 2024 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Federal funding to address flooding issues in Kalamazoo, restoration of the Kalamazoo River in downtown Battle Creek
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - A bipartisan water infrastructure bill that overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House Tuesday provides money for several projects in southwest Michigan, including Kalamazoo a...
Dec 11, 2024 Flooding in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil).
Westland man sent to federal prison in 2020 Albion Hydroponics robbery
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten has announced that 27-year-old Andrew Curtis Williams of Westland, Michigan, was sentenced to 110 months i...
Dec 10, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Another Winter Storm Watch issued for West Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Another blast of winter weather is taking aim at West Michigan later beginning this evening. A Winter Storm Watch from the National Weather Service stretches from the Kala...
Dec 10, 2024 (courtesy National Weather Service-Grand Rapids)
Hand recount underway in Michigan House District 44
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The hand recount of all the votes cast in the state House 44th District by the Board of State Canvassers is underway in Marshall. Incumbent Democrat Jim Haadsma was defeate...
Dec 10, 2024 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Man struck while walking in the middle of the road in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 19-year-old man is hospitalized in critical condition after he was hit by a car Tuesday in Battle Creek. Police say he was wearing dark clothes and was walking on Cap...
Dec 06, 2024 welcomia / Depositphotos.com
Multiple accidents snarl traffic on snow covered I-94 in Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Van Buren, and Berrien counties
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Blowing snow and slippery road conditions led to multiple accidents in the Kalamazoo area Thursday, with I-94 being shut down eight separate times over nine hours during t...
Dec 05, 2024 Stalled traffic around 8:30 a.m. Dec 5, 2024 on I-94 near the county line between Calhoun County and Kalamazoo County. line (courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation)
Heavy snow and wind cause schools to cancel classes for Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Widespread, heavy snow and a sharp drop in temperatures have caused schools across the region to cancel classes for Thursday. Most all schools in Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Allega...
Dec 04, 2024 karenr / Depositphotos.com
Battle Creek presents Winter Wanderland Friday and Saturday night
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - There will be plenty of free holiday events in downtown Battle Creek on Friday and Saturday evening during the city's annual Winter Wanderland. This year's special event...
Dec 04, 2024 Courtesy City of Battle Creek
