Category Archives: Battle Creek News

Vehicles may have been racing, leading to fatal U.S. 131 crash
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP (WKZO AM/FM) - One man is dead and another is in police custody after a crash on U.S. 131 in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township early Sunday. Around 2:45 a.m., deputies with the Kala...
Ken Delaney Jan 05, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)

Huizinga returns to Congress for eighth term
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - Congressman Bill Huizenga officially took the oath of office to represent Michigan's 4th Congressional District in the 119th Congress Friday. It will be his eighth term ...
Ken Delaney Jan 04, 2025

Large sewer rehabilitation project begins next week in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Battle Creek will start a major sewer rehabilitation project next week. City officials say the Elm to Union Sanitary Sewer project aims to reinforce the exi...
Ken Delaney Jan 03, 2025 City of Battle Creek logo

Unemployment rates rise for area counties in November
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Figures released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget showed unemployment rates for area counties in November near steady from October...
Ken Delaney Jan 03, 2025 Kevin Smith / CC

Death of Kalamazoo woman in November now ruled a homicide
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Medical Examiner's Office has now ruled the death of 68-year-old Minette Suzanne Weaver in November 2024 a homicide. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety of...
Ken Delaney Jan 02, 2025 fergregory / Depositphotos.com

Man injured in shooting in Battle Creek on New Year's Day
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police say a 37-year-old man was injured in a shooting early Wednesday morning. Officers were called to Manchester Street near Kendall Street just after mi...
Michael Arney Jan 02, 2025

Single vehicle crash kills one Tuesday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) ' One person was killed in a rollover crash on I-94 in Kalamazoo County Tuesday morning. Michigan State Police say tge single-vehicle crash happened just after 9:00 a.m. on ...
Ken Delaney Dec 31, 2024 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)

Battle Creek Police arrest man on unrelated charges while investigating shots fired report
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek man has been arrested while police were investigating a separate shooting incident Monday. Officers were called to 20 Goguac Street East for a report of ...
Michael Arney Dec 31, 2024 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).

Teenage girl dies in Barry County house fire
ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 17-year-old girl has died in Barry County. The sheriff's office says firefighters and deputies were called to a house fire in the 8400 block of South Marsh Ro...
Michael Arney Dec 30, 2024 jonel hanopol / CC

Sturgis man killed in St. Joseph County crash
BURR OAK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office says a 34-year-old Sturgis man has died in a car crash early Friday morning. Deputies were called to M-66 near Blackberry La...
Michael Arney Dec 30, 2024 Van/bicycle accident kills woman (Photo by John McNeil)




