Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Dangerous heat and humidity expected this week, NWS issues Excessive Heat Watch through Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some of the hottest weather in recent years is expected to dominate the weather this week. The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Watch from Monday morn...
Jun 16, 2024
St. Joseph man drowns in Calhoun County lake
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Although an autopsy is pending, police say alcohol is believed to be a factor in the drowning of a man in Calhoun County's Pennfield Township early Sunday morning...
Jun 16, 2024 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Elderly woman from Middleville killed in Barry County crash
BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Barry County Sheriff's Office is investigating a two vehicle fatal traffic crash, which occurred on Dowling Road west of south M-37 in Baltimore Township Frid...
Jun 15, 2024 Barry County Sheriff's Dept. logo
Marshall man arraigned on 18 criminal sexual conduct charges in Calhoun County
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Marshall man has been charged with numerous criminal sexual conduct counts following an investigation by Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Detectives. They interviewed...
Jun 14, 2024 Rumble Press / CC
No criminal charges will be filed in Calhoun County killing of gray wolf
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No criminal charges will be filed after a hunter killed a gray wolf in Calhoun County during a legal coyote hunt with a guide last January. The hunter had thought it wa...
Jun 14, 2024 Tony Hisgett / CC
Two killed as speeding vehicle being pursued by Albion DPS crashes into tree
ALBION, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Two persons were killed Wednesday night when a vehicle that authorities say was traveling at a high rate of speed during a pursuit involving the Albion Department of Public Sa...
Jun 14, 2024 Albion Department of Public Safety logo
Complaint filed with the state over possible pesticide exposure by workers building a solar farm in Union Township
UNION TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDAD) is reportedly investigating after seven construction workers installing solar panels for DTE Energy last...
Jun 13, 2024 actionsports / Depositphotos.com
Coldwater Lake man faces life in prison for allegedly running down elderly couple with his pick-up
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater Lake man is being held on $1 million bond for allegedly using his pick-up truck to run down an elderly couple in Branch County's Kinderhook Township Monday night. 22...
Jun 11, 2024 zeferli@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Man in wheelchair struck and killed by train in Vicksburg Tuesday morning
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police say a man who got his wheelchair stuck on the tracks was struck and killed by a train Tuesday morning in Vicksburg. Vicksburg Police Chief Scott Sanderson Says the ...
Jun 11, 2024 Village of Vicksburg Police Department cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Reading man dies from injuries in May 30 crash that killed St. Joseph County Assistant Prosecutor
MENDON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The driver involved in the fatal accident that killed St. Joseph County Assistant Prosecutor Melissa Hallack May 30 has died from the injuries he sustained in the cr...
Jun 11, 2024
