Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Sheriff Fuller - Kalamazoo Bike Week may be over, but bike safety is a year-round practice
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Bike Week may be over now, but bike safety must still be observed. That's according to Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller, who spoke on the subject with WKZ...
May 19, 2021 Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller. (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Kalamazoo - Work begins at Allied Paper Landfill, virtual meeting planned for Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Wednesday, the City of Kalamazoo announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon begin cleanup of the Allied Paper Landfill site. Officials say the work...
May 19, 2021 Kalamazoo City Hall (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy secures funding for future Allegan nature preserve
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Wednesday, the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SWMLC) announced that it has been awarded grant funding to acquire property for a new nature preserve outside of D...
May 19, 2021 Future site of the Armintrout-Milbocker nature preserve in Allegan. (Photo courtesy of Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy staff).
180 E. Water Street apartments set to open in Kalamazoo soon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new set of apartments are preparing to open for businesses and tenants in the Downtown Kalamazoo area soon. Catalyst Development describes its new complex, the 180 E. Wa...
May 19, 2021 An exterior rendering of the 180 E. Water Street apartments. (Photo courtesy Catalyst Group).
Effort underway to help pre-schoolers get off to the right start in their education
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A child begins to learn long before his first day in school and a nationwide effort to recognize that fact is being boosted locally. This week, Kalamazoo City and County Co...
May 19, 2021
Kalamazoo County officials to look into how to spend federal COVID relief funds
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Just over $40-million dollars is headed to Kalamazoo County Government from the latest Federal Relief package, and most of that will be spent to help those hit hardest by t...
May 19, 2021 Kalamazoo County Government logo
MSP investigating fatal accident on westbound 94
PAW PAW MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police authorities continue to look into the cause of a fatal two vehicle accident on I 94 Tuesday night. Around 9:55 pm, troopers reported to mile marker 56 o...
May 19, 2021 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
Springfield mobile home destroyed in Tuesday morning fire
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A mobile home was destroyed early Tuesday morning in a fire at the Avenue A Mobile Home Park in Springfield. The Battle Creek Enquirer reports the home was engulfed in fl...
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Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership launches Ambassador Program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with the Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership (KDP) announced Tuesday that the Downtown Kalamazoo Program launched on Monday. Officials say the purpose of the program ...
May 18, 2021 Downtown Kalamazoo’s Ambassador Program. (Photo courtesy of Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership).
UPDATE: Family of shot man, alleged in home invasion, says he is innocent
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - UPDATE: The family of a man recently shot and killed in an alleged home invasion case says he is innocent, and had gone to the home to play poker, according to a report fr...
May 18, 2021 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
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