Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Statistics show over 32 percent of Calhoun residents totally vaccinated
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A vaccine dashboard from the State of Michigan shows that as of Wednesday, 77,415 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to Calhoun County residents, from vari...
Apr 28, 2021
Driver sought who crashed into Kalamazoo County home then took off on foot
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County authorities are looking for the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a home earlier this week. It happened in the 300 block of Drake Rd. near W. Main...
Apr 28, 2021 Credit- Oshtemo Township Fire Department
Man involved in January 6 U.S. Capitol riots threatened Calhoun County dispatch 143 times the day before
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man from New York accused of assaulting a federal officer during riots at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. on January 6, apparently made over 100 threatening call...
Apr 28, 2021 Credit: Tyler Merbler - U.S. Capitol riots on January 6, 2021
Sen. Stabenow announces $3.4 million investment to improve water quality and fishing in West Michigan
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, announced a new $3,429,770 investment to...
Apr 28, 2021 Shoreline at Hagar Beach in Hagar Township, MI. (Photo by Will Kriss).
MSP reports traffic crash involving school bus, no children on board
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Wayland Post responded to a traffic crash involving a Thornapple Kellogg school bus on Tuesday around 3:50 p.m. It happ...
Apr 27, 2021 Michigan State Police - File photo
New public health education facility opens in Van Buren County
LAWRENCE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A new public health education facility has opened in Van Buren County, and is situated in the Village of Lawrence. Previously, in the fall of 2019, the Van Buren/Cass Dist...
Apr 27, 2021 New Van Buren Public Health Education Facility in Lawrence, MI. (Photo courtesy of Van Buren/Cass District Health Department).
Forbes names Consumers Energy as No. 1 utility company for workplace diversity in U.S.
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As of Tuesday, Forbes has named Consumers Energy as the top utility company in the country and second overall in Michigan in its latest ranking of "America's Best Employers...
Apr 27, 2021 Consumers Energy truck parked at WKZO studios in Kalamazoo, MI. (Photo by Will Kriss).
UPDATE: Woman involved in Kalamazoo Township double homicide will stand trial
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - UPDATE: A woman arrested for her involvement in a Kalamazoo Township double homicide will stand trial, according to a report from MLive Tuesday. Previously, polic...
Apr 27, 2021 Township of Kalamazoo police cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
ACGK launches new Art Hop app ahead of in-person event
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo (ACGK) launched its Art Hop app Tuesday, encouraging the public to sign up for a free account using their smartphones or computers. ...
Apr 27, 2021 Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo (ACGK) logo. (Photo courtesy of ACGK).
Portage Road to close for I-94 bridge demolition starting Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The next step in the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) project to widen I-94 from four to six lanes from Lovers Lane to Sprinkle Road in Kalamazoo is demolishi...
Apr 27, 2021 I 94 road project completion date revised (Photo by John McNeil)
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