Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Major two-year construction project on I-94 in Kalamazoo begins on Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- M-DOT will be starting a two-year project to widen I-94 from four to six lanes in an area of Kalamazoo County next week. The work involves an area of the freeway from Lov...
Brandon James Apr 09, 2021 I-94 Portage Rd. exit sign - Google Street View

Family Health Center to hold another COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Kalamazoo next week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Family Health Center is holding another COVID-19 vaccination clinic next week. They plan to administer at least 450 first doses of the vaccines to residents at a driv...
Brandon James Apr 09, 2021 Alachua County

Calhoun County COVID-19 cases reach 10,000, hospitalizations soar
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County went over 10,000 COVID-19 positive cases this week as hospitalizations from the virus have almost tripled when compared to two months ago. As of Thursday ...
Jim Measel Apr 09, 2021

Kalamazoo police officers assaulted by two suspects during felonious assault investigation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo police say two suspects began fighting with officers, including biting one of them, while being arrested Wednesday night. Police responded to an area in the 120...
Brandon James Apr 09, 2021

Albion College suspends student over racist and anti-Semitic graffiti
ALBION, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - An Albion College student who school officials say was responsible for the racist and anti-Semitic graffiti in a stairwell at Mitchell Towers has been placed on temporary susp...
Jim Measel Apr 09, 2021

Suspicious house fire and fatal car crash in Kalamazoo Township linked together
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officers from the Township of Kalamazoo Police Department are investigating a suspicious house fire and a fatal car crash that occurred moments apart around 10:30...
Ken Delaney Apr 08, 2021

Suspect in custody after early morning Oshtemo Township homicide
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says a homicide suspect is in custody, after they discovered 23-year-old Kalamazoo resident dead in the 5500 block of Redcoat ...
Ken Delaney Apr 08, 2021 (Photo by John McNeil)

UPDATE: Police presence early Thursday at two areas in Kalamazoo related to homicide case
UPDATE- Thursday 4/8/21 at 9:44 a.m.: KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's office says two early morning incidents on the west side of Kalamazoo are connected to a homicide inv...
Brandon James Apr 08, 2021

KDPS provides update on expired licenses, license plate enforcement
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Wednesday, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) provided an update into the police enforcement of expired licenses and plates for area drivers under the COVID-...
Will Kriss Apr 08, 2021 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (KDPS). Photo by Jeana Gondek.

Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo reports that its nearing capacity for COVID-19 patients
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- While a surge in COVID-19 cases continues across Michigan, a Kalamazoo hospital is reporting that it is nearing capacity due to an increase in patients fighting the virus...
Brandon James Apr 08, 2021 Bronson sign in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil)




