Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo County Commissioners finalize purchase of Camp Rota-Kiwan
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners finalized the purchase of Camp Rota-Kiwan, a former Boy Scout Retreat, for the purposes of converting it into ...
Mar 16, 2021 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
These defunct websites have fascinating old photos of Maple Hill Mall in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Anyone who has spent a significant amount of time living in the Kalamazoo area knows that there were a lot of malls around town decades ago. At one point, there were five...
Mar 16, 2021 The empty Steketee's store inside Maple Hill Mall (date unknown) - Unknown credit from Lablescar website
Kalamazoo County Commissioners open positions for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Community Advisory Committee
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners voted to open volunteer positions on the new Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Community Advisory Commit...
Mar 16, 2021 Kalamazoo County Commissioners meet virtually on 3/16/21. (Image via Public Media Network through Zoom Meeting).
Michigan State Police continue partnership in Benton Harbor
BENTON HARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, the Michigan State Police (MSP) announced that early reporting, based on 2020 data, illustrates violent crime declined in the city of Benton Harbor by 12 per...
Mar 16, 2021
Report - Bangor Mayor charged with forgery
BANGOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, WWMT reported that the City of Bangor mayor, Darren Williams, was charged with two felony counts of forgery in October 2020. According to the report, the charges st...
Mar 16, 2021 Bangor, Michigan sign. (Image via Google Maps Streetview).
Former Paw Paw insurance agent sentenced for embezzling from elderly victim
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A former Paw Paw insurance agent has been sentenced in a 2012 and 2013 case involving embezzlement from an elderly victim. 60-year-old Brian Lietzau will be on probation fo...
Mar 16, 2021 Best Law
Portage man with meth and pistols arrested in Paw Paw
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Portage man was arrested in Paw Paw early Monday morning on drugs and weapons charges. The Van Buren County Sheriff's office says a K-9 deputy was on patrol in the 400 bl...
Mar 16, 2021 Berrien Street in Paw Paw, Michigan - Google Satellite Image
Two people assaulted outside a Battle Creek church after a friend's funeral
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two people from the Detroit area, who were in Battle Creek to attend a funeral over the weekend, say they were assaulted by a man with a gun outside the church after t...
Mar 16, 2021
City of Kalamazoo approves grant agreement with United Way to help shelter homeless population
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- To help support efforts in homeless assistance. Kalamazoo City Commissioners have voted to approve an agreement in the form of a $250,000 grant to the United Way of the B...
Mar 15, 2021 Kalamazoo City Commissioners meet virtually with local housing assistance representatives on 3/15/21. (Photo via Zoom Meeting through City of Kalamazoo YouTube channel).
First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo hosting free COVID-19 vaccine clinic Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo, located at 212 S. Park Street in Kalamazoo, is hosting a free Advanced Health Pharmacy COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Tuesday, Mar...
Mar 15, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
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