Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo County shares vaccine data update, reminds eligible residents to make appointments
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department is releasing data on vaccination progress for Kalamazoo County for those over the age of 65 years o...
Mar 03, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
MDHHS looking for Parchment and Cooper Township residents for PFAS exposure studies
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is urging residents in West Michigan communities to sign up for the Michigan PFAS Exposure and Health Study (MiPEHS) to...
Mar 03, 2021 City of Parchment welcome sign - Brandon James/WKZO
Three seriously injured in three vehicle crash in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Three injuries were reported after a three-vehicle crash in Battle Creek Monday afternoon. It happened around 5:00 p.m. on Dickman Road near Oak Street. Police said tw...
Mar 03, 2021 BMN Network / CC
Pilot crashes small plane in wooded area in Ottawa County, suffers minor injuries
GRAND HAVEN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A pilot survived after a small airplane crashed in a wooded area in West Michigan Tuesday afternoon. It happened around 3:50 p.m. in Ottawa County's Grand Have...
Mar 03, 2021 Grand Haven Township - Google Satellite View
Kalamazoo County Commissioners vote to suspend relationship with Southwest Michigan First
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Despite former Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield resigning from his new position as CEO of Southwest Michigan First, the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners h...
Mar 02, 2021 Kalamazoo County Commissioners meet virtually on 3/2/21. (Photo via PMN Civic).
No injuries reported in Kalamazoo structure fire
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) is reporting one structure fire that took place Tuesday. Around 2:55 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 400 block of P...
Mar 02, 2021
Kalamazoo Public Library announces reopening dates with limited access
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, the Kalamazoo Public Library (KPL) announced that all of its library locations will reopen to the public with limited access to services on Monday, March 8. Offi...
Mar 02, 2021 Kalamazoo Public Library. (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications).
Son of murdered Portage couple ordered to undergo competency evaluation
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, Kalamazoo Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Getting announced that the suspect in a Portage double homicide case will undergo a psychiatric evaluation. The case concerns 2...
Mar 02, 2021 Nicholas Johnson. (Photo via Kalamazoo County Jail).
Productive during pandemic: college student in Kalamazoo uses time off class to build her own business
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Meet Abigail Jaqua. She is currently a student at Western Michigan University, and a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At 19-years-old, she is already running her own succe...
Mar 02, 2021 Abigail Jaqua - Courtesy Menyeneabasi Akpan of SHOTBYBASI photos
Battle Creek teacher earns Michigan Lottery Excellence in Education award
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Calhoun County educator has been honored with an Excellence in Education award from the Michigan Lottery. The Michigan Lottery announced on Tuesday that Ann J. Kellogg...
Mar 02, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Michigan Lottery
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