Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Update: New details in murdered Portage couple case
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Monday, WOOD TV 8 reported new findings in the case of the murdered Portage couple, Gary and Laura Johnson. Previously, murder charges had been issued against the son of th...
Feb 22, 2021 Gary and Laura Johnson - Undated courtesy via WOOD-TV
Kalamazoo County health officer speaks on meeting with President Biden during Pfizer visit
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Last week, Kalamazoo County Health Officer Jim Rutherford spoke one-on-one with President Joe Biden during his visit to Portage to tour Pfizer's plant. Rutherford briefed B...
Feb 22, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
UPDATE: Missing St. Joseph County teen returns home safe
BURR OAK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- UPDATE: Shortly after 4 p.m. Monday, the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office announced that Natalie Nicole Welch, who was previously considered missing, is safe. The depart...
Feb 22, 2021 Natalie Nicole Welch - St. Joseph County Sheriff's office
KDPS holding virtual town hall regarding mobile nuisance parties Monday night
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Representatives with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) will host a virtual town hall meeting Monday on the subject of mobile nuisance parties. The meeting w...
Feb 22, 2021 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
After a week of controversy, Chatfield resigns as CEO of SW Michigan First
KALAMAZOO, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Former Michigan Speaker of the House, Lee Chatfield, who left office in January for a job as CEO with the economic development agency Southwest Michigan First, has resign...
Feb 22, 2021
KCC waives on line course fees, gives emergency student grants
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Kellogg Community College Board of Trustees approved a plan last Wednesday to provide financial relief to current and future K.C.C. students by waiving online course...
Feb 22, 2021 Kellogg Community College logo (courtesy of KCC)
Kalamazoo Astronomical Society's high-powered telescopes coming out for spring events
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo Astronomical Society has announced a couple of events that will take place in April for those interested in exploring the night sky with high-powered telesc...
Feb 22, 2021 Nuzzenz
Portage elementary school to go virtual temporarily after small COVID-19 outbreak
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Portage school is going to virtual learning for awhile after a small outbreak of COVID-19. Superintendent Mark Bielang announced that Portage Central Elementary School wo...
Feb 22, 2021 Portage Central Elementary School - Google Street View Image
MSP investigate Sunday afternoon theft of Calhoun County pickup truck
NEWTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police troopers are investigating a Sunday afternoon break-in of a Calhoun County residence in which the victim's pickup truck was stolen. Troopers say the ...
Feb 22, 2021
Springfield shooting incident injures one; investigation is continuing
MARSHALL MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Calhoun County authorities continue to look into a shooting incident Saturday afternoon. Deputies were called to the Avenue A Trailer Park in Springfield just before 4 pm on...
Feb 21, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
