Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
New Youth Center opens on Kalamazoo's Eastside
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A two decade long vision for a youth center on the Eastside of Kalamazoo is now reality. Kalamazoo Youth for Christ and Southwest Michigan First officially opened the new f...
Feb 15, 2021 Ribbon cutting for the new Eastside Youth Center (photo by Jim McKinney)
Princesses & Carriages special kids event announced for March at Gilmore Car Museum
HICKORY CORNERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- An all new event aimed at children called Princesses & Carriages will take place in March at the Gilmore Car Museum. The museum says the event will combine an i...
Feb 15, 2021 Beauty Princess, Cinderella and Mermaid Princess with 1934 Auburn Boattail Speedster-min (Courtesy Gilmore Car Museum)
Woman crashes vehicle into Battle Creek business during police chase
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A driver who fled from police, and eventually crashed through a business in Battle Creek over the weekend, was said to be heavily intoxicated when they were arrested, ...
Feb 15, 2021
Flower bouquets left at Portage home of Gary and Laura Johnson, who are presumed dead
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Some anonymous area residents took part of their Valentine's Day weekend to pay tribute to a missing married couple who are presumed dead. Several bouquets of flowers have ...
Feb 15, 2021 Flowers at the home of Gary and Laura Johnson - Brandon James/WKZO
Portage officials and Pfizer plant continue prep for President Biden's visit this week
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials in Portage and at the Pfizer plant there are continuing to prepare for a visit from President Joe Biden this week. He is expected to come to the area on Thursday, ...
Feb 15, 2021 jlhervàs / CC
St. Joseph County police end high speed chase beginning in Indiana
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A police chase beginning in Indiana came to an end in St. Joseph County Saturday. The pursuit originated in Elkhart County Indian, and was picked up around 8 pm by both th...
Feb 14, 2021
Portage holding ice sculpture event on Valentine's Day
PORTAGE MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage is holding a Valentine's Day ice sculpting demonstration on Sunday from 2-3 pm. The event is set for the Grain Elevator at the Celery Flats Historical Are...
Feb 13, 2021 Martin Pettitt / CC
Another fire at Kalamazoo homeless encampment; no injuries reported
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety responded Friday evening to a report of yet another fire at the homeless encampment at Mills and O'Neil. When officers arrived at around 7:05, they ...
Feb 13, 2021
Shooting incident injures one, remains under investigation
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The investigation is continuing into a shooting incident Friday afternoon on Kalamazoo's North Side. Officers responded to several reports of gunshots in the 1000 block of ...
Feb 12, 2021 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
UPDATE: Two bodies found during search for two Portage residents
UPDATE - PORTAGE MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A search for two missing Portage residents in the Gourdneck Lake preserve has turned up two bodies, but authorities say that they have not yet been identified. One o...
Feb 12, 2021 Gary and Laura Johnson - Undated courtesy via WOOD-TV
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