Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners highlight 2021 priorities
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners reviewed its priorities for the year 2021. According to officials, the county board's agenda includes increasi...
Jan 19, 2021 Kalamazoo County Commissioners meet virtually on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. (Photo via PMN Civic through Zoom meeting).
Kalamazoo City Commissioners approve 2021 budget
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo City Commission has unanimously approved its Fiscal Year 2021 budget as of Monday night. During a virtual meeting, Commissioners discussed the matter at len...
Jan 19, 2021 City Commissioners meet virtually on 01-19-21. (Photo via City of Kalamazoo YouTube stream through Zoom meeting).
Kalamazoo man charged with murder in death of stepson
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo man wanted since December in the death of his six-year-old stepson has turned himself in to police, according to a report from WOOD TV Tuesday. Previously, po...
Jan 19, 2021 Latravion Heard-McMillan booking photo. (Image courtesy of the Kalamazoo County Jail).
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton announces nearly $500,000 in federal funding for local health centers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) announced Tuesday that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing nearly $500,000 in grant funding to two southwest...
Jan 19, 2021 Congressman Fred Upton announces grant for Kzoo-BC Airport (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
WMU trustees to elect officers for 2021 during meeting this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Western Michigan University (WMU) Board of Trustees will elect officers to serve for the next year when the board meets this Thursday, January 21. A livestream of the...
Jan 19, 2021 FotoGuy 49057 / CC
Senior citizens begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two days of COVID-19 clinics will exhaust Kalamazoo County's current supply of vaccine, and for the first time, senior citizens are on the schedule. The first of thousand...
Jan 19, 2021 Darrell and Rosslind Plough, both 73, got their shots simultaneously at Tuesday’s clinic in Kalamazoo. (Photo courtesy of John McNeil).
Winter Weather Advisory in effect, 1 to 3 inches of snow possible
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for a number of west Michigan counties, including Kalamazoo, Allegan, and Van Buren, as a burst of snow m...
Jan 19, 2021
AG’s office charges former Sturgis Police Chief with drunken driving
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Former Sturgis Police Chief Geoffrey Smith has been charged with three misdemeanors stemming from a drunken driving incident in August, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nesse...
Jan 19, 2021 Geoffrey Smith (Photo courtesy of the city of Sturgis via sturgismi.gov/police)
Large amount of drugs discovered during traffic stop in St. Joseph County
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Authorities in St. Joseph County made a large drug bust late Monday evening. Sheriff Mark A. Lillywhite says deputies stopped a vehicle for a speeding violation a...
Jan 19, 2021
West Michigan health officials say new COVID-19 strain is probably in the region already
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- West Michigan health officials are preparing for a new, more contagious strain of COVID-19. In fact, it's probable the new variant is already be in the region. The Mic...
Jan 19, 2021
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