Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Robot helps Santa and Mrs. Claus visit patients virtually at Bronson Children's Hospital
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Santa and Mrs. Claus recently paid virtual visits to patients at Bronson Hospital's pediatric unit with the help of a new robot. According to Bronson officials, Santa's e...
Dec 23, 2020 Santa and Mrs. Claus visit Bronson Children's Hospital with the help of a new robot. (Photo courtesy of Bronson Hospital).
City of Portage shares gratitude for Pfizer with new street mural
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Wednesday, the City of Portage announced that a new street mural thanking Pfizer Inc. for the role it played this year in vaccine development and distribution has been inst...
Dec 23, 2020 New Pfizer street mural in the City of Portage. (Photo courtesy of the City of Portage).
KDPS encourages business owners to secure commercial properties, equipment during holiday weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) is urging business owners to lock and secure commercial properties and construction sites heading into the long holiday w...
Dec 23, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
KDPS seeking public help in solving 2018 murder case
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) is seeking help from the public in solving a 2018 murder case. Around 1:30 a.m. on November 17, 2018, 32-year-old Kalamaz...
Dec 23, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Man arrested for home invasion, stolen property in Kalamazoo Township
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo man was arrested Monday on several charges, including home invasion and possession of stolen property. Around 6:13 a.m., officers with the Township o...
Dec 23, 2020 Township of Kalamazoo police cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Witness helps police arrest suspect after shots fired in Kalamazoo Tuesday evening
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officials say citizen tips allowed them to arrest a 23-year-old Kalamazoo man on multiple firearms related charges, after the report ...
Dec 23, 2020 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Battle Creek VA Medical Center begins administering vaccines today
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - COVID-19 vaccinations begin today at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Battle Creek, one of 113 VA medicals centers across the United States selected...
Dec 23, 2020 Battle Creek VAMC (courtesy of the Veterans Affairs Administration)
Kalamazoo County Health officials launch COVID-19 vaccination clinic
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Health Officials have begun mass inoculations with the COVID-19 vaccine and for the first month or more, they will be by invitation only. The offense against th...
Dec 22, 2020 Workers during a COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic in Kalamazoo County on December 22, 2020. (Photo by John McNeil).
UPDATE: Man charged in Hidden Hills apartment shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, MLive reported that a Battle Creek man has been charged with open murder in the October shooting death of Rachel Curl. According to the report, 20-year-old Ja'Sh...
Dec 22, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
WMU president announces delay in 2021 student return
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, Western Michigan University (WMU) President Edward Montgomery announced that the return to WMU's campus in January has been delayed. In a letter released to the ...
Dec 22, 2020 (Photo by John McNeil).
