Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
BC School Board votes to put bond proposal on May ballot
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN) - The Battle Creek Public Schools school board voted on Monday night to move forward with the next steps for a bond measure to transform Northwestern Middle School into a K-8 v...
Dec 15, 2020 Mike Cohen / CC
Kalamazoo City leaders discuss proposed 2021 budget
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Monday, the Kalamazoo City Board of Commissioners held a public discussion about its proposed 2021 budget. During the virtual meeting, various leaders from the city discu...
Dec 14, 2020 The Kalamazoo Board of Commissioners discuss the proposed 2021 budget on December 14, 2020. (Photo courtesy of the City of Kalamazoo via Youtube Livestream).
RCKC utilizing technology for better winter road maintenance
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Road Maintenance Operators at the Road Commission of Kalamazoo County (RCKC) will have a new tool to help keep the roads safe this winter - an iPad. Monday, th...
Dec 14, 2020
Metro Transit offers free rides to God's Kitchen Christmas Dinner this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- God's Kitchen of Michigan will serve a free Christmas dinner from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16 at Wesley Foundation, near the Western Michigan University C...
Dec 14, 2020 Sean McBride, Kalamazoo Metro Transit Manager, left, presents a ceremonial bus pass to Pastor William Stein, Chairman of God's Kitchen of Michigan. (Photo courtesy of God's Kitchen of Michigan).
K9 locates suspect after chase in Van Buren County
HARTFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office reported Monday that a suspect is in custody after a vehicle chase and a K9 track. The department says the incident occurred...
Dec 14, 2020 (Photo by John McNeil)
Search continues for Kalamazoo County man missing since October
LAWRENCE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Van Buren County authorities are continuing their search for a Parchment man who went missing in the Village of Lawrence in early October. Sheriff Daniel E. Abbott says 45-...
Dec 14, 2020 45-year-old Jimmy Green of Parchment, Michigan (photo courtesy of Van Buren County Sheriff's Department)
MSP investigate suspicious vehicle fire in St. Joseph County
CONSTANTINE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police Troopers from the Marshall Post are investigating a suspicious fire that was reported over the weekend in St. Joseph County. State Police ...
Dec 14, 2020
Portage's Pfizer plant the center of attention as vaccine begins shipping
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has been in the focus all weekend for a good weekend, as the first shipments of Pfizer's vaccine for COVID-19 were trucked from their Portage facility to La...
Dec 14, 2020
Gmail or YouTube wouldn't load? You weren't alone
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) - The sudden outage of YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive has caused widespread panic on social media, prompting the hashtag #YouTubeDown to become a globally trending topic within a...
Dec 14, 2020 A screenshot of a Gmail error message
Suspect in stolen vehicle case crashes, suffers overdose
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect in a stolen vehicle case is receiving treatment after suffering an apparent overdose. Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department deputies located the car in the Sprin...
Dec 13, 2020 Suspect involved in high speed pursuit suffers serious injuries.
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