Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
B.C. City Commission may change waste hauler next Tuesday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The City of Battle Creek is looking to change their waste hauler services from Waste Management to Republic Services. The Battle Creek Enquirer reports that Battle Creek...
Dec 09, 2020 Ash Kyd / CC
Calhoun County COVID-19 cases go over 6,000, residents urged to follow protocols
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN) - The Calhoun County Public Health Department reported on Tuesday that there has been a cumulative total of 6,003 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with a total of 133 deaths attribu...
Dec 09, 2020
Free Christmas dinners will still happen in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek next week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Despite having to cancel their free Thanksgiving dinner due to a lack of finds, God's Kitchen of Michigan is going ahead with its free Christmas dinners in Kalamazoo and B...
Dec 09, 2020 A God's Kitchen of Michigan volunteer assembles free meals (courtesy of God's Kitchen of Michigan)
GPS devices expected to make intersections safer for emergency vehicles
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County's Comstock Township will be the proving ground for GPS tracking devices that are designed to automatically change traffic lights to make emergency runs sa...
Dec 09, 2020 Traffic signal
Final defendants convicted in Battle Creek-area drug scheme
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The last two of eleven defendants accused in a drug trafficking operation have been convicted in federal court, according to a report from WWMT Tuesday. That incident ste...
Dec 08, 2020 Best Law
Oshtemo Township awarded grant to acquire land for recreation
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Oshtemo Township officials announced Tuesday that the area's growing population will have more opportunities for outdoor recreation in 2021, thanks to new grant fu...
Dec 08, 2020 Map of land to be purchased by Oshtemo Township for recreational usage. (Photo courtesy of Oshtemo Township).
Campaign aims to find homes for shelter pets December 9 - 12
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A new campaign launching this week is encouraging citizens to adopt a shelter dog or cat, and is offering reduced adoption fees to do so. The BISSEL Pet Foundation (BPF) ...
Dec 08, 2020 Empty the Shelters Holiday Hope Event flyer. (Photo courtesy of BISSEL Pet Foundation).
Haymarket Plaza project continues with fully-met crowdsourcing goal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, Kalamazoo-based Treystar and its partners, Catalyst Development and the City of Kalamazoo, announced that work is continuing toward the completion of Haymarket P...
Dec 08, 2020 A street-level rendering of the completed Haymarket Plaza project from Edwards Street with the Main Street East building on the left and the Catalyst Development on the right. (Photo courtesy of Treystar).
New grant program available for small Kalamazoo businesses affected by pandemic
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A new fund created through a partnership between the City of Kalamazoo and United Way will help city-based small businesses afford protective measures that keep workers a...
Dec 08, 2020 Kalamazoo City Hall in winter. (Photo by John McNeil)
Former Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby Hopewell receives Guido Leadership Award
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, the Michigan Municipal League announced that former Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby Hopewell has received the Michael A. Guido Leadership and Public Service Award. Accordi...
Dec 08, 2020 Former Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby Hopewell. (Photo courtesy of the Michigan Municipal League).
