Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
One killed in Kalamazoo County fire Thursday evening
PAVILLION TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is dead after a house fire in Kalamazoo County's Pavillion Township early Thursday evening. The Pavillion Township Fire Department and Kalamazoo County...
Dec 04, 2020 Fire Investigation Image, copyright © Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Missing Kalamazoo teen located by police
An update from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety: On the morning of December 4, 2020, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety was able to contact and confirm the welfare of Arianna Smith. KD...
Dec 03, 2020 17-year-old Arianna Smith of Kalamazoo, Michigan (photo provided by Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
One injured in accident at busy Kalamazoo intersection Thursday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries in a two vehicle crash in Kalamazoo late Thursday morning. When Kalamazoo Public Safety officers arrived at the...
Dec 03, 2020 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
N. Pitcher Street partially closed for Graphic Packaging International project
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Starting Tuesday, December 1, a portion of North Pitcher Street is partially closed by Graphic Packaging International with a temporary permit issued by the Road Commissi...
Dec 02, 2020 Map of partial road closure due to a project by Graphic Packaging International. (Photo courtesy of Graphic Packaging International).
UPDATE: Battle Creek police arrest suspect in Steak 'n Shake shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A suspect has been arrested in a Battle Creek Steak 'n Shake shooting that occurred last Friday. Battle Creek Police Department (BCPD) Detective Sgt. Joel Case told WW...
Dec 02, 2020
Hall says unemployment agency still does not "have their house in order"
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Following testimony from the acting director of Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency, State Representative Matt Hall (R-Marshall) says the agency still does not "have th...
Dec 02, 2020
Julie Rogers to be sworn in to office Thursday, livestream available
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- State Representative-Elect Julie Rogers will be officially sworn in to office by Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II on December 3 at 9:15AM in the State Capit...
Dec 01, 2020 State Representative-Elect Julie Rogers. (Photo courtesy of Julie Rogers).
Kalamazoo County Commissioners concerned about Morrow Creek silt
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- There's another environmental crisis brewing on the Kalamazoo River and local officials are banning together to express their concerns. County Commissioners waived...
Dec 01, 2020 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo County Criminal Justice Center on track to begin construction next spring
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County Commissioners got a closer look at plans for the largest local construction project they have ever undertaken Tuesday night. If all goes as schedu...
Dec 01, 2020 (Photo of what the new Kalamazoo County Justice Center will look like upon completion)
MSP Niles Post working to collect holiday toy donations
NILES, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, the Michigan State Police (MSP) Niles post announced that it is working with Mosaic's Wonderland Toy Store, Helping Hands of Cass County, Red Bud Area Ministries, Wa...
Dec 01, 2020 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
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