Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Graphic Packaging issued violation from EGLE over unauthorized construction
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Cardboard manufacturing company Graphic Packaging has been issued a notice of violation by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). EGLE is...
Nov 24, 2020 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
Van Buren County Sheriff's Office receives funding from CARES Act
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, the the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office announced that it has received $127,680 from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. "Th...
Nov 24, 2020 From left to right: Ryan Post, Director of the Finance Department for Van Buren County, Lt Robert Kirk, Sheriff Daniel E. Abbott, Undersheriff Kevin Conklin, and Operations Lt. Jim Charon. (Photo courtesy of the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office).
Kalamazoo seeking nominations for Social Justice Youth Awards
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The City of Kalamazoo is currently seeking nominations for the 2021 Social Justice Youth Awards. The awards recognize youth between the ages of 12 and 19 for community se...
Nov 24, 2020 Kalamazoo City Hall in winter. (Photo by John McNeil)
Rite Aid announces expansion of no-cost COVID-19 testing
UNDATED, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, Rite Aid announced an update to its COVID-19 testing program through its partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Officials say tha...
Nov 24, 2020 Mike Mozart / CC
Consumers Energy EIRP crews donate Thanksgiving dinners to three communities
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Consumers Energy Enhanced Infrastructure Replacement Program (EIRP) employees are announcing the donation of more than 550 Thanksgiving dinners across three Michigan comm...
Nov 24, 2020 Consumers Energy Enhanced Infrastructure Replacement Program (EIRP) employees handing out Thanksgiving dinner donations. (Photo courtesy of Consumers Energy).
Suspect in robbery of elderly BC man in custody
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect in the robbery of a 75-year-old Battle Creek man on September 25 has been arrested. Battle Creek Police and Michigan State Police arrested 29-year-old Curtis ...
Nov 24, 2020 Courtesy City of Battle Creek
Downtown BC International Festival of Lights underway
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - It's one event that will not be stopped because of COVID-19. The annual Battle Creek International Festival of Lights is now underway in the downtown area. The lights an...
Nov 24, 2020
Portage high school and middle school students could return to face-to-face instruction
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some Portage Schools students could be returning for face-to-face classroom instruction after the first of the year. The Portage Public Schools Board of Education Monday nig...
Nov 24, 2020 Administration staff for the Public Public Schools, Portage MI (courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
Inmate files lawsuit against deputies over incident at Kalamazoo County Jail
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A former Kalamazoo County sheriff's deputy who pleaded guilty to an assault of an inmate reportedly has now had a lawsuit filed against him. WWMT-TV reports that Clair Soo...
Nov 24, 2020 Kalamazoo County Jail (photo by John McNeil)
More than 11,500 new COVID-19 cases in Michigan, one more death in Kalamazoo County
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state is reporting another COVID-19 related death in Kalamazoo County, bringing the death toll to 153 since the pandemic began, with a total of 7,333 cases reported sinc...
Nov 24, 2020 A chart showing the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Michigan as of November 23, 2020 (courtesy of the State of Michigan)
