Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo County Health Department prioritizing COVID-19 contact tracing
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Monday, officials with the Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department reported that area COVID-19 cases are continuing to trend upward, thus placi...
Nov 09, 2020 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Pfizer - Initial data shows COVID-19 vaccine may be 90% effective
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Monday, officials with Pfizer and BioNTech announced that an in-development vaccine may be more that 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19. According to the announc...
Nov 09, 2020 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Kalamazoo County Government announces changes to services, appointments
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Monday, Kalamazoo County Government Administrator Tracie Moored announced that as of Tuesday, November 10, Kalamazoo County Government Buildings will be closed to ...
Nov 09, 2020 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
Front lobby of Barry County Sheriff's Office closed for time being
BARRY COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Last Wednesday, the Barry County Sheriff's Office announced in a Facebook post that its front lobby will be closed until further notice. This is due to the increase of...
Nov 09, 2020 Jason Rojas / CC
KDPS releases statement regarding Veterans Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Monday, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) released a public statement regarding Veterans Day. The statement can be read in full below: "On Wednesday, Novem...
Nov 09, 2020 Photo taken of some of the veteran men and women who have served Kalamazoo as a Public Safety Officer. (Photo courtesy of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety).
UPDATE: Battle Creek man charged for death of infant pleads not guilty
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- UPDATE: Kyle Kregling was arraigned in court Friday, November 6, and has entered a plea of not guilty in this case, MLive reported Monday. At this time, he is still in...
Nov 09, 2020 Kyle Kregling (Photo courtesy of the city of Battle Creek)
Over 80,000 have applied for Michigan's Futures for Frontliners scholarship program
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State officials say in the few weeks since they announced their Futures for Frontliners scholarship program, over 80,000 Michigan residents have signed up to receive free tu...
Nov 09, 2020 (courtesy of the State of Michigan)
Williamsburg Apartment residents displaced by fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The occupants in all 12 units in one of the buildings at the Williamsburg Apartments on Wagner Drive in Battle Creek were displaced early Monday morning following a fir...
Nov 09, 2020 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Biden supporters celebrate in Kalamazoo, Upton pledges to work with next President
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - About two dozen supporters of Joe Biden celebrated outside the Kalamazoo County Courthouse Saturday night, after major news organizations projected Joe Biden would have en...
Nov 09, 2020 Congressman Fred Upton announces grant for Kzoo-BC Airport (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Two arrested and firearms seized from Kalamazoo traffic stop
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A traffic stop early Sunday morning in Kalamazoo has led to the seizure of several firearms. According to the Kalamazoo Public Safety Department, around 1:30 a.m. Sunday o...
Nov 08, 2020 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
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