Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo Metro makes route schedule changes starting Wednesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Wednesday, Kalamazoo Metro announced changes to it's bus route schedules due to a shortage of staff for its fixed route system. Beginning Wednesday, October 7, the follow...
Oct 07, 2020 Downtown Kalamazoo Metro Transit Station (Photo by John McNeil)
BC City Commission approves hotel ordinance on 5-4 vote
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN) On a 5-4 vote, the Battle Creek City Commission adopted a so-called hotel ordinance on Tuesday night. The ordinance will take effect on October 16th and would limit stays in ho...
Oct 07, 2020
Crews battle massive building fire in Hastings
HASTINGS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Firefighters are battling a massive fire at an old manufacturing building in Barry County. It broke out around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday at a building near the intersection of Mi...
Oct 07, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Officers investigate fatal shooting on Kalamazoo's Northside, victim ID'd
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- An investigation is underway after a fatal shooting on Kalamazoo's Northside. Public Safety officers were dispatched to the 100 block of West Frank Street near North Burd...
Oct 07, 2020
Kalamazoo teen shot by subjects reportedly handling firearm near airport
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A teen is injured after he was reportedly shot by someone handling a firearm near the Portage area. It occurred around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday in the 2600 block of Airview Boul...
Oct 07, 2020 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Governor Whitmer to visit Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Wednesday
KALAMAZOO AND BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Wednesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer will make two stops in Southwest Michigan, including Kalamazoo and Battle Creek. The purpose of these visits is to a...
Oct 06, 2020 (Photo courtesy of the Michigan Executive Office of the Governor)
State of Michigan reports COVID-19 outbreaks in some Southwest MI schools
GALESBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The State of Michigan's school COVID-19 reporting page listed several new public school outbreaks as of Monday, October 5, including several in Southwest Michigan. In Kal...
Oct 06, 2020 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office will be outfitted with new body cameras, other equipment
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Equipment for Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputies will soon be receiving an overhaul, County Undersheriff James VanDyken announced Tuesday. During a virtual meetin...
Oct 06, 2020 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
Kalamazoo County Commissioners unanimously approve 2021 budget
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to approve the 2021 budget. Commissioners say the new $109.2 million budget will ensure Kala...
Oct 06, 2020 Kalamazoo County Commissioners during a board meeting on 10/06/20. (Photo via Zoom meeting through PMN Civic stream).
Suspect arrested in stolen motorcycle, meth bust
PORTER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, the Cass County Drug Enforcement Team announced that one man had been arrested in a stolen property and drug bust case. Cass County sheriff deputies were c...
Oct 06, 2020 (photo by John McNeil)
