Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
1 killed, 2 injured in Calhoun County crash
BEDFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Battle Creek woman is dead and two others are injured following a head-on crash near the Barry-Calhoun County line. Battle Creek Police tell WOOD-TV that it happ...
Sep 22, 2020 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Two injured in Kalamazoo motorcycle crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) announced Monday night that two people were injured in a motorcycle-involved vehicle crash. Just after 9 p.m., officers w...
Sep 22, 2020 Kalamazoo Public Safety police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo City Commissioners approve tax break for Graphic Packaging with new reporting requirements
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo City Commission has voted in favor of allowing a tax break for Graphic Packaging International to expand the facility, although the incentive has been heavi...
Sep 22, 2020 Kalamazoo City Commissioners and representatives of Graphic Packaging discuss a prospective tax break on September 21, 2020. (Photo via City of Kalamazoo Youtube stream through Zoom Meeting).
City of Portage announces rescheduled Curbside Brush Collection program
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- City officials in Portage announced Monday that the October Curbside Brush Collection program has been rescheduled. Rather than the first week of October, the program will ...
Sep 21, 2020 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
Allegan County area scheduled for EEE aerial spraying Monday night
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Health officials in Allegan say that the area in Dorr Township is scheduled for aerial spraying tonight, September 21, as weather permits. As of September 21, officials say...
Sep 21, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Man sentenced in Kalamazoo bank robbery case
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A suspect arrested in a Kalamazoo bank robbery earlier this year has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, along with three years of supervised release, MLive reported M...
Sep 21, 2020 Security camera footage of Chase Bank robbery suspect Daniel Solis. (Photo courtesy of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Kalamazoo Community Alert System transitioning to Federal alert system at end of month
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) announced Monday that the local Kalamazoo Community Alert System will be transitioning to the Federal I PAWS Emergency...
Sep 21, 2020 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
Drug smuggling ring at Lakeland Correctional Facility busted
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Two Adrian residents along with a teenage girl were taken into custody on Saturday as police authorities from several agencies conducted an investigation into the smuggling of d...
Sep 21, 2020 Steve Mays / CC
Covert Township crash kills 7-year-old boy; GoFundMe support campaign launched
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A multi-vehicle crash in Van Buren County's Covert Township Saturday has killed a 7-year-old boy. Covert Township Police report that at around 2 p.m., a Buick Regal...
Sep 20, 2020 (Photo courtesy of South Haven Area Emergency Services)
Murder conviction overturned, man earns new trial in 2007 case
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) - A man, convicted 12 years ago of strangling a Kalamazoo woman, has earned a new trial. Ervine Davenport argued that his rights were violated when jurors at the original trial ...
Sep 20, 2020 Chris Potter / CC
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