Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage house fire under investigation
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Portage Public Safety officers are looking into the cause of a fire that broke out in the basement of a home. Firefighters were dispatched to the 2000 block of Winters...
Jun 19, 2020
Removing police officers from Kalamazoo schools brought up to board
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The debate continues on if police officers should be removed from the two high schools in the Kalamazoo Public School district. During their virtual meeting Thursday...
Jun 19, 2020
Juneteenth celebrations in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The world is recognizing the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth Celebration Day, which commemorates the day the last African American slaves were notified of their free...
Jun 19, 2020
Calhoun COVID-19 deaths spike, 4 reported this week
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - The Calhoun County Public Health Department reported two more COVID-19 related deaths on Thursday which brought the county's death toll since the outbreak began up to 29...
Jun 19, 2020
Kalamazoo Public Schools facing nearly $7.5M in budget cuts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The preliminary budget for Kalamazoo Public Schools is calling for almost $7.5 million dollars in cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically reducing state and local t...
Jun 19, 2020
MDHHS suspends license at Kalamazoo's Lakeside Academy following teen's death
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is working to revoke the license of a youth home in Kalamazoo after a teen died while being “wrongly restr...
Jun 19, 2020
Two charged for shooting at Kalamazoo Township home in 2019
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Two Kalamazoo men are now in custody for shooting multiple rounds into an occupied home back in 2019. It happened just after 9 p.m. on January 13, 2019 in t...
Jun 18, 2020
UPDATE: Three missing Calhoun County children found safe
READING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The three children reported missing in Calhoun County have been found safe. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department made that announcement around 7 p.m. Thursday. No o...
Jun 18, 2020
Kalamazoo man arrested in connection to recent shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A Kalamazoo man is in the Kalamazoo County Jail and facing several charges following a shooting investigation in early June. On Thursday the Kalamazoo Department of ...
Jun 18, 2020
Arrest made in Allison Sargent murder investigation
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - An arrest has been made in Calhoun County in the Allison Sargent homicide investigation. Calhoun County Sheriff Steve Hinkley says 27-year-old Jose Juarez of Bedford Townshi...
Jun 18, 2020
