Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The man charged in a hit and run accident last October which killed a pedestrian near Bronson Battle Creek Hospital entered no contest pleas on Monday to a pair o...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A Kalamazoo man is heading to prison for the stabbing death of another man last fall. 36-year-old Kalvin Carter Jr. was sentenced Monday to at least 15 and a half ye...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — There is now a vacancy left on the Kalamazoo City Commission. At Monday’s meeting Commissioner Shannon Sykes-Nehring resigned from her position after serving for t...

BANGOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Three people are recovering from injuries after two men attacked them with a machete over an argument at a soccer game in Van Buren County. Bangor Police were dispatche...

BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — No injuries were reported but a family has been displaced following a Saturday night fire on Avery Avenue in Battle Creek. Firefighters were called at about 6:30 ...

LACEY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Officials with the National Weather Service are confirming that a tornado touched down in southeastern Barry County. The EF-0 tornado was recorded just before 6:30 p.m. ...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Starting this fall, Kalamazoo public high school students will be able to ride metro buses for free. The Kalamazoo Foundation for Excellence with the approval of the Kal...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety officers are searching for a shooting suspect. A shots fired call came in Saturday around 12:50 p.m. in the area of Lake and Mills Street at a ne...

PORTAGE (WKZO AM/FM) — It started as a collegiate project, to design a football helmet that could measure and record the shocks and bumps that a player was encountering during a game. It came ab...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo's Public Safety Department is truly unique. It's one of the first and largest in the nation to cross-trained officers to be policemen, firefighters and EMT's. ...