Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Suspicious fire at vacant Battle Creek church under investigation
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A fire at a vacant Battle Creek church is under investigation for being suspicious. Firefighters responded to the call just after 6 a.m. Friday at 576 West Van Buren St...
Jun 13, 2025 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Battle Creek police arrest 24-year-old woman in shooting investigation
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police have arrested a 24-year-old woman for a shooting that happened Wednesday afternoon on Goguac Street. Officers responded to a report that shots were ...
Jun 13, 2025
Grand Rapids man charged with threating President Trump, Vice President Vance
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 42-year-old man named James Donald Vance Jr. of Grand Rapids is facing federal charges of threatening to kill and injure President Trump and Vice President Vance. The...
Jun 13, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County has $400,000 available for grants
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County is making $400,000 available for local groups that want to help local residents with their most pressing needs. In the recent past, the county board has r...
Jun 13, 2025 Keith Cooper / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools facing deadline for budget decisions
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools is facing a looming deadline. They have until the end of the month to present a proposed budget for the next school year to the state of Michigan,...
Jun 13, 2025
City of Portage to host another open house on Portage Road corridor improvements
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Portage will hold its fourth Portage Road 360 Community Open House next week to continue gathering community input on the project. The open house will be held We...
Jun 13, 2025
Woman is dead, suspected shooter in critical condition in domestic dispute in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A woman is dead and the man who police believe shot her is in critical condition in a domestic dispute in Kalamazoo Thursday afternoon. At 2:09 p.m. officers from the Kala...
Jun 12, 2025 aijohn784 / Depositphotos.com
McCann reintroduces legislation to put bottle bill expansion before voters
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senator Sean McCann of Kalamazoo has reintroduced legislation that would allow the legislature to place the question of whether to expand Michigan's Bottle Deposit Law...
Jun 12, 2025 heiko119 / Depositphotos.com
Woman facing gun-related charges following shooting incident in Battle Creek Wednesday afternoon
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 24-year-old woman is in custody following a shooting incident in Battle Creek yesterday. Battle Creek Police responded to a report of shots fired in the 200 block of ...
Jun 12, 2025 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Woman charged for allegedly stealing car with baby inside
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 25-year-old Shyann Sanchez has been arraigned on unlawful imprisonment, child abandonment, and unlawful driving away a motor vehicle. The Kalamazoo County Prosecutor's Off...
Jun 12, 2025
