Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo city commission to vote on demolition of former state building
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tonight, Kalamazoo city commissioners will be asked to tap into a special source of COVID-19 funding, as they take their first steps to create a new neighborhood in Milwoo...
Sep 15, 2025 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
Arson fire damages playground structure in Otsego
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Otsego Police Department is looking for the public's help to solve an arson fire that destroyed a playground structure in the city earlier this month. September 2 at 12:1...
Sep 14, 2025
Former scout camp now opening as nature preserve in Texas Township
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A grand opening celebration will be Saturday for Kalamazoo County's newest park The Arthur & Mildred Woollam Nature Preserve is on land of the former Rota-Kiwan B...
Sep 12, 2025 Arthur and Mildred Woollam Nature Preserve in Texap Township (courtesy Kalamazoo County Parks)
Ramp closures involving Columbia Avenue and I-194 in Battle Creek starting next week
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As part of the M-96 bridge improvement project over I-194 in Battle Creek, the Michigan Department of Transportation will be closing the ramps from M-96 (Columbia Avenu...
Sep 12, 2025 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Arrest made in shooting that caused lockdown of Battle Creek schools
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) A Battle Creek teenager has been charged in connection to shooting that put several schools into lockdown Monday. 18-year-old Diondre Sanders Jr, is being charged with ag...
Sep 12, 2025
One injured in shooting on Fox Ridge Drive late Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 23-year-old man is listed in stable condition at a Kalamazoo hospital after a shooting late Thursday night. At 11:54 p.m. officers from the Kalamazoo Department of Publi...
Sep 12, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Kalamazoo County man who killed parents now charged with teenager's murder in 2018
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man serving between 29 and 69 years in prison for killing his parents in 2021 is now charged with killing a 17-year-old in 2018. 32-year-old Nicholas Johnson was arraign...
Sep 12, 2025 Nicholas Johnson. (Photo via Kalamazoo County Jail).
Motorcyclist in critical condition after parking lot crash in Allegan County
OTSEGO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Plainwell man is in critical condition after he was involved in a crash on his motorcycle in the Otsego Township Walmart parking lot. The Allegan County Sheriff's ...
Sep 12, 2025
Community celebration and groundbreaking ceremony announced for Kalamazoo Event Center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A community celebration will be part of the groundbreaking later this month for the new Kalamazoo Event Center and Athletic Performance Center. Organizers say the event Fr...
Sep 12, 2025
Consumers Energy to celebrate "Energy Equity" day in Kalamazoo Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy says it will be celebrating the success of their "Count on Us Kalamazoo" initiative Saturday afternoon with a special event at the Douglass Community Asso...
Sep 12, 2025 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
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