Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County commission to set date for public hearing on budget
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County was scheduled to release their proposed 2026 budget this week. When the board meets tomorrow, members will set the date for the annual public hearing on t...
Sep 15, 2025
One killed in Van Buren County head-on crash
ANTWERP TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say one driver is dead and another injured in a head-on crash Saturday afternoon in Antwerp Township in Van Buren County. The crash happened o...
Sep 15, 2025 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
Hit-and-run under investigation in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety is investigating a hit-and-run that happened Sunday morning and caused a power outage. The power was out in the area of East Stockbridge Avenue and...
Sep 15, 2025
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).
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