Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Woman stabbed in her home in Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — A Portage woman suffered life-threatening stab wounds in a home on Cora Drive near Gourdneck Lake early Thursday morning. Portage Public Safety says the 43-year-old was stabb...
May 05, 2016
Battle Creek Fire Department gets new training house
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — The Calhoun County Land Bank Authority has donated a house to the Battle Creek Fire Department, which the firefighting agency will use as a permanent training site. The ...
May 05, 2016
O'Brien inserts statewide "Smart 911" system funding in Senate budget
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Sen. Margaret O’Brien, R-Portage, is touting her amendment in the Senate’s budget proposal that would implement a statewide “Smart 911” system. It w...
May 05, 2016
Republican lawmaker questions legality of Detroit teachers' "sick-outs"
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — West Michigan Rep. Aric Nesbitt is calling on the attorney general to investigate the Detroit Teachers Union for organizing “sick-outs.” He claims the “sick...
May 05, 2016
Controversial historic preservation reforms are now history
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Proposed legislation that would have reformed the rules on historic districts has died in committee and a Kalamazoo preservationist is glad to see it go. The Chairman of th...
May 05, 2016
City Hall wants residents to "Imagine Kalamazoo" in the year 2025
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — City commissioners want to know what Kalamazoo residents think their city should look like in 2025 and have launched a year-long effort to come up with a plan to get there....
May 05, 2016
Meeting Thursday on construction of roundabout at Harrison and Gull Road in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — City planners in Kalamazoo want public input on the construction of a sixth roundabout on the east side of downtown. The proposal is to take the intersection of Harrison St...
May 05, 2016
Consumers Energy installing "solar garden" at Western Michigan University BTR Park
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Consumers Energy is planting a sprawling solar garden at the Western Michigan University Business, Technology and Research Park in Kalamazoo. Bob Miller is with WMU and sai...
May 05, 2016
Running events, including 8th-annual Kalamazoo Marathon, set for this weekend
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Multiple “Borgess Run for the Health of It!” running events are set for this weekend in Kalamazoo, including the 8th-annual Kalamazoo Marathon. Organizer Blaine...
May 04, 2016
North Burdick Block Party set for Friday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The second-annual North Burdick Block Party is set for Friday. It’ll take place in the 300 block of North Burdick in downtown Kalamazoo. Rep. Jon Hoadley, D-Kalamazoo...
May 04, 2016
