Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board finalizes hotel purchase for homeless shelter
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has finally closed on a hotel purchase for a new transitional family shelter for the homeless. County Housing Director Mary Balkema announced the good new...
Mar 05, 2025
One dead after two vehicle crash in St. Joseph Country
FLORENCE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 21-year-old Howe, Indiana man is dead after police say he apparently ran a stop sign and collided with another vehicle in St. Joseph County's Florence Township T...
Mar 04, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Two persons rescued, dog dies in Arbors of Battle Creek fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Two persons had to be rescued early Tuesday morning when a fire which caused nearly $1-point-1 million in damage broke out at the Arbors of Battle Creek apartment comple...
Mar 04, 2025 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, Battle Creek Police find missing man
CONVIS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 48-year-old man from Clio has been found by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office after he had exited his vehicle on a drive home from Mississippi. Deputies found hi...
Mar 04, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
AUDIO: Even with delay in "Streets For All," Kalamazoo will have roadwork in 2025
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo has announced that that major Kalamazoo Avenue facelift, as part of the downtown "Streets For All" project, has been delayed a year, but there will s...
Mar 04, 2025 Photo provided by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
AUDIO: Kalamazoo vice mayor urging people to pay attention on roads
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Vice Mayor Jeanne Hess says road construction is fine, but it won't make the city safer if drivers don't get serious about getting behind the wheel. It's a perso...
Mar 04, 2025 zeferli@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Teenager who shot, killed BC Central senior Jack Snyder sentenced to 35 to 60 years in prison
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One of the two teenagers who attacked and killed Battle Creek Central High School senior Jack Snyder in a February 2023 carjacking will spend between 35-and-60-years in...
Mar 04, 2025 Photo take from the family's GoFundMe page.
Kalamazoo man injured in hatchet attack at Portage motel
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 32-year-old Kalamazoo man is hospitalized in serious condition after being attacked by another man with a hatchet at a Portage motel. The man called police around 7:30 las...
Mar 04, 2025 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Pavilion Township shooting under investigation
PAVILION TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting in the 5000 block of East R Avenue in Pavilion Township on Friday. Deputies were called to the sc...
Mar 04, 2025 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
Financing delays from the feds pushing back Kalamazoo street projects one year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Work planned for downtown Kalamazoo this summer is being pushed back a year, due to delays in the approval for financing with the federal government. Public Works Director...
Mar 03, 2025
