Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: House passes bill to save tipped wages; Democrats speak about opposition to paid sick time changes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The tipped credit for minimum wage is a step closer to being preserved in Michigan as the state House passed a Senate bill yesterday to keep it in place and raise minimum wa...
Feb 20, 2025
Coldwater teacher arrested following Calhoun County voyeurism investigation
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A teacher at Legg Middle School in Coldwater has been arrested following an investigation by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office and the Coldwater Police Department in...
Feb 20, 2025 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Department and Hillsdale County Scanner Facebook page
Kalamazoo Public Safety investigating Sunday morning assault
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety officers are investigating an assault that happened just before 2 a.m. Sunday outside an establishment in the 3700 block of West Michigan Avenue. A...
Feb 20, 2025 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Kalamazoo's Family Health Center to hold annual Dental Day of Caring next month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - At least 250 uninsured adults in Kalamazoo County will receive free basic dental care at a special event set for next month. For the fifth year, Family Health Center is br...
Feb 20, 2025 Dr. Lisandra Soto Dental Day of Caring (courtesy Family Health Center)
UPDATE: Kalamazoo Transportation Center shooting suspect found
UPDATE: According to Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Public Information Officer Zach Hamelton, thanks to the community's assistance Keyland Tramell-Zachary Bradley has been taken into custody. O...
Feb 19, 2025 Keyland Tramell-Zachary Bradley (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Death of man in Calhoun County called suspicious by Sheriff's Department
LEROY TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department is investigating what they are calling the suspicious death of a 40-year-old man. According to a Sheriff's Department news rele...
Feb 19, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office arrests man for voyeurism
ECKFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 56-year-old Eckford Township man has been arrested by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office on voyeurism allegations. Deputies received reports of the suspect's act...
Feb 19, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County trying to get every cent from opioid settlement funds
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County officials are trying to squeeze every cent they can get out of the opioid settlement dollars that will be flowing into the county for the next 13 years. T...
Feb 19, 2025 Find Rehab Centers / CC
Kalamazoo County, city officials bracing for federal funding cuts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Both the city of Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo County officials say they are already bracing for the impact of any cuts that may come down from the Trump administration. City Fi...
Feb 19, 2025 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Rugger's Up and Under closing March 15
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Rugger's Up and Under sports bar in Kalamazoo is closing March 15. The establishment posted on Facebook that they made the "difficult decision" to close after being open a...
Feb 19, 2025 Matthew Paul Argall / CC
