Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Calhoun County teen missing since last week spotted on a train headed to Chicago
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office has discontinued local search operations for a missing teen, following a confirmed sighting of him on a train headed to Chicago. 15-...
May 15, 2025 Glenn Lee Brown (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
Inmate reportedly kicked out window after he and six others were left locked in a van at the Kalamazoo County Jail
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Seven inmates who being transported back to the Kalamazoo County Jail from the county courthouse were left unattended in a van for almost two hours Monday. The sheriff's o...
May 15, 2025 Kalamazoo County Jail (photo by John McNeil)
Accomplice in kidnapping case pleads guilty in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man police say helped to kidnap a Kalamazoo woman and her two children has pled guilty to attempted kidnapping and fleeing an officer. 29-year-old DeShawn Gladney origin...
May 15, 2025 DeShawn Gladney (courtesy Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office)
Kalamazoo selected to participate in national initiative for cities
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo has been selected to join a prestigious national initiative focused on advancing inclusive economic development in small and midsized cities. LEAP, w...
May 15, 2025
Over 200 animals taken from property in Cass County over neglect and cruelty concerns
HOWARD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cass County Animal Control Officers have seized over 220 animals, after executing a search warrant for suspected animal neglect and cruelty. The animals included dog...
May 14, 2025 (courtesy Cass County Animal Control)
First Kalamazoo Wings coach, GM dies at 80
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The first head coach and general manager of the Kalamazoo Wings hockey team has died. The ECHL team says Bob Lemieux died at 80 late last week, surrounded by his family. L...
May 14, 2025 K Wings shut out Cyclones 3-0 in Cincinnati
AUDIO: Portage council approves new ordinance against bad neighbors
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Complaints from residents on Quail Street in Portage that a neighbor was terrorizing homeowners on the cul-de-sac, has prompted the city council to enact a new ordinance tha...
May 14, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Portage city council tentatively approves higher water, sewer rates
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage city council has tentatively approved higher water and sewer rates beginning July 1st. Councilmember Terry Urban says the 8.5% sewer rate hike is due to the mana...
May 14, 2025
Kalamazoo arson suspect pleads guilty to four charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - George Stanard has pled guilty to three charges of first-degree arson and one charge of third-degree arson in Kalamazoo. He was charged in September for allegedly starting...
May 14, 2025
AUDIO: Tensions between Kalamazoo Civil Rights Board, city commission
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo officials are looking for solutions to end months of tension between Kalamazoo's Civil Rights Board and the city commission, over who should sit on the panel, an...
May 14, 2025
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