Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County to have nearly a million dollars a year for substance abusers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County will have almost a million dollars a year to spend to save the lives of substance abusers, thanks to the national opioid settlement at $947,800 per year. ...
Jan 27, 2025 Pictures of Money / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Township board to vote on ordinance banning ICE usage of resources
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Township board of trustees will vote tonight on a proposed ordinance that would ban township resources from being used by Immigrations and Customs E...
Jan 27, 2025 (courtesy Kalamazoo Township)
No arrests made yet, but police say suspect and victim knew each other prior to shooting at Kalamazoo Transportation Center Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police say the victim of a shooting at the Kalamazoo Transportation Center Thursday morning remains in stable condition, and that the victim and the suspected shooter knew...
Jan 26, 2025 (courtesy KMetro)
Battle Creek Cadet disarms child with loaded handgun during subpoena service
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No one was injured as a Battle Creek Police cadet disarmed a five-year-old child holding a loaded handgun while serving a subpoena on Inn Road Saturday. According to th...
Jan 26, 2025
Death of Kalamazoo man found Thursday now ruled a homicide, suspect in custody
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says a suspect is in custody in the death of a man found murdered Thursday afternoon. At around 1:30 p.m. KDPS officers responded...
Jan 24, 2025 aijohn784 / Depositphotos.com
AUDIO: Kalamazoo teacher wins Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo teacher has won a national award for his skills showing students how to compute. Shannon Houtrouw has been teaching Discrete Math and Computer Science at the K...
Jan 24, 2025 L to R: KAMSC Director Heather Courtland, Teacher Shannon Hautrouw, Board President Ti'Anna Harrison & Superintendent Darrin Slade
Kalamazoo's annual Chili Cookoff is this weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - At the end of the coldest weeks in years, Kalamazoo will host one of its hottest events this weekend, and it may just hit the spot if you have been hunkered down indoors a...
Jan 24, 2025 Kalamazoo Chili Cook-Off. (Photo courtesy Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership).
Allegan Co. Community Foundation Kicks Off Peanut Butter Drive
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 24, 2025) - One of the Allegan County Community Foundation's signature initiatives gets under way on Friday. The annual Peanut Butter Drive runs through February 28th, as...
Jan 24, 2025 Allegan County Peanut Butter Drive 2025 (image courtesy Allegan County Community Foundation)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County Administrator Catlin thanks community for support after death of his sister
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County Administrator Kevin Catlin recently lost his sister to domestic violence, and he is thanking the community for the support he has received. 31-year-old Ja...
Jan 24, 2025 Kevin Catlin will begin work in his new position in May. (Photo from the Kalamazoo County Government Office)
Kalamazoo Public Safety investigating suspicious death
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety is investigating a suspicious death. Police were called to a home near the intersection of East Michigan Avenue and East Main Street Thursday after...
Jan 24, 2025 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety . (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
