Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Battle Creek men arrested for gun theft in Charlotte
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A pair of Battle Creek men have been arrested for breaking and entering in Charlotte in a gun theft on December 28th. The two were taken into custody on several warrant...
Jan 07, 2025 Ken Hawkins / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission approves 2025 budget
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There are big changes in the new Kalamazoo city budget for 2025. Several commissioners noted just how big those changes are when they gave final approval to the spending p...
Jan 07, 2025
Teen sentenced after entering guilty plea to carjacking in Snyder death
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One of two teenagers charged as adults in the February 2023 death of Battle Creek Central High School senior Jack Snyder was sentenced on Monday. WWMT-TV reports 14-yea...
Jan 07, 2025 Chris Potter / CC
Brian Walls appointed as new VP at LifeCare Ambulance, Steve Frisbie gets ready to retire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - LifeCare Ambulance announced on Monday that Brian Walls has been appointed as their new Vice President. He will take over for Steve Frisbie who will retire this month af...
Jan 06, 2025 Photo courtesy of Emergent Health Partners
Gas prices rise 11-cents statewide in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The average gasoline price in Michigan is eleven-cents higher this week at $3.14 a gallon. Triple-A Michigan says that is up 15-cents in the past month and 30-cents more th...
Jan 06, 2025
Fire in Pennfield Township claims life of 73-year-old woman
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says a 73-year-old woman has died from injuries sustained in a fire Friday afternoon at a home in Pennfield Township. Deputies...
Jan 06, 2025 Arseni Mourzenko
Portage to vote on new zoning Tuesday to upgrade Portage Road commercial corridor
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage wants to upgrade one of its oldest shopping corridors, and could approve new zoning Tuesday to make that happen. The target is the Portage Road commercia...
Jan 06, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Commissioners expected to approve new City of Kalamazoo budget Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo City Commission is expected to approve the city's 2025 $388 million budget at their meeting Monday. The budget covers all funds, including General, Water, Wa...
Jan 05, 2025 GotCredit / CC
Vehicles may have been racing, leading to fatal U.S. 131 crash
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP (WKZO AM/FM) - One man is dead and another is in police custody after a crash on U.S. 131 in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township early Sunday. Around 2:45 a.m., deputies with the Kala...
Jan 05, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Huizinga returns to Congress for eighth term
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - Congressman Bill Huizenga officially took the oath of office to represent Michigan's 4th Congressional District in the 119th Congress Friday. It will be his eighth term ...
Jan 04, 2025
