Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Lawton man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing ex-girlfriend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Lawton faces decades in prison after pleading guilty to killing his ex-girlfriend at her apartment in Kalamazoo. Wednesday morning Jeff Kucharski pled guilty to second d...
Dec 11, 2024 tomloel / Depositphotos.com
Portage launches Portage Pocket Pay eGift Card program
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage is launching its Portage Pocket Pay eGift Card to support local businesses and encourage people to shop locally. They can be purchased online in customiz...
Dec 11, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Unemployment extension, higher jobless pay heading to Governor Whitmer
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bills that raise unemployment pay from $362 to $624 a week by 2027 are heading to Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The bills also extend jobless pay from 20 to 26 weeks and are th...
Dec 11, 2024 (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer).
Dorr man sentenced for attack on Allegan County Sheriff's deputy
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A west Michigan man will spend between 19 and 40-years in prison for seriously injuring an Allegan County Sheriff's deputy in an attack in September 2023. Thirty-seven-year-...
Dec 11, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Recount gives Steve Frisbie 79-vote win in state House District 44
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Republican Calhoun County commissioner Steve Frisbie has won the state House District 44 race after a hand recount. Frisbie defeated Democratic incumbent Representative Jim...
Dec 11, 2024 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Battle Creek police investigating shots fired
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police are investigating shots being fired into a home in the 60 block of Ann Avenue. The shots were fired just after 6 a.m. Tuesday and there were people ...
Dec 11, 2024 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Federal funding to address flooding issues in Kalamazoo, restoration of the Kalamazoo River in downtown Battle Creek
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - A bipartisan water infrastructure bill that overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House Tuesday provides money for several projects in southwest Michigan, including Kalamazoo a...
Dec 11, 2024 Flooding in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil).
Portage City Manager receives three year contract extension
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage City Manager Patrick McGinnis will start the new year with job security. The Portage City Council has voted to extend his contract for another three years, even thou...
Dec 11, 2024 Portage City Manager Patrick McGinnis
Michigan Strategic Fund awards Kalamazoo County business $2.5 million for expansion
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo County manufacturing firm has been awarded a $2.5 million performance-based state grant for an expansion that should create at least 125 new jobs and a...
Dec 10, 2024 (courtesy Landscape Forms, Inc.)
Former parent club member at Plainwell Gilkey Elementary School facing embezzlement charges
PLAINWELL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A former parent club member at Plainwell's Gilkey Elementary School is facing embezzlement charges. 44-year-old Tara Drewyor is accused of stealing money from the parent c...
Dec 10, 2024 Plainwell Community Schools logo (courtesy of Plainwell Community Schools Facebook page)
