Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Woman pleads guilty to 2022 murder and arson, sentenced in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A woman has pled guilty to second-degree murder and second-degree arson in the death of James Travis in Kalamazoo Township in 2022. Shawna Kroeger will serve between 18-an...
Mar 27, 2025 (Photo courtesy of Kalamazoo County Government)
Michigan State Police say Amish girl killed in Lawrence Township crash
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say an eight-year-old Amish girl has died after the buggy she was in was hit from behind by an SUV near Lawrence Township Wednesday morning. ...
Mar 27, 2025 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
AUDIO: Trump administration withdraws Fulbright grant for Mexican professor to teach at WMU
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University English professor Allen Webb is disappointed that the Trump administration has withdrawn a Fulbright grant for a professor from Mexico. The WMU...
Mar 27, 2025
Second trial for woman accused of 2007 Van Buren County murder of her husband begins this week
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Opening statements are expected today in the retrial of a Van Buren County woman who had previously been convicted of killing her husband. It's been more than six years sinc...
Mar 27, 2025 (courtesy Michigan department of Corrections)
Big Cheese Mac + Cheese Festival set for Battle Creek in April
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Big Cheese Mac + Cheese Festival will be held at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek on Saturday, April 19. The event will be from 3 to 7 p.m. and will cost $7 a person. ...
Mar 26, 2025
Three Rivers Hospital suffers data breach
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three Rivers Hospital has suffered a data breach. CPS Solutions told officials that patient information was compromised in December 2024 and might impact them. People w...
Mar 26, 2025 Three Rivers, Michigan - Google Street View
AUDIO: Portage homeowners ask city council for help with neighbor
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - They say "good fences make good neighbors." It's also the subject of a Robert Frost poem. The residents along Quail Street may be proof of that. They claim an ex-felon with ...
Mar 26, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County Sheriff says deputy acted in self defense in killing attacking dog
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County Sheriff Rick Fuller says the deputy who shot and killed a dog Monday afternoon in a Comstock Township parking lot did the right thing. Fuller says the dog...
Mar 26, 2025
Portage City Council looking for new city attorney
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage City Council is doing something they have never done before - look for a new city attorney. Currently their attorney, Catherine Kaufman, is on a contract that is...
Mar 26, 2025 zolnierek / Depositphotos.com
Wrong-way driver arrested on US-131
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 35-year-old from Chicago is in the Kalamazoo County Jail after being arrested this morning driving north in the southbound lanes of US-131. A sheriff's deputy not...
Mar 26, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil)
