Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo authorities need help to ID armed robbery suspect
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers are asking for help identifying an armed robbery suspect. The man robbed a business on Burdick Street at Belmont Street just...
Dec 06, 2024 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
Whitmer, incoming House Speaker Hall meet on roads
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer and incoming Republican state House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland met this week to discuss road funding. Hall has introduced a proposal ...
Dec 06, 2024
Portage senior citizens being targeted by financial scams
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Financial scams targeting older adults are being investigated in Portage. The police division of the Portage Department of Public Safety says several victims were contacted ...
Dec 06, 2024 Alachua County / CC
Man struck while walking in the middle of the road in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 19-year-old man is hospitalized in critical condition after he was hit by a car Tuesday in Battle Creek. Police say he was wearing dark clothes and was walking on Cap...
Dec 06, 2024 welcomia / Depositphotos.com
Multiple accidents snarl traffic on snow covered I-94 in Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Van Buren, and Berrien counties
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Blowing snow and slippery road conditions led to multiple accidents in the Kalamazoo area Thursday, with I-94 being shut down eight separate times over nine hours during t...
Dec 05, 2024 Stalled traffic around 8:30 a.m. Dec 5, 2024 on I-94 near the county line between Calhoun County and Kalamazoo County. line (courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation)
City of Kalamazoo crews making progress on snow removal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo officials say crews are making headway today on clearing the city's streets and major thoroughfares. Public Works and Water and Wastewater staff, along with memb...
Dec 05, 2024 NewAfrica / Depositphotos.com
Better Business Bureau in Western Michigan issuing advice to avoid weather-related scams
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Better Business Bureau in Western Michigan is putting out a warning for people to watch out for scammers who take advantage of winter weather. President and CEO of the...
Dec 05, 2024 Sacramento BBB / CC
St. Joseph County Undersheriff Bingaman resigns, will become Branch County undersheriff
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - St. Joseph County Undersheriff Jason Bingaman has resigned, effective on December 1. He will take over as Branch County undersheriff on January 1 and had taken on ...
Dec 05, 2024
AUDIO: Wayland residents upset by planned power outage this weekend
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Power will be cut in Wayland this weekend. Consumers Energy says from 11 p.m. Saturday until 6 a.m. Sunday, they are cutting the power for the Windsor Woods Village mobile h...
Dec 05, 2024
Winter storm forces Kalamazoo Public Schools to cancel groundbreaking event
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The winter storm has forced Kalamazoo Public Schools to cancel their groundbreaking event today for the new district kitchen. The kitchen will be built on the site of the ...
Dec 05, 2024 An architect's rendering of the new Central Kitchen for Kalamazoo Public Schools (courtesy KPS)
