Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: KPS to discuss adding metal detectors to high schools
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools already use metal detectors at sports events and other for extracurricular activities and will soon begin talking about using them daily at the do...
Nov 22, 2024
Three arrested in KVET drug busts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three men have been arrested by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team after drug busts November 19 and 20. Officers seized over five ounces of fentanyl in a raid at a home...
Nov 22, 2024
24th annual Kalamazoo Kick-Off Classic this weekend at Wings Event Center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nearly 2,000 skaters will be at Wings Event Center Saturday and Sunday for the Kalamazoo Kick-Off Classic. This will be the 24th year for the event, which began in 1999 wi...
Nov 22, 2024
MDOT says bridge repair projects along I-94 in Calhoun County are done
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - For drivers in Calhoun County, the long nightmare is over. The Michigan Department of Transportation has announced the work to rebuild or repair 17 bridges along I-94 ...
Nov 22, 2024 Courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation
Battle Creek police make arrest in August shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police have made an arrest in a shooting that happened Sunday, August 25. A 39-year-old man was injured in the shooting that happened in the area of Sherma...
Nov 22, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo prepares for annual holiday parade, holiday season
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's beginning to look a little like Christmas. We saw our first snow yesterday, and Bronson Park decorations are mostly up. The holiday season will officially kick off to...
Nov 22, 2024 (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Kalamazoo County unemployment rate edges up slightly in October
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Figures released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget showed Kalamazoo County's unemployment rate went up in October to 4.1 percent. Ka...
Nov 22, 2024 EpicTop10.com / CC
BC Police arrest elementary substitute teacher for solicitation with a student
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police have arrested a 68-year-old Lakeview elementary school substitute teacher on solicitation charges following a nearly month-long investigation. Police...
Nov 21, 2024
Recount possible in Calhoun County state house race
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The race for the state House between incumbent Democrat Jim Haadsma and Republican challenger Steve Frisbie might get a recount. Frisbie won the election, but by just 6...
Nov 21, 2024 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
AUDIO: NRC holds public meeting on Palisades nuclear power plant
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission says they are doing what they can to ensure the possible restart of the Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township is...
Nov 21, 2024
