Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Father arraigned, released on bond in the death of his three-year-old in hot car
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After a video arraignment Wednesday, 36-year-old Chad Martin of Athens has been released on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond after being charged with leaving a child in...
Nov 20, 2024 Chris Potter / CC
AUDIO: Portage hoping to have new Farmers Market location open in 2025
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage officials say they hope to have their new Farmers Market open sometime in the coming year. The subcommittee working on the project is finalizing the desi...
Nov 20, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
AUDIO: Brandi Janes introduced as new director of Kalamazoo County Emergency Management Office
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo will be looking for a new Emergency Management Director. That's because their current director has been hired to fill the vacancy at the top of Kalam...
Nov 20, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County Administrator says county needs to jump through hoops for tornado relief
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County Administrator Kevin Catlin says they are learning that there may be some hoops to jump through to get $3-million added by the governor to the 2024-25 stat...
Nov 20, 2024 Proposed Kalamazoo County Administrator Kevin Catlin (courtesy of Boone County, Illinois)
Athens man charged with three-year-old son's death in Vicksburg In August
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 36-year-old Chad Martin of Athens is charged with leaving a child in a vehicle causing death. Martin found his three-year-old son still strapped into his carseat in the ba...
Nov 20, 2024 (Photo by John McNeil).
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County approves funding for Pavilion Estates Mobile Home Park repairs
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Residents in the Pavilion Estates Mobile Home Park impacted by the May 7th tornado have gotten an early Christmas present. The Kalamazoo County board fast tracked $167,000...
Nov 20, 2024 Pictures of Money / CC
Free Thanksgiving meals to be delivered to 750 families in the Kalamazoo area next week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 750 area families will be receiving a free Thanksgiving meal delivered right to their home, thanks to Communities In Schools (CIS) of Kalamazoo, in partnership with Grypho...
Nov 20, 2024
Kalamazoo schedules Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at Bronson Park
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo has scheduled its Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony for next Friday, November 29 in Bronson Park from 5 to 7 p.m. The park will be lit around 6 p.m. and ...
Nov 19, 2024
AUDIO: Big stink in Kalamazoo Monday not city's fault
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - That odor you may have smelled in downtown Kalamazoo Monday afternoon was not the city's fault. They say in a press release that the hydrocarbons were the result of a malf...
Nov 19, 2024 Kalamazoo Avenue at Rose Street, Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy of imaginekalamazoo.com)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo officials promise to make improvements with road construction issues
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's city traffic and planning officials are working on ways to avoid the headaches caused by construction this year, when the work resumes next spring. Traffic Eng...
Nov 19, 2024 Photo provided by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
