Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission gives preliminary approval of higher water rates
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners have given preliminary approval to new water and wastewater rate hikes for first reading. Utilities director James Baker says this won't be th...
Nov 19, 2024 (courtesy John McNeill)
911 call from hunter in Emmett Township leads police to fugitive
EMMETT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 9-1-1 call from a deer hunter on opening day of firearm deer season Friday helped Michigan State Police arrest a fugitive. The hunter spotted the man near his four...
Nov 18, 2024 MSP investigating death of 2 year old in Cass County
Gas prices up 9-cents a gallon in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's more expensive to fill the gas tank in Michigan compared to last Monday. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is up by nine-cents a gallon to $3.13, but the price ...
Nov 18, 2024
Dog rescued from Battle Creek house fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek firefighters rescued a family dog from a house fire early Sunday morning. The flames were reported just before 5 a.m. on Grand Boulevard near Grandview Cou...
Nov 18, 2024 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
AUDIO: Bronze statue of late Comstock Township Fire Chief unveiled
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new bronze statue honoring late Comstock Township Fire Chief Edward Switalksi has been unveiled at the township's Firefighters Memorial as the department celebra...
Nov 18, 2024 Photo from comstockfire.com
Crews scheduled to begin well drilling work at Bailey Park on Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Contractors for the City of Battle Creek are scheduled to begin well drilling at the northern end of Bailey Park on Monday. The work is part of the Verona Wellfield Well...
Nov 18, 2024 City of Battle Creek logo
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission to hold public hearing on water, sewer rate hikes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo city commission will hold a public hearing tonight on a proposal to raise water and sewer rates for 2025. The proposal is for a 5% hike in water rates and a ...
Nov 18, 2024 Top down close up color photo of a water supply manhole cover in a paved street with green grass around the perimeter
Calhoun Clerk says unofficial results in close 44th State House race will stand
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County Clerk and Register of Deeds Kimberly Hinkley says the unofficial results in the 44th District State House race between Democratic incumbent Jim Haadsma ...
Nov 17, 2024
Kalamazoo Craft Beverage Week looking for commemorative sticker design entries
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With the Kalamazoo Craft Beverage Week set to celebrate its 15th year during the week of February 1 - 8, 2025, organizers are looking for local artists to enter a design c...
Nov 17, 2024 Heather Picardat's 2024 design contest winning entry (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
MDOT looking for public input traffic noise study for US-131/I-94 interchange improvements
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -The Michigan Department of Transportation has set a public meeting later this week to discuss the draft noise report associated with the US-131/I-94 interchange and highway...
Nov 17, 2024
