Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
East Van Buren Street fire under investigation, 3 dogs and 3 cats die in the flames
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The cause of a Sunday afternoon house fire in the 100 block of East Van Buren Street which claimed the lives of three dogs and three cats remains under investigation by ...
Nov 11, 2024 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
God's Kitchen of Michigan holding three free Thanksgiving dinners
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - God's Kitchen of Michigan will hold three free Thanksgiving dinners this year. The first two will be held Wednesday, November 20 in Battle Creek at First United Methodist ...
Nov 11, 2024
AUDIO: Audit gets ovation from Kalamazoo Public Schools board
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It isn't often that an audit report gets an ovation, but that's what happened when the Kalamazoo Public Schools board received their latest annual financial report card. A...
Nov 11, 2024
Gas prices drop 12-cents in Michigan over past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The average gasoline price in Michigan is 12-cents a gallon lower than last week. Triple-A Michigan says the price is now $3.04 down 28-cents in the past month and 36-cents...
Nov 11, 2024
MSP searching for missing Delton man
DELTON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police are trying to find a 76-year-old man from Delton who was last seen on Friday. Troopers say they were contacted by the family of Michael Hodge as they we...
Nov 11, 2024
AUDIO: Veterans Day events around the area
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Today is Veterans Day and there will be events and memorial services in the area. The biggest will be a ceremony at the Custer National Cemetery near Augusta. It will incl...
Nov 11, 2024 Fort Custer National Cemetery sign (courtesy of Fort Custer National Cemetery Facebook page)
Westbound ramp from I-94 to northbound U.S. 131 could be expanded in 2026
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A project that would widen the westbound ramp from I-94 to northbound U.S. 131 to accommodate a second lane of traffic is being proposed for 2026 by the Michigan Departmen...
Nov 11, 2024 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Two arrested in Battle Creek following reports of early Saturday morning gunfire
BATTLE CREEK,MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men were arrested and are facing firearm-related charges after Battle Creek Police responded to the 200 block of Taft Court shortly before 4:00 a.m. Saturday a witne...
Nov 10, 2024
Suspect in custody after one dead, one injured in Saturday night shooting in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man is dead and a second person was wounded in a shooting late Saturday in Kalamazoo, but now a suspect is in custody. At approximately 10:25 p.m. officers from the Ka...
Nov 10, 2024 zhukovsky / Depositphotos.com
Computer glitch narrows Frisbie lead in 44th State House race
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - A programming error has tightened up the race for the 44th District State House seat between Republican challenger Steve Frisbie and Democratic incumbent Jim Haadsma. Calho...
Nov 09, 2024 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
